JEFF WEST BIOGRAPHY

Jeff West- Entrepreneur-Inventor

Mr. West has made large contributions to the LED (Light Emitting Diode)  industry over the past 17 years as a inventor and respected entrepreneur through out  the country.

Mr. West served his country while in the Army and performed various duties, not to mention his vast array of underwater diving skills and training tasks.

Mr. West has developed a variety of electronic testing equipment, and has successfully created many small businesses in the LED field.  His vast knowledge of the LED world also has lead to several US Patents like: The First Roto Reader,  Patented Modular LED Display, Plurality of LED's on a serial line.

Mr. West has also been very involved with Microprocessor applicable hardware DSP, PIC, 8038, 8051, 8052 and others. 

His inventions have been used by many advertising companies through out the world and other companies like  Waterworks International, LED Display Corp. along with various game and water park manufactures.

Mr. West also co founded many other companies from his partnership in Zebra those include:  Display Tech, Automatic Color Corporation, Hi-Lighter Corporation, Digital Display Corporation. 

Mr. West began his career in the housing industry when he built the first prefab homes from Walter Industries back in 1974 to 1976. He was in the US Army from 1981-1988 with the Military Police Academy, and spent time in Germany with various groups in military intelligence. Upon his return to the states Mr. West worked at the US Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center and Fort Rucker Alabama, where he also worked for Scuba Clean and West Dive Company in Florida, and Frontline Emergency Vehicles.

In 1989 Mr. West was with Wanna Max Ventures and designed the first Computer Muscle Testing equipment (patented).

1989-present Mr. West is the co-founder of Smartlite Communications, Inc,  Zebra Systems Development and Light Emitting Diode Technology.  Mr. West is also the co-founder of  Display Tech , Automatic Color Corp. Inc. and Hi*Lighter Corp.  Mr. West also is deeply involved with the software development for Zebra Systems, in these areas: SignSoft, CinemaSoft, FrameSoft and FabricSoft to mention a few.

Zebra also founded Hi*Tech Electronic Sign Company.

Some of the Zebra LED Products in his line include: Communicator, Messenger, Plexel ( LED Dots on a Rope), Cinema Square (Modular), Roto-Reader, Tele-Tube, L400, Hi-Lighter, MP386, Smartlite, I-Pix, Pipe Light or Tower ( 360 Deg.), Z-Dot, Z-Pix, Z-Color, Cupid, Fabric.

Zebra is responsible for:

First LED: Display, Multiplexed Display, Multi-Line Display, Modular Display (Multiple Microprocessor), Animated Display w/clock, Color Display, Non-Multiplexed Linear (Fully Digital) Display, A/C Light Replacement or Dot, Stock Ticker, Underwriters Laboratory Certified RPT ( UL E-152427) Electronic Display Television (DIGEO), 3 Rail Bus Grid Array (Pos. Neg. Serial Data = No Wires) Computer Per Dot (3 Rail Bus Grid Array).

First LED's on or in: Vending Machines, Call Centers (Home Shopping Club), Vehicles / Trucks / Buses, Billboards, Traffic Control/Info (Disney World Cast Center) Display, Pager Network Display's (US Post Office), Neural Patholator (Patented) Doctors Office Animated Body Chart, (Visual Odyssey) Modem Networks (KZOK Radio Billboards Patented), Internet Networks, Gas Price Display (Shell Oil), Soda Machine (Evolved into Modem in the machine to transmit soda can count), News Ticker (Now CNN Inter Active).

Mr. West also has had the following training in underwater diving:

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