42nd DISPLAY JAPAN FORUM

Mr. Hiroshi Hayase is a Senior Director at Omdia. He previously worked at DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz, leading providers of display and solar market intelligence. With nearly 30 years of experience in the LCD industry, he brings an unparalleled focus to sales, marketing management, production, product engineering and market research and analysis.

At DisplaySearch, Mr. Hayase served as vice president of small and medium displays. Before that, he was responsible for sales and market research at a Taiwanese LCD panel/module manufacturer, Wintek Japan Corporation. Earlier, he served as sales manager with Applied Komatsu Technology (AKT), where he was responsible for sales of CVD systems to major Japanese panel producers. He also has 13 years of experience in sales management and production engineering across the full range of LCD production processes with Seiko Epson. Mr. Hayase holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan.

Nick Jiang is responsible for the research and analysis of the large area TFT-LCD panel industry and market at Omdia. Nick specializes in the Chinese display market. He analyzes the supply chain of Chinese TV panel makers, panel demand from TV brands, and pricing trends, and forecasts the TV panel market in China.

Based in Shenzhen, China, Nick maintains communications with local Chinese TV brands and LCD fabs, following the industry growth and changes. Prior to joining the organization that would become Omdia in 2010, he worked for LG Display as a product strategy planner in China. He also spent some time with a local China television manufacturer, studying products suitable for the Chinese market. Nick received a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Jilin University of China.

Mr. Calvin Hsieh is a Director at Omdia. He previously worked at DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he served as research director. He has more than a decade of experience crafting strategies and managing product lines at leading display organizations across the globe.

Prior to DisplaySearch, he was the product marketing director at Proview Electronics, one of the world's largest LCD monitor and TV manufacturers. Before DisplaySearch, he experienced as a project team manager at HannSpree, marketing director on e-commerce, and software developer on image processing and multimedia. Mr. Hsieh has a master's degree with a focus on human-computer interaction and user interface from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan.

Kimi is a senior analyst for display (TFT LCD and OLED) touch and user interface at Omdia. He covers display price, supply chain, fingerprint, cover lens, shipment forecasts, and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining Omdia (formerly IHS Markit), Kimi was a research analyst at Tianma Group, where he spent over two years in LCD and AMOLED market research. He also oversaw the China FPD industry market at the Topology Research Institute for over five years. Kimi has a bachelor's degree in telecommunications engineering and a master’s degree in microelectronics from Shanghai University, China.

Stacy is an experienced analyst in Omdia’s display research team, covering small and medium displays. She focuses on automotive displays, smartphone displays, and wearable displays. As a Principal Analyst, she covers small and medium display shipments, supply chain, pricing, and business strategy analysis. She is the lead analyst of the automotive display intelligent service.

Prior to her role, Stacy served as the manager of the market intelligence department of Delta Electronics Group and led the team to provide market insights to the senior management team. She was also a senior analyst responsible for the large area display market at iSuppli. During her tenure, she established a comprehensive industry network and delivered several speeches. She was awarded the iSuppli Idol Award in 2008. She holds a master's degree in international marketing from the University of Strathclyde in the UK and a bachelor's degree in business administration from National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

As part of Omdia’s small/medium displays practice, Joy covers displays under 9 inches in size utilized in smartphones, tablets, wearables, and automotive displays. Her research touches areas such as the AMOLED ecosystem, new trends in smartphone panel displays, and the supply chain in China for smartphone displays.

Joy brings 17 years of experience to the subjects she covers. She worked previously at BOE, the giant Chinese display manufacturer, as a product manager for medical and industrial displays. She started her career at Tianma Group as an LCD module design engineer, then became manager of product design and development. She transferred to the marketing department as an analyst for mobile phone displays and then for automotive displays. Joy has a bachelor’s degree in automation from Beihang University, a major public research institution in China. She also holds a master’s degree in business management from Renmin University of China.

Mr. Hidetoshi Himuro is a Director at Omdia. He previously worked at DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he served as director of IT & FPD market research. He was responsible for market research and analysis of large-area LCD applications, including monitor, notebook PCs and public display/digital signage. He also forecasted monthly large-area LCD panel pricing. With his background in engineering, he covered the LCD panel technology roadmap.

Prior to DisplaySearch, Mr. Himuro held a number of positions at NEC in both Japan and the US. At NEC, his diverse responsibilities included strategic planning, project management, LCD panel and monitor set procurement, design verification, vendor relationships and hardware development for notebook PCs and LCD monitors and their LCD panels. He has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo University of Science, Japan.

