Advances in OPV, Accelerating Commercialization through new Materials Technology
Mr Andy Hannah, CEO
Plextronics Inc, United States
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given at Printed Electronics USA 2008 on Dec 04, 2008.
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Speaker BiographyMr. Hannah is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Plextronics, Inc., a serial entrepreneur, and an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Carnegie Mellon University ("CMU"). Until January 2002, Andrew served as a Senior Managing Director/CFO for Pittsburgh-based Internet Venture Works, Inc. ("IVW") - a venture operating company focused on assisting large organizations in commercializing their intellectual property through new venture creation. Prior to joining IVW, he was the CFO of STORM, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based technology company. Before STORM, he was the CFO of Boston-based ISI Emerging Markets ("ISI"), a global, online publisher of emerging markets business information. Early in his career, Mr. Hannah spent seven years with Deloitte & Touche, LLP, where he worked with technology and middle-market manufacturing organizations. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz School of Business with an emphasis in marketing and finance and received his BS in Accounting from Penn State in 1987. Mr. Hannah currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Organic Electronics Association, on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center and is a member of the Executive Steering Committee of Pittsburgh's Tech-based Economic Development Strategy. He is also a charter member of TiE (Pittsburgh Chapter), a global organization that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Company ProfilePlextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic solar cell and OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) lighting, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications.
A privately held company with select partners and strategic corporate and venture investors, some of the country's most prominent venture capital firms in the light, power and circuitry markets have invested in Plextronics. The company has also teamed up with multinational companies in joint development agreements, strategic alliances and research partnerships.
Plextronics was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Over the past seven years, Plextronics' scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics.
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