Developing a Versatile Platform Technology to Improve Performance in Organic Electronic Devices

 

Dr. Hammond joined Plextronics in early 2004 to lead its strategy into the electronics marketplace, including market analysis, technical due diligence and business planning. He has since built and now leads a team of three scientists focused on constructing organic electronic devices, characterizing their performance, and providing product development guidance to the synthetic and manufacturing teams.

 

Prior to joining Plextronics, Dr. Hammond was with McKinsey & Co., the global strategy consulting firm, where he was an Associate Principal. With McKinsey, Dr. Hammond led a broad spectrum of strategy, operations, sales & marketing, and risk management engagements for senior executive clients in the industrial, consumer products, and financial sectors. While based primarily in the U.S., his client service extended to the Asia-Pacific region while he helped build the Auckland, New Zealand office.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Dr. Hammond conducted experimental atomic physics research at MIT. His research group made fundamental breakthroughs in the field of atom interferometry, which is useful as an extremely sensitive measuring device for navigation, exploration, and the study of fundamental physical properties. The group's research was highlighted broadly in the popular science press. Dr. Hammond holds the Ph.D. degree in physics from MIT, a B.S. in physics from Georgia Tech, and a B.S. in mathematics from Milligan College where he is also Adjunct Professor of Business in the MBA program.

About Plextronics

 

Plextronics SM, Inc.'s mission is to drive the world's organic electronic devices to broad market commercialization. Plextronics designs and manufactures semi-conductive and conductive polymers and inks that our customers will use to print circuitry (e.g., RFID tags or "radio barcodes"), light emitting devices (e.g., flat panel displays or general white lighting), and power generating devices (e.g., solar cells). Our device physics experts have an intimate understanding of the relationship between structure-property relationships and device performance. This knowledge is applied in the creation of Plexcore™ technology. It includes four key elements: polymer design, formulation, morphological control and processing. The ability to control these variables enables application specific technical solutions that maximize device efficiency and power, cost effectively.