Matthew Branch, PhD, is the Global Product Manager for LED Standard Products at Exaktera. Throughout his time with ProPhotonix and Exaktera, he has been instrumental in the development of the COBRA MultiSpec and COBRA HyperSpec product lines. In his current role, he leverages over 15 years of experience in LED lighting for industrial and machine vision applications, as well as his background as an Applications Engineer, where he worked closely with customers to optimize spectral illumination solutions. Educated in Semiconductor Physics, Matthew is based at ProPhotonix’s LED manufacturing facility in Cork, Ireland.