Video Display competitors

Thomas R. Stanton joined ADTRAN in 1995 as vice president of marketing for the Carrier Networks (CN) Division. Since that time, he has held a number of senior management positions within the company including senior vice president and general manager of the CN Division. He was named ADTRAN’s chief executive officer in September 2005, and chairman of the board in 2007. Prior to joining ADTRAN, he served as vice president of marketing and engineering at Transcrypt International and held several senior management positions with E. F. Johnson Company. Stanton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Auburn University.

Mr. Mattes has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President as well as a member of the Board since his appointment on April 6, 2020. Prior to joining Coherent and beginning in June 2019, he was a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, a leading global management consulting firm, providing corporate and strategic consulting services to various clients of the firm. From January 2018 to May 2019, he was an independent corporate advisor. From 2013 to December 2017, he was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated, a retail and financial services technology systems company. He also served as its President from 2013 to August 2016. Mr. Mattes was the Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships at Violin Memory, a computer storage systems company, in 2013. He has also held various senior management positions with Hewlett-Packard Co., a computer technologies company. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard’s Enterprise Services for the Americas. From 2006 to 2008 he was Hewlett Packard’s Chief Sales Officer for the Enterprise Business. Mr. Mattes spent the first 20 years of his career (between 1985 and 2005) at Siemens, holding a variety of senior leadership positions. These culminated in his role as chief executive officer of Siemens Communications Inc., USA, in Boca Raton, Florida. He received his Diplom-Kaufmann in business administration from Ludwig Maximilan University.

Reece Kurtenbach is the Chief Executive Officer for Daktronics, Inc. and currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors. Previously, Reece served as Executive Vice President for Live Events and International, and provided corporate oversight for the company’s design and development engineering. The Live Events Business Unit encompasses the sales and service departments for our Large Sports Venues and Rental and Staging markets, as well as the Video Products Engineering development group. The International Business Unit serves our customers outside of North America and is organized into the regional areas of: Asia Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA), and Latin America/Caribbean. Each region maintains both Sales and Service functions appropriate for the size and maturity of the specific region. Reece’s responsibilities for engineering included providing oversight to the company’s product strategies and platform developments. Reece began his career with Daktronics in 1982 as a student, working in manufacturing and customer service. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and minors in math and computer science. After graduation, Reece worked for a few years in two other technical companies, and then returned to Daktronics in 1991 to work as an Applications Engineer on large display projects. In 1994, he became manager of a design group, leading the development of Daktronics' first full color LED video display product. Since then, Daktronics has become a leader in the technology of large screen LED video displays, and the acknowledged world leader in sales in this product category.

Sanjay Mehrotra is an Indian American business executive and the CEO of Micron Technology. He was the co-founder of SanDisk, where he served as president and CEO until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.

Mr. James J. Peterson is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation.He served as President of LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., a manufacturer of linear and mixed signal integrated from 1997 to 1999 and as its Vice President of Sales from 1996 to 1997. We acquired LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc. in 1999. Prior to joining LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., Mr. Peterson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Corporate Communications of Texas Instruments Storage Products Group from 1984 to 1996. Mr. Peterson was a Director of STEC, Inc., a storage solutions technology company based in Santa Ana, California, from 2003 to 2009. Mr. Peterson possesses significant experience in our industry and contributes detailed knowledge of our Company’s strategy and operations to the Board of Directors.

Accomplished senior level executive with a multi-disciplinary career in various operational and IT management roles. Versatile individual who is creative and entrepreneurial, promoting research and development and new product introductions and emphasizing pricing as a strategic tool to build shareholder value. Has held escalating leadership positions with both private and public firms including extensive international experience in Mexico, China, India, Australia, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Proven P&L experience with strong organizational and varied business development experience. Provides strategic vision as well as tactical execution to quickly accomplish the key business initiatives of high-growth, low cost global operations. Specialties: Pricing Strategies, Strategy Development, International Operational Management, Information Technology Roadmap Development, Union Negotiations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Lean Manufacturing, Agile Development, Specialty Product R&D, Direct Marketing, Project/Program Management, ERP, Retail Management, New Product Introductions

Joe Liu currently leads strategy and operations at MivaTek, a smart home and healthcare service company. MivaTek changes the way people protect their loved ones, property, and possessions with solutions that integrate connected devices, cloud backup, and complete control from a single mobile app. The name MivaTek, shorthand for “Mobile Interactive Video Assurance Technology,” alludes to the mobile-enabled, video-integrated focus at the heart of MivaTek’s core product offerings. Despite MivaTek’s status as a Silicon Valley startup, MivaTek products and solutions are the product of five years of R&D. Prior to launching MivaTek in 2015, Liu co-founded and led California-based Oplink Communications, Inc., an optical network company. When Koch Industries/Molex acquired Oplink Communications in 2014, Liu led a team of investors and purchased the Oplink Connected portfolio back from Koch/Molex and used this technology to power MivaTek solutions. Liu’s background includes engineering and serial entrepreneurship. After earning his Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering at California State University, Chico, he worked for companies including Mostek Semiconductor, Motorola Semiconductor, and National Semi. As his first entrepreneurial project, Liu formed Techlink Equipment and Technology in 1985, specializing in semiconductor capital equipment. He went on to co-found BCD Semiconductor, Vertex Networks, Syscan Systems, PMC Semiconductor, AAC Semi, and Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc.

John T. Chambers is a Chairman and CEO at Scientific-Atlanta Inc..