Mitch Hefter, LC, Fellow USITT, is a Senior Systems Engineer with Signify and has been working on Codes and Standards for over 40 years.  He has contributed to several IES documents and is currently the chair of the IES Lighting Control Systems committee.  Mitch is a founding member of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) Technical Standards Program, where he co-chairs the Electrical Power Working Group and is a member of the Control Protocols and Photometrics Working Groups. Mitch was instrumental in the development of USITT DMX512 in 1986 and chairs the ESTA E1.11 USITT DMX515 A Task Group.  Mitch has worked on updates to the National Electrical Code since 1981 and has been representing IES on Code Panel 15 since 1997.  He was appointed the USITT Alternate on Code Panel 13 in 2022.