Vitex Systems Appoints Chyi-Shan Suen President and COO
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SAN JOSE, CA, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
Vitex Systems, Inc., a leading technology developer, licensor and
engineering service provider for thin-film encapsulation and moisture
barrier films, today announced that it has appointed Chyi-Shan Suen
President and Chief Operating Officer.
"Chyi-Shan has been instrumental in leading the business development
efforts of Vitex for the past several years. His efforts have led to
Vitex's thin-film encapsulation technology becoming the de facto standard
in the flexible display market and we have secured license agreements with
major international film and chemical producers. I am confident that his
industry knowledge and business acumen will lead the company to the next
level," said Jack Saltich, Chairman and CEO, Vitex Systems.
"Vitex has made great progress in the last few years, advancing its
proprietary Barix(TM) barrier technology, developing new applications,
such as photovoltaic and thin-film batteries, and growing the customer
pipeline. We have eleven licensed tools at customer sites today, and
continue to build on this success with strong interest from multiple
domestic and international firms," said Suen.
"Our efforts have shifted from proving the technology to helping our
customers enter mass production. With a new, state-of-the-art R&D tool
which we will be receiving in June, we will continue enhancing our
processes, developing new applications and strengthening our intellectual
property. This is an exciting stage of growth for Vitex, and I am pleased
to take on this role," Suen continued.
Suen, 36, joined Vitex in July 2002 as Assistant Product Manager and was
promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing in 2005 and Director of
Business Development in 2008. Previously, he held engineering positions
at AG Associates and Steag RTP Systems, supervising customer application
and process activities in Asia.
Suen holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Tsing-Hua University in
Taiwan, an M.S. in Material Science and Engineering and an M.B.A. from
University of California, Berkeley.
About Vitex Systems
Vitex Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., licenses its
intellectual property and provides related engineering expertise to enable
organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display manufacturers and producers of
organic optoelectronic devices to speed time-to-market of thinner,
lighter, lower-cost products. Vitex solutions include: Barix(TM)
proprietary encapsulation process technology; Flexible Glass
next-generation flexible barrier substrate; and the Guardian(TM)
deposition system tool. The company was incubated at Battelle Memorial
Institute, the world's largest independent private non-profit research
foundation, and was spun off as an independent company in 1999. For more
information on Vitex Systems, visit www.vitexsys.com.
Contact:
Chyi-Shan Suen
Vitex Systems
Phone: 408/325-0366
E-mail: Email Contact
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