Gerald K. (Gerry) Perkel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Perkel has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Planar since September 2005. Prior to joining Planar, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Merant PLC, a provider of ECM (enterprise-change management) software that was acquired by Serena Software in 2004. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Perkel served as president of the Office Printing Business at Xerox, a multi-billion dollar segment of Xerox's business. Prior to that, from 1995 to 2000, Mr. Perkel was president of the Color Printing and Imaging Business of Tektronix. Mr. Perkel received his BS in System Science engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Scott Hildebrandt
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hildebrandt joined Planar as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. Prior to joining Planar, Mr. Hildebrandt served as CFO at Merant PLC, CFO at InFocus Corporation and several financial executive roles at Tektronix, including vice president and corporate treasurer and vice president and division controller of the Color Printer Business. He currently serves as a Board Trustee for the Oregon State University Foundation. Mr. Hildebrandt joined Haskins and Sells, CPA's, following his graduation from Oregon State University, where he received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and Computer Science.
Douglas K. Barnes
Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Business Unit
Mr. Barnes currently is Vice President and General Manager of the Industrial Business Unit. Previously, Mr. Barnes was General Manager of the Medical Business Unit. Vice President of European Sales and Marketing and earlier served as general manager of Planar's North America operation. Since 1986, he has held various positions with Planar, including Director of Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing. Mr. Barnes received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
Steve Going
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. Going joined Planar as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in March 2007. Prior to joining Planar, Mr. Going served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merix Corporation. Mr. Going also served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merant plc, a provider of enterprise change management software products that was acquired by Serena Software in May 2004. Mr. Going was a Partner in the Portland, Oregon office of Perkins Coie LLP, a large international law firm, where he served growth companies in the areas of general corporate and strategic advice, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, technology transfers and securities regulation. Mr. Going holds a BS in Business Administration (Finance) from Oregon State University and a JD from The UCLA School of Law.
