Display Standard - Veritas et Visus

Veritas et Visus Display Standard – Special Edition June 2012
Barry Young, Managing Director, OLED Association
As managing director of the OLED Association, Barry Young addresses such issues as the
development of industry standards for OLED display and lighting, promotion of the
technology and the resolution of industry-wide technical issues. He serves CEO of Young
Market Research, where he produces a comprehensive report on the LED supply chain,
characterizing the 100+ LED producers in terms of reactors, wafers, die capacity, yielded
die and die revenue. The report featured an analysis of the MOPCVD tool makers. He is
also working with a group of suppliers to establish the first US-based manufacturer for
OLED lighting. Barry was a featured speaker at the16th CLSA Investors’ Forum and the
World Knowledge Forum in Korea. A founder and longtime principal, senior advisor and
consultant with research firm DisplaySearch, Young is a leading authority on OLEDs and
flexible displays, has visited and consulted with most OLED manufacturers around the
world. Young’s work has been published in many technical journals and he has spoken
extensively around the world about the display industry. Before joining DisplaySearch, he was CEO and president
of OWL Displays, where he co-developed innovative driver technology for a-Si and p-Si TFT-LCDs and was
awarded key patents for driving low-temperature polysilicon TFT-LCDs. He has also served as vice president and
general manager of Tandem’s integrity systems division. Young’s career also includes time as managing partner at
Booz Allen & Hamilton, executive vice-president at Wells Fargo Bank, senior vice-president at Citibank, and
president and CEO of Lexar, an early developer of an all-digital PBX. He has a business degree from CUNY and
has performed graduate work at George Washington University.
Company Summary: The OLED Association (OLED-A) provides a forum for the interchange of technical and
market information. Our membership includes companies involved in small-molecule OLED technology and
polymer technology (PLED or light-emitting polymers). OLED-A serves its membership by fostering the rapid
development of OLED technology and OLED products; serving as a resource on OLED
markets and products for media and investors; functioning as a catalyst in the development of
standards for OLEDs; and providing a forum to promote and market OLED technology
products.
What do you think is the single most important factor that is currently causing the displays industry to
change? The industry is trapped between slow growth in TVs, Monitors and Notebooks that have traditionally
driven supply and a structure that depends on the continued improvement in productivity of large area fabs, which
are now in an oversupply condition. The current application growth is in smart phones and tablets where it takes
~90 smartphones or ~20 tablets to use the same area as a 42-inch TV.
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