News: LEDs
29 March 2024
Mojo Vision appoints Achin Bhowmik to board
Mojo Vision Inc of Saratoga, CA, USA — which is developing and commercializing micro-LED display technology for consumer, enterprise and government applications — has appointed Dr Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors. Bhowmik, chief technology officer at Starkey, a former executive at Intel, and currently the president of the Society for Information Display (SID), joins as an independent board member to provide guidance and oversight for Mojo Vision as it accelerates the development of next-generation micro-LED technology. With his appointment, Mojo Vision is tapping 23 years of industry experience in perceptual computing, display and semiconductor business.
“Through my work with the Society for Information Display, I have had a front-row seat to major innovations in the display industry and have worked with leading scientists and executives,” says Bhowmik. “Mojo Vision is a pioneering display technology company, consistently breaking new ground in micro-LED advancements, including its recent achievement of single-panel RGB,” he comments.
Bhowmik’s background is rich in computational perception, displays and semiconductor business and, with his work at Starkey, he has led the development of emerging technologies into multi-functional computing and communication devices. As a long-time executive board member and currently the president of the Society for Information Display, he has played a critical role in fostering collaboration and innovation within the industry. He was recently awarded Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his leadership in perceptual augmentation devices.
“Mojo Vision is applying significant discoveries by some of the world’s leading scientists in the work we do with our own team in Saratoga, California,” says Mojo Vision’s CEO Nikhil Balram. “Our proprietary high-performance quantum dot technology significantly expands on the foundational technology that was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year,” he adds. “As we take this technology out of the lab and into the market, the guidance of Dr Bhowmik will be critical to our success.”
Bhowmik is the chief technology officer & executive VP of engineering at Starkey. Previously, he held positions at Intel as VP & general manager of perceptual computing. At Intel, he led research, development and business for various technologies including 3D sensing, interactive computing, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and virtual/mixed-reality devices.
“Adding Dr Bhowmik to our board brings Mojo that much closer to the commercialization of our high-performance micro-LED technology,” says Drew Perkins, chairman of the board of directors and co-founder. “Our display technology is semiconductor-based, so his experience in both of those industries, especially his 17 years at Intel, is critical perspective and expertise that we need as we design a high-volume manufacturing process based on 300mm wafers,” he adds. “The addition of an independent director complements our experienced and accomplished board of directors.”
Bhowmik’s additional experience includes services as a board member and trustee for the National Captioning Institute, as well as a member of the board of advisors for the Fung Institute of Engineering Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds positions as an adjunct professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute and the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute.
“As the industry pushes for adoption beyond larger headsets like the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro towards smart glasses and other form factors, micro-LED is primed to power these future displays,” reckons Rajeeva Lahri, former VP at Global Foundries and current Mojo advisory board member. “While Mojo continues to build industry-leading micro-LED technology, it is assembling a world-class team, including experts like Dr Bhowmik, to bring this technology successfully to market.”
Mojo Vision integrates RGB micro-LED sub-pixels into single panel
