Strategies Unlimited

March 31 2010

In the US, Strategies Unlimited Director Bob Steele has retired from the firm after 28 years of service. The LED market research practice will now be led by Vrinda Bhandarkar and Maria Marianashvili. Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research reports, custom studies and newsletters targeted at the optoelectronic, optical communications, photovoltaic, compound semiconductor material and RF/microwave components industries. Founded in 1979, the firm carries out primary data collection and detailed input-output analysis, to create models to describe the development of commercial markets. Having stepped down from his role at the firm, Steele will now provide consultancy services to parent company PennWell, to work on program development for several ‘Strategies in Light’ conferences. ‘In addition, I will be consulting on an as-needed basis with my colleagues at Strategies Unlimited on projects that can make use of my skills,’ Steele added. Bhandarkar joined Strategies Unlimited in 2006 in the LED and lighting track division. She has more than 10 years’ experience in market research and custom client studies and was previously employed as an Industry Manager at Frost & Sullivan. Marianashvili, who has been at the firm since December, previously worked as a Product Marketing Manager at California Eastern Laboratories/NEC Electronics. Bhandarkar and Marianashvili will now oversee the practice, focusing on the LED lighting marketing and HB LED component market respectively. Web site: www.strategies-u.com . Printer-friendly version of this article. Email this article to a friend. Register for News emails