Our Team
Topanga is leading the next revolution in lighting.
Management Bios
Greg R. Barry
President & CEO
Mr. Barry has more than 25 years of experience in senior management positions at leading lighting companies, and a successful track record of growing both domestic and international market share and revenue. Prior to joining Topanga Technologies, he was Vice President and General Manager of Hubbell Lighting for the past 5 years and Vice President of Product Market Development at Acuity for 5 years previously. Mr. Barry began his career with General Electric in various sales and management roles over a 14 year span and earned a BA from the University of South Florida and an MBA from Central Michigan University.
Mehran Matloubian
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder
Dr. Matloubian has more than 20 years experience in high frequency devices and circuits, and optical electronics. Prior to co-founding Topanga Technologies, he was a Managing Member at Smart Technology Ventures (STV), a venture capital fund based in Los Angeles investing in companies in the wireless, semiconductor, and clean tech. areas. Before joining STV, he was the manager of Hughes Research Laboratories (now HRL Laboratories) RF Circuits Design Department developing high-performance transistors and circuits for commercial and military applications. He has been awarded 23 U.S. patents with additional 10 patents pending. Dr. Matloubian received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1989.
Matt Espiau
Vice President of Engineering and Co-Founder
Mr. Espiau has more than 25 years of RF experience including nine years in the development of electrodeless lamps. Mr. Espiau was a co-founder of Luxim Corporation and was the principal inventor of the Luxim electrodeless lamp technology. Prior to Luxim, Mr. Espiau was the principal engineer at the UCLA Center for High Frequency Electronics for 17 years where his projects included measuring radar absorbing materials and structures; development of a near field measurement system for antenna characterization and design of active and passive circuits. He also co-founded Innotech Engineering which provides engineering development, testing, and analysis services for critical microwave and high frequency development applications. He has eleven awarded patents and more than 30 pending patents on electrodeless lamps.
Douglas Doughty
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Doughty has nearly 20 years experience in plasma-based lighting technology. Prior to joining Topanga Technologies Dr. Doughty managed the lamp R&D group at PerkinElmer Optoelectronics where he led activities resulting in the commercialization of a new generation of high pressure xenon arc light sources. Previous to this, as a principle engineer with Osram-Sylvania, he led metal halide lamp design efforts and transitioned several new lamps to manufacturing. As a staff scientist at General Electric’s Corporate R&D center he led R&D projects such as mercury-free fluorescent lighting. Dr. Doughty received his Ph.D. in Physics from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1987; he has 23 scientific publications and 5 awarded patents.
Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Hermes has 20 years of international business experience with 12 years concentrated on sales and business development with PerkinElmer lighting products. Mr. Hermes was the Global Sales Manager for medical lighting as well as managing projects to break through new markets in robotic surgery, cell phone camera flash, and the most powerful fusion research laser in the United States at the University of Rochester. Mr. Hermes received his B.S. in Economics from the University of Dayton in 1989 and a M.B.A. from the University of Southern California in 2002.