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Corporate Leadership Team

Portrait of 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.

Portrait of 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.

Portrait of 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.

Portrait of Mark A. Ceciliani
Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Business Unit

Mr. Ceciliani currently is Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Business Unit. Having joined Planar in 1984, he has served in a variety of financial roles, including controller, assistant treasurer and treasurer. Before joining Planar, Mr. Ceciliani was a staff accountant for KPMG Peat Marwick for three years. He received a BS in Business Administration from Portland State University.

Portrait of Benjamin Clifton
Vice President, Technology

Mr. Clifton joined Planar as Vice President of Technology in 2006. He held this position at Clarity Visual Systems, prior to Planar's acquisition. He has been instrumental in the integration of Clarity's video wall and digital signage display products into Planar, and brings his specialty display expertise to all of Planar's markets. Mr. Clifton has 22 years of experience in the display field, working for Tektronix, InFocus, Motif, and Clarity Visual Systems. He was recipient of the SID 1992 Best Paper Award, and holds 18 patents in the display field. Ben graduated from Washington State University with a BS in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science.

Portrait of 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.

Portrait of Kristina (Kris) Gorriarán
Vice President and General Manager, Control Room / Signage Business Unit

Gorriarán joined Planar following the acquisition of Clarity Visual Systems in 2006 and leads the newly formed business unit that targets this market. Before her 5 year tenure at Clarity, Gorriarán was with Xerox for 15 years, most recently as Vice President of Quality and Customer Satisfaction for European Operations. Gorriarán is member of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon, and she also serves on the Community Board of Directors for Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon. She is a graduate of The University of Oregon, with a BS in telecommunications.

 

 

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