Peter Su conducts research on large-sized displays, tracking supply-and-demand dynamics, market trends, and product roadmaps on panels sized more than 9 inches measured diagonally and used in tablets, notebooks, monitors, and televisions.

Previously, Peter was at DisplaySearch, where he worked with large displays as well. At AU Optronics, he was in panel sales and strategic product marketing in the notebook PC and tablet business units. There, he was also involved in PC capacity planning, technology investment projects, and both upstream and downstream channels for panels and mobile PCs. Peter has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Victoria in Canada, and a master’s degree in business administration from Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Mr. Hisakazu Torii is a Research and Analysis Executive Director, TV, Consumer Electronics and Devices, at Omdia. Previously he worked at DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he served as vice president of Japanese TV market research. With 18 years of display industry experience, he was responsible for covering all Japanese TV brands across Asia Pacific.

Before DisplaySearch, Mr. Torii worked at Mitsubishi Electric where he conducted market research for product groups, business planning and new product development in all major display applications, including TVs, notebook PCs, monitors, mobile phones, digital still cameras, digital video recorders, automotive displays and industrial applications. He earned a degree from the Department of Law at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

Vicki Chen focuses on display materials and components, including new form factors, weight efficiencies, and technological advances in displays. She brings more than 10 years of experience in the flat-panel-display industry.

Vicki worked previously at Chinese firm Sigmaintell Consulting, where she was responsible for research on the mobile phone panel market and value chain. She also worked in new-project development at Taiwan Display, a part of Japan Display. She had her first taste of the flat-panel display industry and its workings as a product planning engineer in charge of the request-for-quote (RFQ) development for mobile phone products for China Brands at Innolux, a TFT LCD panel manufacturer in Taiwan.

Vicki has an undergraduate degree from Nanchang Hangkong University, also known as Nanchang Aviation University, in China.

Tadashi Uno is a Senior Analyst within Omdia. He previously worked at DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he served as director of materials and components.

Prior to DisplaySearch, he was assistant manager of the display components operations planning division for DaiNippon Printing Co, Ltd in Tokyo. In this role, he was responsible for market reports and forecasts on DNP Display components as well as relationships with glass, CCFL and driver IC makers; component, TV set and PC manufacturers; and market research companies. Mr. Uno has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kyoto-Sangyo in Kyoto, Japan.

Mr. Charles Annis serves as Senior Director at Omdia.

He previously worked at DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz, leading providers of display and solar market intelligence. Mr. Annis is a leading expert in flat panel display research and served in a dual role as vice president of manufacturing research at DisplaySearch as well as at its sister company of Solarbuzz. At DisplaySearch, he was responsible for analyzing emerging technologies, tracking and forecasting flat panel display investments, and researching equipment, materials and process trends. At Solarbuzz, he developed the company's proprietary polysilicon, wafer and cell manufacturing databases and authored related reports.

Prior to DisplaySearch, Mr. Annis spent six years at Photon Dynamics (now Orbotech), the leading provider of yield management solutions to the FPD industry and served as an international business manager for SAMCO International, a Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He holds a master's degree in Business Law from Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, and a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, US. He is based in Japan.

Linda Lin covers large-sized TFT LCD panels and is in charge of survey reports involving the manufacturers and vendors of the notebook panel supply chain.

With her many years of working in the trade, Linda has developed first-rate relationships throughout the extensive network of contacts and connections in the display industry that she built over time.

Linda worked previously at LCD market research firm WitsView, leading the research on panels as well as on downstream products that included monitors and TVs. At the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Taiwan Chief Information and Communications Technology (ICT) market research group, she oversaw regional research for South and East Asia. It was during this time that she decided to make large-sized displays her main focus. Linda has a master’s degree in business administration from National Yunlin University of Science and Technology in Taiwan.

Jay Shao covers market research on AMOLED panel display technology.

Before joining the company, Jay was at EverDisplay Optronics—also known as Hehui Optoelectronics—in Shanghai, where he worked for six years in OLED R&D, flexible display design, and new products. He holds a doctorate in material science from the South China University of Technology in Guangdong, China.

Jeff Lin is a longtime analyst and researcher in the field of displays, having previously worked at DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he worked as an analyst covering Taiwan's display market and was responsible for market research and analysis of the PC monitor value chain and large-area panel roadmap.

