Mr. McLaughlin is a consultant with the McLaughlin Consulting Group (MCG) in Menlo Park, CA, specializing in the display industry. He numbers among his clients both Fortune 1000 corporations and start up companies. Drawing on his background as an entrepreneur and new product pioneer, Mr. McLaughlin focuses his personal attention on defining opportunities, developing market strategy, executing sales plans, and mediating financing and partnering relationships.
Also associated with MCG are a team of experienced display professionals, specializing in display and optical technology, product engineering, process and equipment development, as well as marketing and sales. A team approach is used for many projects to insure that a client's expectations are met.
During the past year Mr. McLaughlin has written more than ten client reports, presented papers at SID conferences, and published several articles. Projects completed range from a comprehensive assessment of markets to formulating product strategies, and include:
Development of niche market plans for domestic display makers Publishing of business plans for start up companies in personal displays Formulation of market and technical plans to introduce new products such as rear projection and flat panel monitors
Clients include: National Semiconductor, Wyse Technology, Motorola, Ericsson, Proxima, NEC Electronics, Rohm and Haas, Fiat Group, Yazaki, and Optical Shields .
Mr. McLaughlin founded Taliq Corporation in 1983 to commercialize products based on proprietary polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology. He led the company as CEO in pioneering both plastic reflective color displays, used in interactive control consoles, and Varilite architectural window shading products. Taliq successfully established joint ventures and partnerships in Japan and Europe to develop the markets for their unique products and built a portfolio of patents and proprietary technology.
Prior to Taliq, Mr. McLaughlin was the CEO of TASA Corporation, a venture capital backed start up company developing control panels using LED displays and capacitive touch sensing technology. His career at Raychem Corporation spanned nearly 15 years. After working in sales and marketing in his early years, he led a team that successfully commercialized several electrical interconnection products, becoming general manager of Raychem's Aerospace Division.
Mr. McLaughlin received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and a SM in Industrial Management from MIT's Sloan School.
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Dr. James L. Fergason, Chairman, Inventor, IP Strategist
Dr. Fergason is a world renowned pioneer of modern liquid crystal technology and a prolific inventor of electronic displays with more than 100 patents. He has been widely recognized and honored for his numerous contributions to display technology. In 2006 he was recognized as a leading American inventor with the annual MIT Lemelsen Prize. In 2008 the IEEE recognized him as one of the independent inventors of the LCD.
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John Fergason, Director
John Fergason manages the FPP development and engineering projects that support both new and improved inventions and products. John is also CTO of LightSwitch Safety Systems, a manufacturer of auto darkening filters products used in welding helmets. During his career he has contributed to the IP and development and engineering of a long series of LCD related products. | Background |
