07.05.16
Kateeva announced two executive promotions: Dr. Conor Madigan adds COO to his current role of president, and Eli Vronsky becomes chief product officer.
“Their independent skillsets are extraordinary; together, they’re a powerhouse,” said Alain Harrus, Kateeva chairman and CEO. “Nurturing Kateeva from its earliest days, they relentlessly executed on a vision to enable unimaginable display technology innovation. Yet while they disrupted the display industry with a breakthrough production equipment solution, they applied practical business skills along the way, building solid teams, creating best practices, and fostering a corporate culture that guided Kateeva from startup to today’s strong technology company.”
Madigan adds global customer satisfaction to his new responsibilities as president and COO. This includes field operations in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. He will continue to manage global marketing and manufacturing, as well as Kateeva’s research and development organization. Also, he’ll lead Kateeva’s expanding Intellectual Property (IP) department – a role he’s held since the company’s inception. This unit safeguards the ongoing innovations that are empowering Kateeva’s YIELDjet products for highest performance in flexible OLED mass-production fabs. Madigan co-founded Kateeva in 2008.
As chief product officer, Vronsky leads the company’s engineering team. An expert in printer technology, Vronsky is chief architect of the fundamental YIELDjet printing system architecture. When it debuted in 2013, the technology provided the breakthrough that liberated display manufacturers from the rigid constraints of glass substrates, to spark the flexible OLED revolution. Much of Kateeva’s highest-value customer-enabling IP surrounds Vronsky’s inventions. He joined Kateeva in 2008. Previously, he was EVP of product development.
“Their independent skillsets are extraordinary; together, they’re a powerhouse,” said Alain Harrus, Kateeva chairman and CEO. “Nurturing Kateeva from its earliest days, they relentlessly executed on a vision to enable unimaginable display technology innovation. Yet while they disrupted the display industry with a breakthrough production equipment solution, they applied practical business skills along the way, building solid teams, creating best practices, and fostering a corporate culture that guided Kateeva from startup to today’s strong technology company.”
Madigan adds global customer satisfaction to his new responsibilities as president and COO. This includes field operations in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. He will continue to manage global marketing and manufacturing, as well as Kateeva’s research and development organization. Also, he’ll lead Kateeva’s expanding Intellectual Property (IP) department – a role he’s held since the company’s inception. This unit safeguards the ongoing innovations that are empowering Kateeva’s YIELDjet products for highest performance in flexible OLED mass-production fabs. Madigan co-founded Kateeva in 2008.
As chief product officer, Vronsky leads the company’s engineering team. An expert in printer technology, Vronsky is chief architect of the fundamental YIELDjet printing system architecture. When it debuted in 2013, the technology provided the breakthrough that liberated display manufacturers from the rigid constraints of glass substrates, to spark the flexible OLED revolution. Much of Kateeva’s highest-value customer-enabling IP surrounds Vronsky’s inventions. He joined Kateeva in 2008. Previously, he was EVP of product development.