March 2008
Leadis Technology, Inc., an analog and mixed-signal semiconductor developer of color display drivers, LED drivers, audio ICs and power management ICs for mobile consumer electronic devices, today announced that flat panel display industry veteran Dr. I-Wei Wu had been elected to its Board of Directors, effectively immediately. With Dr. Wu's election, the Leadis board now consists of nine directors, including seven independent directors.
Dr. Wu has 25 years of experience in the flat panel display industry, in both engineering and management functions. Dr. Wu currently serves as an industry consultant for Prudence Capital, a venture capital firm based in Taiwan, and as a visiting professor at the Institute of Technology Management, National Chiao-Tung University. In 1999, Dr. Wu founded, and later served as Executive VP and Managing Director of, Toppoly Optoelectronics Corporation, a flat panel display manufacturer, from 2000 to 2005.
Toppoly merged with Philips Display Mobile Systems in 2006 to form TPO Displays Corporation, one of the largest small- to medium-size flat panel display manufacturers in Taiwan. Dr. Wu started his career at Intel Corporation in 1983, working on the development of Intel's first successful CMOS product. He then joined Xerox PARC to work on CMOS device physics and processing technology, and in 1987 he successfully led a team to demonstrate the world's first LTPS CMOS devices on large glass substrates. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Wu was in charge of the Flat Panel Display Program for the Electronics Research & Service Organization (ERSO) of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan. Dr. Wu holds a B.S. degree in Physics and M.S. degree in Materials Science, both from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, as well as a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2002, he received the Industrial Greatest Personal Contribution Award from the Ministry of Economy, Taiwan Central Government. In 2003, Dr. Wu was conferred the distinction of SID Fellow by the Society for Information Display.
"Leadis has announced its strategy to shift the focus of its display driver business from generic product development to differentiated display drivers utilizing advanced technologies and innovative intellectual property," said Tony Alvarez, President and CEO of Leadis Technology. "Dr. Wu's career has focused on the development of new technologies for flat panel displays and the processes that help bring these technologies to the marketplace quickly and efficiently. His international working experience, particularly his knowledge of working with Taiwan-based partners and suppliers, is a great match for Leadis. We're extremely excited to have Dr. Wu on our team and I look forward to working with him."
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