Who We Are

Mary Lou Jepsen - CEO and Founder

Mary Lou’s  recent work has contributed to putting 2 million laptops into the hands of some of the poorest children in the developing world.  She was named one of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2008 for her work in creating One Laptop per Child (OLPC) where she led the engineering and started the organization (with Nicholas Negroponte).  Wired Magazine credits her laptop architecture design with starting the low-cost laptop revolution, these low-cost laptops now comprise about 1/4 of the entire laptop market just two years after mass production commenced.   Looking at the enormous costs of publishing and book distribution especially in the developing world, Mary Lou founded Pixel Qi Corporation in 2008 and is its CEO.  Previously, Mary Lou has founded 4 companies, served as a professor at RMIT (Australia) & MIT,  and in executive management at Intel Corporation.  Mary Lou holds a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Art (req.) all from Brown University as well as a Master of Science (in Holography) from the MIT Media Lab.

Dr. Carlin Vieri - VP of Engineering

Carlin Vieri joined Pixel Qi from Apple Inc. where he engineered new generation display electronics for the iPhone and other devices.  Previously he pioneered liquid crystal on silicon backplanes, drive schemes and interfaces with the MicroDisplay Corporation, where he was Director of Electronics.  He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and  BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley. 

Dr. Robert Lu - Director of Liquid Crystal Engineering

Robert Lu is a virtuoso liquid crystal mode designer who spent the last decade as a senior researcher working with Shin-Tson Wu at University of Central Florida.  His inventiveness and detailed modeling of liquid crystal modes is widely lauded.  Previously he led LC engineering at Lightwaves2020, a telecom component startup.  He holds a PhD from Fudan University in China. 

Brian Graham – Sr. Director of North American Sales

Brian joined Pixel Qi after 16 years in the display industry with Sharp Electronics. Brian has held many senior management positions including Regional Director of Sales and Director of Global Accounts. Prior to moving into sales,  Brian held several positions  in Applications and Design Engineering in the electronics industry. Brian has an MBA from the University of Texas and a  BSEE from the University of Michigan.

John Ryan - COO and Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Previously John Ryan was a executive management consultant at the Monitor Group in Cambridge, Mass., where he advised high tech and telecom companies on structure, strategy, markets, and problem solving at board- and executive-management levels.  He has 30 years of experience in technology management and a deep understanding of electro-optics technologies.   In 1991 John founded RHK: Ryan, Hankin and Kent - the now-legendary telecom consulting and analysis company, and served as its president until it was acquired in 2005.  Prior to RHK John served in sales and marketing management roles at Coherent and Lasertron.  At age 22, John completed his PhD in Laser Physics from Imperial College, University of London.

Frank Lee - Head of World-wide Sales

Frank has had executive positions in the IT industry for over 18 years first serving as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Quanta Computer, and then as senior vice president of strategy at Quanta Display (acquired by AUO in 2006).  He holds an MBA from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, and an BS in Physics from National Central University in Taiwan

Belle Fu – VP of Manufacturing

Belle joined Pixel Qi from AUO, where she managed Cell Engineering and Array Etching Engineering, and then managed business plan in Strategic Planning Office. Previously she managed VA Cell and new technology development in QDI, and brought up Cell factory in PVI. She is a PhD candidate in Organizational Psychology from AIU in the U.S., and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in Taiwan.

Hugo Steemers - VP of Business Development

Hugo has held senior business development and strategic marketing positions in semiconductor and display-related companies including Marvell Semiconductor, Silicon Image, National Semiconductor and Xerox PARC.  He was part of the team that developed and deployed the HDMI standard and has been active in the display industry for over 15 years, serving as General Chair and Program Chair of the Society for Information Display Symposium.  Hugo holds a BSc in Physics from Imperial College, University of London, and a MSc and PhD in amorphous semiconductors from the University of Dundee.