Before DisplaySearch, Jeff gained valuable experience handling panel sourcing and desktop monitor market analysis at BenQ Corporation. Prior to that, he served as a key monitor account sales manager at Samsung Electronics Taiwan, where he formed key relationships with leading PC monitor company and OEMs in the country. Before Samsung, he was an engineer at Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), where he led TV panel development projects and planned TV panel roadmaps.

Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and his Master of Business Administration from National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Jimmy Kim conducts research on a broad—and disparate—array of subject areas in display materials and components, including cost modeling for OLED displays, new developments in mini LED technology, and the emergence of new display form factors, such as rollables and foldables.

Jimmy joined the company in 2014 following the acquisition of DisplaySearch, where he served as a senior analyst covering display materials and LED analysis. Jimmy also worked at Samsung—first at Samsung LED, and then at Samsung Electronics. There, he led several R&D projects on new light sources for LCD backlighting and new BLU structures.

Jimmy earned his doctorate from the School of Materials Science and Engineering in Seoul, South Korea.

Jerry Kang is responsible for the OLED display market analysis at IHS. His main focus is the AMOLED panel and the next generation display market including flexible and transparent display with AMOLED.

With more than 10 years of industry experience, Jerry is known for his professional analysis and strategic insights on the technology and market for OLED display. He is frequently quoted in media, and is invited to speak at major conferences worldwide.

Prior to joining IHS in 2011, Jerry worked as an OLED development engineer at Samsung SDI and Samsung Mobile Display, in charge of operational circuit designing for OLED and LCD.

Jerry has a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics engineering from Pusan National University in South Korea.

David Hsieh is a noted expert in research and analysis of the TFT LCD, and LCD TV value chain for Mainland China and Taiwan. As head of the Displays team, he oversees the division’s end-to-end research on displays, covering the supply chain, materials and components, supply-and-demand dynamics, pricing and cost modeling, revenue and shipment forecasts, and emerging technologies.

In an earlier stint at DisplaySearch, he led the company’s primary research and forecasting on the global display market while concurrently serving as vice president of the greater China market. David also worked at HannStar Display, a leading manufacturer of TFT LCD panels, as a key account manager, production planner, and production engineer for the HannStar TFT LCD module line.

David belongs to a distinguished circle of only 11 Technology Fellows named by IHS Markit during his time at the company, an honor that recognizes his deep expertise and exceptional standing within the analyst community.

He is a graduate of Chung-Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, and has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.

Jusy Hong is a key analyst and the director for mobile devices, networks, and media in the Asia Pacific region, covering mobile handset production, technology, and market-related strategies. Jusy also coordinates the wider consumer electronics research in Asia.

In his previous roles at the company, Jusy led the research team on TV technology and ecosystems, which included the panel display market for TVs and large-sized LCDs. He has also worked on the global monitor and public information markets.

Jusy’s work is currently concentrated in the areas of demand forecasting, competitive analysis, pricing, and new-trend analysis. He also serves as project manager for numerous consultancy missions centered on display technology for industry-leading manufacturers, government institutions, and investment companies.

A frequent speaker at major industry events around the world such as SID, KDC, and IMID, Jusy is based in South Korea. He speaks fluent Korean, English, and Japanese, and he maintains a broad network of key contacts in both South Korea and Japan.

Irene Heo covers display components and materials, with a primary focus on optical films and the touch panel industry.

Irene has tracked the display industry’s parts and materials market for many years. She worked for a year in 2007 at the company’s Yokohama office, where the human networks she built during that period remain a great asset for her optical-film-related research.

Irene worked previously at the liquid-crystal synthesis division of Dongjin Semichem, an electrical materials company, in Incheon, South Korea.

Irene received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Konkuk University, a leading private university in Seoul, South Korea.

Mr. Yoonsung Chung is a Director of Analysis & Research within the Omdia (former IHS Technology group).

He joined IHS in November 2014, when IHS acquired DisplaySearch, a leader in primary research and forecasting on the global display market. At DisplaySearch, he served as director of large-area displays & FPD materials analysis in the company's Korea office. He is a recognized display expert and has been invited to speak on large-area displays, especially on PDP technology, at many Korean FPD forums.

Prior to DisplaySearch, Mr. Chung spent 10 years on the R&D and marketing teams of Samsung SDI's CRT and PDP Division. There, he managed PDP product planning and technology marketing, led the FPD benchmarking team in the PDP Division and taught Samsung SDI's new employees about display history and technologies. Mr. Chung has a bachelor's degree from Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea.