[KEYNOTE PRESENTATION] SPD-SmartGlass: It is Everywhere You Look (Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2014)

 

Joe Harary joined Research Frontiers as its Vice President and General Counsel in 1992 and has been a director of the Company since 1993. After various promotions, Mr. Harary became President and Chief Operating Officer in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer in January 2009. During this time, the Company's IP portfolio has grown to over 500 patents and patent applications, has built an SPD supply chain infrastructure through the licensing of premier companies that include the world's largest chemical and glass companies, and established global awareness of the benefits of SPD-SmartGlass technology. Prior to joining Research Frontiers, Mr. Harary's corporate law practice emphasized technology, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and intellectual property law at three prestigious New York City law firms. Mr. Harary graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College with an A.B. degree in economics, and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar as well as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Harary worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Joe Harary is frequently asked to share his business experience with other companies directly, and as a speaker and published author in the fields of intellectual property, corporate law, and smart glass, and as a lecturer in various graduate and undergraduate business programs.

Research Frontiers is the developer of SPD-Smart light-control technology which allows users to instantly, precisely and uniformly control the shading of glass or plastic, either manually or automatically.

Research Frontiers has built an infrastructure of over 40 licensed companies that collectively are capable of serving the growing global demand for smart glass products in automobiles, homes, buildings, aircraft, boats and exhibition and display applications.