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Displaytech Inc.

is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$26.6M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Displaytech Inc. dramatically improves display-based products by providing Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal on Silicon (FLCOS) as microdisplays that deliver high-speed light switching to produce brilliant, real-life digital images. By providing FLCOS as a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), Displaytech enables leading-edge next-generation storage products. The company's patented FLCOS products include Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) semiconductor technologies, which facilitate light switching that is significantly faster than other liquid crystals. Displaytech's VLSI semiconductors make possible the creation of microdisplays that deliver unsurpassed image resolution, power efficiency and ease of manufacturability. Displaytech was founded in 1984 as a research company that would commercialize ferroelectric liquid crystal technologies. Ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLC), while similar to other liquid crystal technologies, have the key difference that ferroelectric liquid crystals optically switch at speeds that are up to 100 times faster than other liquid crystals. Displaytech's research team spent 15 years perfecting the chemical structure of the FLC materials and today these materials are successfully used in a broad range of commercial and consumer applications. The company supported itself during this initial period through government research grants and by producing FLC optical shutters for university research...

Chief Executive Officer
Richard Barton
Number of Employees 47
Contact Information

2602 Clover Basin Dr

Longmont, Colorado 80503

www.displaytech...

(303) 772-2191

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

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News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Richard Barton Chief Executive Officer
Bruce Spenner Executive Vice President
Lloyd M. Lewis Vice President, America & Europe Sales
Mark A. Handschy Vice President
Richard Hokin Director
William C. Glynn Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
J. Kermit Birchfield Chairman
Robert L. Burr Chairman

Organization Position Status
Displaytech, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Displaytech, Inc. Director Current
Displaytech, Inc. President Former
Planar Systems, Inc. Former
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. Former
PC Technologies, Inc. Former
Lawrence University B.S.E.E. Degree Former

Bruce F. Spenner has served as Executive Vice President since April 2004 and a director at Displaytech since February 2000. Prior to becoming Executive Vice President, he served as the company's Vice President of Development from September 2001 to April 2004 and as Chief Financial Officer from February 2000 to September 2001. Prior to joining the company, he was employed with Hewlett-Packard Company from 1978 until February 2000, serving in a number of management positions, including Group General Manager and Division General Manager. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard Company, he both taught and performed research directed towards the application of computers to medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He serves as a director of the Idaho Research Foundation at the University of Idaho and is a member of the President's Cabinet at California Polytechnic State University and a member of the Idaho Business Council. Dr. Spenner received a D.Sc. degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

Organization Position Status
Displaytech, Inc. Executive Vice President Current
Displaytech, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Hewlett-Packard Company Group General Manager and Division General Manager Former
Washington University D.Sc. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Displaytech, Inc. Vice President, America & Europe Sales Current

Mark A. Handschy has served as Displaytech's Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since April 2004. Prior to becoming Chief Technology Officer, he served as the company's Vice President and Chief Scientist from June 1997 to April 2004 and as President from August 1993 to March 2002. He is one of Displaytech's founders and has directed research since the company's inception in 1984, developing the first LCOS devices and proving their potential as color microdisplays. Dr. Handschy received a Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Colorado in 1983, where, under the direction of Professor Noel Clark, he conducted some of the first experimental and theoretical studies of surface stabilized FLC electro-optic devices.

Organization Position Status
Displaytech, Inc. Vice President Current
Displaytech, Inc. President Former
University of Colorado Ph.D. Degree In Physics Former

Organization Position Status
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Director of the Offshore Funds Current
Compass Diversified Trust Independent Director Current
Displaytech, Inc. Chairman Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. Chairman Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. Director Current
Century Partners Senior Vice President Former
The Macom Corporation Senior Vice President Former
Georgia-Pacific Corporation Senior Vice President Former
Century Partners Managing Director Former
The Macom Corporation General Counsel Former
Georgia-Pacific Corporation General Counsel Former
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Chairman Current
Century Partners Secretary Former
Georgia-Pacific Corporation Secretary Former
The Macom Corporation Secretary Former
University of Virginia School of Law L.L.B. Degree Former
Roanoke College B.S. Former

Bob Burr has been a Director of the Company since August 1999. Mr. Burr has been a Partner of Windcrest Discovery Investments LLC, an investment management firm, from its inception in February 2002 and since October 2001 has a consulting agreement with J.P. Morgan Partners under which he is the lead partner of Fleming US Discovery Partners, L.P., a private equity sponsor affiliated with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Fleming US Discovery Partners, L.P. is the general partner of Fleming US Discovery Fund III, L.P. and Fleming US Discovery Offshore Fund III, L.P. Mr. Burr was employed by J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. from July 1995 to October 2001. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Burr was head of Private Equity at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Burr served as the Managing General Partner of Morgan Stanley Ventures and General Partner of Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund I, L.P. and was a corporate lending officer with Citibank, N.A. Mr. Burr serves on the Board of Directors of Displaytech, Inc. and Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Windcrest Discovery Investments LLC Partner Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman Current
Displaytech, Inc. Chairman Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Hudson Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Head of Private Equity Former
Citibank, N.A. Corporate Lending Officer Former
Citigroup Inc. Former
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Columbia University MBA Former
Stanford University BA Former

Mr. Hokin is the Chairman of Intermountain Industries, a natural gas distribution and energy marketing company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Mr. Hokin has been a Director of Intermountain since 1982 and principal shareholder since 1984 when he completed a leveraged acquisition of the company. He is also the managing partner of Century Partners, a private investment partnership which he founded in 1966. Mr. Hokin is a graduate of Princeton University.

Organization Position Status
Century Partners Managing Partner Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. Principal Shareholder Current
Petroglyph Energy, Inc. Chairman of The Board Current
Intermountain Gas Company Chairman Current
III Exploration Company Chairman Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. Director Current
Fondelec Capital Advisors LLC Board of Directors Current
Intermountain Inc. Director Current
Displaytech, Inc. Director Current
Century Capital Associates LLC. Managing Partner Former
Princeton University A.B. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
III Exploration Company President Current
Petroglyph Energy, Inc. President Current
Intermountain Gas Company President Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. President Current
Displaytech, Inc. Director Current
Intermountain Industries, Inc. Director Former

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