PD-LD,
Inc. Board of Directors consists of 5 members. In addition to
those listed below, Dr. Vladimr S. Ban also serves as a member
of our Board.
Dr. Morton
Collins, Chairman
Dr.
Morton Collins is a General Partner of Battelle Ventures and Innovations
Valley Partners. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
from the University of Delaware and his Master of Arts and Doctorate
Degrees in Engineering from Princeton University. During the period
from April 1966 to July 1968, he was the founder and Chief Executive
Officer of Scientific Research of Princeton, Inc., an information
processing related service Company. From October 1968, to June
1974, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Data Science
Ventures, Inc. (DSV I). He was a Founder of DSV Associates (DSV
II); DSV Partners III (DSV III); DSV Partners IV (DSV IV) and
has been the Managing Partner of each since their formation in
1974, 1981 and 1985 respectively. These organizations provide
venture capital and management assistance to early-stage high-technology
companies. In July of 1997 Mort became a Special Limited Partner
of Cardinal Partners, the successor to the DSV series of partnerships.
In August of 2003 Mort became the Managing Partner of Battelle
Ventures which he founded. Battelle Ventures is an early-stage
high-technology venture firm focused on technologies developed
at Battelle Memorial Institute and the National Laboratories managed
by Battelle for the Department of Energy.
Dr. Collins
serves as a Director of Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ); Strategic
Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ); Ventaira, Inc.(Chairman); Pharos LLC;
PD-LD Inc.(Chairman); Viral Genomics Inc.; Advanced Cerametrics,
Inc. and is a member of the Advisory Board of Early Stage Enterprises,
LP and the Executive Committee of Battelle Memorial Institute.
Mort is Chairman of the Advisory Council to the Chemical Engineering
Department at the University of Delaware; Chairman of the School
of Engineering Advisory Council at Rutgers University; Chairman
of the Graduate School Advisory Council at Princeton University;
a member of the Leadership Council of the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences at Princeton University and a member of the
Systems Biology Advisory Council at the Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton, N.J.
Dr. Collins
served on the New Jersey Governor's Commission on Science and
Technology; the New Jersey Governor’s Superconductivity
Roundtable and is a Member of the Research Roundtable of the National
Academy of Sciences. He chaired President Reagan’s Task
Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and served as a technology
policy advisor to President George H. W. Bush. He is a former
President, Director and Chairman of the National Venture Capital
Association. Mort was the recipient of the 1989 University of
Delaware Medal of Distinction; the recipient of the 1990 New York
Venture Forum Award and he received the Delaware Valley Venture
Group Award in 1992.
Dr. Stephen
R. Forrest
Dr. Forrest has served as one of our Directors since 1995. Dr.
Forrest has been a professor of electrical engineering at Princeton
University since 1992 and has served as Chairman of Princeton's
Department of Electrical Engineering from 1997 to 2001. From 1992
to 1997, Dr. Forrest served as the Director of the Center for
Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials at Princeton University,
and from 1989 to 1992, he served as the Director of the National
Center for Integrated Photonic Technology. From 1985 to 1992,
Dr. Forrest was professor of electrical engineering at the University
of Southern California. Dr. Forrest is the author of approximately
300 papers published in professional journals and holds approximately
70 patents in the areas of organic thin film materials and devices
and semiconductor photonic materials and devices. Dr. Forrest
received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in physics from the
University of Michigan.
Mr. David
Rynne
Mr. Rynne has served as one of our Directors since 2001. Mr. Rynne
began his business career in 1964 as a financial analyst for Burroughs
Corporation. In 1977, Mr. Rynne was appointed CFO of Burroughs
International Group. In 1983, Mr. Rynne became the CFO for Tandem
Computers. Mr. Rynne joined Bay Networks as Executive VP and CFO
in 1997. He then led the strategy, transaction, and integration
activity successfully merging Bay Networks into Nortel Networks.
Mr. Rynne received his BS and MBA from the University of Buffalo.
Mr. Tom
Unterberg
Mr. Unterberg formed C.E. Unterberg, Towbin in 1990. From 1987
to 1990, Mr. Unterberg was Head of Technology Banking and a Partner
of Lehman Brothers. From 1977 through 1986, Mr. Unterberg was
a General Partner/Managing Director and Chairman of L.F. Rothschild,
Unterberg, Towbin Holding, Inc. From 1960 through 1977, he was
a partner in C. E. Unterberg, Towbin. He has been in investment
banking since 1956. He currently serves on the Board of the AES
Corporation Club One, Electronics fro Imaging, Inc and Systems
and Computer Technology Inc. Mr. Unterberg is a graduate of Princeton
University and received his MBA from Wharton School of Business.