Rich Archuleta is a proven technology business leader in Silicon Valley.
As Senior VP and General Manager at Hewlett Packard, he led the HP
Notebook PC business, the standard Intel Architecture Server business,
and the Worldwide Volume Direct business. He led planning for the
merger integration of the HP and Compaq PC businesses, and was
Mobile Computing Magazine's "Mobile Industry Person of the Year." He
is a patent holder, has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering
from Stanford University, and is a graduate of the Executive
Development Program at the Kellogg School of Management.

 

Mr. Thorbecke is a global finance executive with over 20 years of
experience. Previously he was a Partner in the Technology practice of
PricewaterhouseCoopers VP of Global Finance and Audit at Electronic
Arts. Most recently at Levi Strauss & Co. he reported directly to the
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and to the CFO, and carried
several responsibilities including enterprise risk management, audit,
indirect procurement, financial and strategic planning, quarterly board
reporting and developing a worldwide finance transformation plan as
part of a global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation
program. He also led and supported various M&A and integration
projects, worked with many venture capital backed companies and
consulted clients in IPOs, SEC reporting, US GAAP, IFRS and SOX
compliance. Rik is a California CPA, Dutch Registered Accountant and
received a Post Graduate Degree in Accounting and Auditing as well as
a MS/BS in Business Administration and Economics from the University
of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

 

Daren brings over 15 years of business development, sales and strategic partnership experience to Plastic Logic. Previously, Daren was Vice President of Sales Development and Strategy at DIRECTV, where he led the company’s integrated sales partnerships with major broadband companies and developed new special market opportunities.  Prior to DIRECTV, Daren held a number of business development, strategy and operational roles at News Corporation and The Walt Disney Corporation. As Senior Vice President of News Digital Ventures, his main focus was to identify new market and investment opportunities in digital media for News Corporation. Daren also served as Vice President of Business Development for News Corporation’s digital media division, where he led business development and strategic partnership initiatives. His experience also includes business development and affiliate sales positions at ABC Television. Daren began his career as an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission, where he focused on cable and telecom policy issues.

 

Brent Boyer brings a career in global manufacturing and supply chain management with leading consumer electronics companies to the Plastic Logic team. Prior to joining Plastic Logic, he was Director of Procurement and led company-wide manufacturing strategies for Neterion, the developer of high-speed server and mass storage I/O solutions. He was previously at Apple Computer as Senior Director of Worldwide Product Operations, and at Hewlett Packard where he held a variety of executive management positions in operations spanning Global Alliances, Personal Computing, Mobile Computing and e-school businesses. Earlier, while at Siemens Solar, he was operations manager responsible for manufacturing of the consumer products line and served as Manager, Taiwan Operations, residing in Taipei. Brent completed MBA work at Pepperdine University and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University, graduating Summa Cumme Laude.

 

Frank Canova has developed innovative consumer and enterprise
communication products for over 20 years. He managed mobile
products for IBM, including the ThinkPad laptop. He served as VP of
Worldwide Product Engineering at Palm, and was named "Most Prolific
Palm Inventor." He also served as VP of Engineering and CTO with
Reactrix, where he helped create interactive media systems, and as VP
of Hardware Engineering at Smartpen innovator LiveScribe. He holds
over 40 patents and has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida
Institute of Technology.

 

Konrad Herre has over 25 years of experience in research, development
and production with large international microelectronic companies. His
experience includes organizational management for the technology
development and production, test and customer relationship operations
of large-scale global facilities including positions on the Managing Board
as COO of ZMD AG, President and COO of X-FAB Semiconductor
Foundries, and Vice President of Production and Logistics for Fiber
Optics with Infineon. He has a Diploma in Physics from Friedrich Schiller
University in Jena, Germany.

 

Mr. Jackson has more than 20 years of executive and technical
management experience in the communications and semiconductor
industries. He was most recently CTO of Artimi and previously he was
CTO at Frontier Silicon, CTO of GlobespanVirata, which later merged
into Conexant Corp. Mr. Jackson has co-founded four start-ups, and
serves on the Board of Directors for DisplayLink. Martin holds a
First-Class Honours degree with distinction in electronic engineering
from Cambridge University.

 

Pamela Kelly leads marketing and is charged with the go-to-market strategy for the Plastic Logic eReader. She brings over 20 years of experience in building consumer brands and businesses and has a passion for consumer products. Most recently at Electronic Arts, she headed global marketing for The Sims business. Previously at LeapFrog, she led marketing for all screen-based platforms. As VP, Worldwide Marketing at Mattel, she pioneered the girls' software market. In addition, Pamela held executive marketing positions at the Internet Shopping Network, Sega, and New Line Cinema. She is the recipient of Advertising Age's prestigious Marketing 100 Award, and was nominated for a Smithsonian Computer Award. She holds a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

 

Jean Lea has over 20 years of HR experience with Hewlett-Packard,
Silicon Graphics and Syntex. As VP of HR for the HP Global Operations
group, she led initiatives to improve business efficiency and created an
award-winning recruiting program. She created a leadership
development and change management program with the HP Notebook
PC business, and led HR for over 1,000 employees in 18 global
locations with the HP Open View Management Software business. She
holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Irvine and
is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

 

Professor Sirringhaus is the Hitachi Professor of Electron Device
Physics at Cambridge University. He has worked alongside Professor
Richard Friend since 1997. He did post-doctoral research at Princeton
and has a PhD from the Institute of Solid State Physics of ETH Zurich.
He has over 70 publications and 20 patents/patent applications.