DigiLens Leadership

Dr. Waldern brings 25 years of experience in commercialization of holographic and lithographic/nanomaterials for display applications. He has pioneered the development of a wide range of displays, scanners, optical components, and active and passive devices for LED and laser illumination. He is an inventor of over 170 patents to date, principally in XR (Extended Reality) display applications. Dr. Waldern joins META from DigiLens, Inc. a company he founded in 2004 and held various positions including Chairman, CTO and CSO.

Entrepreneur and an established leader in technology-driven companies, who builds and leads teams from concept to maturity, operating with equal success in start-up and Fortune 500 companies. Invented more than 50 patents, facilitating development of breakthrough technologies in renewable energy, medical devices and semiconductors. His success growing business stems from his ability to quickly and effectively develop product solutions. These solutions have proven to be a commercial success based on superior understanding of customer needs and led to acquisition of two of his companies.

Senior finance executive with experience in enterprise and consumer SaaS technology and corporate finance.

• Experienced public company CFO for two information technology services companies with successful exits.

• Strong strategic business partner who owns the financial model and engages respectively and assertively to effect data-driven innovation and process improvement.

• Skilled financial professional with core competency in financial planning & analysis, capital budgeting, mergers & acquisitions, financial accounting, and Sarbanes-Oxley.

• Veteran manager with experience in running finance, accounting, investor relations, human resources, IT support, and business intelligence departments.

• Respected leader with the highest degree of ethics and with superior skills in communication, relationship-building, change management, mentoring, and employee development.

Specialties: corporate finance, accounting, financial planning & analysis, business intelligence, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, human resources, legal/contracts, and insurance/risk management. Specific technical knowledge in Software as as Service, eCommerce, AdTech/MarTech, On-Demand Services, Big Data, internet infrastructure & services, data center power, server virtualization & cloud computing technologies.

Rick joined Bullpen in 2020 as CFO-in-residence. He is a career CFO who spent 8 years with Deloitte in their Silicon Valley practice. Over the past 20 years Rick has guided 3 companies through successful exits ($1B+ in exit value) as a CFO with his deep financial and operational experience.

Dr. Waldern brings 25 years of experience in commercialization of holographic and lithographic/nanomaterials for display applications. He has pioneered the development of a wide range of displays, scanners, optical components, and active and passive devices for LED and laser illumination. He is an inventor of over 170 patents to date, principally in XR (Extended Reality) display applications. Dr. Waldern joins META from DigiLens, Inc. a company he founded in 2004 and held various positions including Chairman, CTO and CSO.

Dr. Waldern brings 25 years of experience in commercialization of holographic and lithographic/nanomaterials for display applications. He has pioneered the development of a wide range of displays, scanners, optical components, and active and passive devices for LED and laser illumination. He is an inventor of over 170 patents to date, principally in XR (Extended Reality) display applications. Dr. Waldern joins META from DigiLens, Inc. a company he founded in 2004 and held various positions including Chairman, CTO and CSO.

Entrepreneur and an established leader in technology-driven companies, who builds and leads teams from concept to maturity, operating with equal success in start-up and Fortune 500 companies. Invented more than 50 patents, facilitating development of breakthrough technologies in renewable energy, medical devices and semiconductors. His success growing business stems from his ability to quickly and effectively develop product solutions. These solutions have proven to be a commercial success based on superior understanding of customer needs and led to acquisition of two of his companies.