New Appointments at DisplaySearch

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display (FPD) market research and consulting, has this week recruited Jerry S. Benson Jr., former President of NEC Technologies, to the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing. J. Norman Bardsley has also joined the firm as Director of Display Technology.

Mr. Benson has over 20 years of high technology industry experience, including ten years with NEC Corporation, where he established and expanded the company's MultiSync(R) monitor business, becoming President and Chief Operating Officer for NEC's business in the Americas. He also founded the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Mr. Benson was also President and Chief Executive Officer of VTEL Corporation, the videoconferencing systems, video networking, and streaming media innovator.

Mr. Benson will be responsible for enhancing DisplaySearch's high rate of growth in sales of the company's suite of market research reports, custom research projects and consulting services. In addition to augmenting business to customers in new and emerging markets, Mr. Benson will manage the development and marketing of the growing range of industry conferences that the company produces around the globe.

Dr. Bardsley has been the Director of Roadmaps and Standards at the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) for the past seven years. In this capacity, he has been responsible for monitoring trends, identifying technical challenges and uncovering business opportunities in the manufacture and application of electronic display technology. Dr. Bardsley will apply his experience and expertise in display technology by managing and contributing to a number of the company's research reports -- including reports that focus on technological advancements, developments in materials and reports that concentrate on specific display technologies.

"The extraordinary developments in advanced flat panel displays used in computers and communications equipment and in entertainment systems and consumer electronics, are fueling an unprecedented appetite for information. As the world's leading resource for information in this arena, DisplaySearch is experiencing a dramatic increase in scope and scale', according to DisplaySearch President Ross Young. 'It is essential that our management and staff have the experience and expertise to remain ahead of this curve, and the addition of Mr. Benson and Dr. Bardsley ensures that we can respond to rising technological complexity and increasing market sophistication. Just six weeks ago we announced the addition of Bert McComas as our new Director of Display Electronics Market Research, and we anticipate hiring additional staff in the near future'.

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