E INK NAMES MICHAEL MCCREARY VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Former Eastman Kodak Executive to Lead E Ink's Talented Research and Development Team
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- September 25, 2000 - E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic ink technology, today announced that Michael D. McCreary has joined the company as Vice President of Research and Development. In this role, McCreary will be responsible for creating a portfolio of advanced technologies that will enable a new generation of novel display products. He will work directly with Jim Iuliano, president and CEO of E Ink to help set the company's overall research strategy.
"Michael is a valuable addition to E Ink," said Jim Iuliano, president and CEO of E Ink. "His experience and track record blending research with a strong understanding of competitive markets and customers made him the ideal candidate to lead our research and development team. With Michael heading our R&D efforts, we are confident in our ability to meet the needs of our three major target markets: public messaging, personal devices and publishing."
"E Ink is the leader in a market that is really starting to take off," said McCreary. "I look forward to working with E Ink's sophisticated and accomplished R&D team to further develop the company's innovative electronic ink technology and products such as Immedia• displays that allow retailers and advertisers to communicate with consumers in entirely new ways."
McCreary, a 26-year veteran of the imaging industry, held a number of leadership positions with Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) prior to joining E Ink. He recently served as the General Manager of the Company's Microelectronics Technology Division. In this role, McCreary had responsibility for Kodak's solid state imager business, including research and development, engineering, manufacturing, business development, marketing and sales. McCreary also served the Company's Image Sensor Solution Division. In that role, McCreary held worldwide responsibility for the creation of strategies, strategic relationships and alliances, new business development and cross-licensing agreements.
McCreary earned a B.S. with honors in Chemistry from Principia College and a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has attended the University of California, Berkeley Strategic Marketing Executive Program, and The Wharton School of Marketing's Business Simulation Executive Education Program.
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About E Ink Corporation
E Ink Corporation is the leading developer of electronic paper display (EPD) technologies. Products made with E Ink's revolutionary electronic ink technology possess a paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and a thin, light form. E Ink's technology is ideal for many consumer and industrial applications spanning handheld devices, watches, clocks, and public information and promotional signs. E Ink is a private corporation that includes among its investors and strategic partners TOPPAN Printing Company, Royal Philips Electronics, The Hearst Corporation, Intel Capital, CNI Ventures, a division of Gannett Co., Inc, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Vossloh Information Technologies, and Motorola, Inc. E Ink news can be found at: www.eink.com.
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