NEWS RELEASE
Kent Displays Names Albert Green as Chief Executive Officer.
Kent, Ohio (May 16, 2007) – Kent Displays Inc. (KDI) a leader in commercialization of “No Power” LCDs announced today the appointment of Dr. Albert M. Green as chief executive officer. He will be joining the company in early June.
“We are very pleased to have Dr. Green join the Kent Displays team and provide leadership to our company,” said Joel Domino, president of Kent Displays. “Dr. Green’s experience and knowledge will help Kent Displays advance our technology and provide additional innovation and technology solutions to exploit our exciting advances in flexible displays for a variety of commercial and government customers.”
Kent Displays specializes in the commercialization of advanced display technologies and is the exclusive worldwide licensee for Kent State University's Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display (ChLCD) technology developed at the Liquid Crystal Institute for sign and display applications. Headquartered in Kent, Ohio, the company was created in 1993 to further develop and commercialize ChLCD. The technology is ideal for portable devices that demand long battery life, a wide viewing angle and paper-like viewing in all ambient light including bright sunlight. Kent Displays is currently installing the world’s first roll-to-roll production line for the manufacture of flexible LCD’s.
“The talented leadership team and superior technology produced by this company makes the decision to join Kent Displays an exciting one,” said Dr. Green. “I look forward to working with my new colleagues to expand the business into areas that match the exciting potential of KDI’s liquid crystal display technology. As the information explosion continues, the display industry is challenged to provide more and better ways to display that information. KDI is ideally positioned to meet these challenges and I intend to provide strong, focused leadership that will exploit the technical advances and continue the company’s expansion into the rapidly growing flexible and conformal display market.”
Prior to joining Kent Displays, Dr. Green was vice president and manager of the Applied Sciences Division at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). SAIC’s Applied Sciences Division is focused on assessing leading edge technology and innovation for government and commercial customers in a variety of areas such as advanced materials, nanotechnology, energy, and space sciences. During his tenure of 13 years at SAIC, Dr. Green held several key positions including senior scientist, program manager and business unit chief scientist. Dr. Green holds a PhD in physics from Stanford University and a BS in physics from the University of Chicago. He also holds over 25 patents in the areas of display technologies and advanced materials.