David Slobodin
Founder & Managing Director
David Slobodin has over 30 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing and commercializing leading-edge display, optoelectronic and computing devices. He is currently focused on technology and intellectual property development in the areas of displays, biopolymers and carbon capture. He most recently provided business consultation for a variety of international display companies. He previously served as General Manager, Hardware at Microsoft, where he led the team that developed and manufactured Microsoft Surface Hub, Microsoft’s first group collaboration device. Prior to Microsoft, he was Vice President at Perceptive Pixel, where he built and led the Oregon-based engineering and manufacturing team that developed and produced big screen optical and capacitive multitouch displays and active pens. In earlier roles, he successfully commercialized products including MEMS displays, projection displays, wireless video transmitting devices and advanced technologies including thin film semiconductors, photovoltaics, printed electronics and optics. Dr. Slobodin has 39 US Patents, a PhD in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a BS degree in electrical engineering from MIT.