DisplaySearch Continues to Grow With the Addition of 11 Seasoned Experts to its Worldwide Team

AUSTIN, TEXAS, November 5, 2007--DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, today announced that it has added several new market analysts and staff members to its seasoned, worldwide team. Specifically, the company has hired Rich Alires as Vice President of North America Business Development; Michael Boo as DisplaySearch Korea's Director of TFT LCD Market Research; Calvin Hsieh as DisplaySearch Taiwan's Research Director and Hidestoshi Himuro as DisplaySearch Japan's Director of IT Market Research.

In addition, DisplaySearch has also hired the following staff members:

Hye-Jin Jang, Office Manager, DisplaySearch Korea
Helen Lv, Office Manager, DisplaySearch Shanghai
Vi Nguyen, Data Manager, DisplaySearch Houston
Jodi Paul, Webmaster/Editorial Manager, DisplaySearch Austin
Jennifer Turnbow, Marketing Communications Manager, DisplaySearch Austin
Winnie Wen, Sales/Marketing/Customer Service Director, DisplaySearch Taiwan
Rachel Deitch, Project Manager, DisplaySearch Austin

"DisplaySearch's infrastructure continues to grow at a rapid pace, as evidenced by the addition of its new team members from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the US--further demonstrating our diversity and increasing DisplaySearch's coverage in IT, TFT LCDs and TV electronics on a global scale," noted Ross Young, President and Founder.

Rich Alires, Vice President, Business Development
Bringing more than 20 years of information industry experience to his new role, Rich will be responsible for sales and client development for North America. Prior to joining DisplaySearch, he served as Executive Vice President for Current Analysis West, Inc. an NPD Group company. Before the acquisition of Current Analysis West by NPD, Rich served as Vice President of the Consumer/Commercial Technology group based out of San Diego and was one of the firm's founding members in 1997. He also held several sales and sales management positions at Xerox, as well as roles at Dataquest and Computer Intelligence Infocorp (now ZDMI).

Michael Boo, Director, TFT-LCD Market and Technology Research, DisplaySearch Korea
Leveraging his knowledge and background in strategic planning for investment, competitive analysis and market research at Samsung Electronics for nearly 17 years, Michael will be in charge of DisplaySearch Korea's TFT-LCD market and technology research. Specifically Michael will cover large-area and small/medium LCDs as well as OLEDs.

Calvin Hsieh, Research Director, DisplaySearch Taiwan
Calvin is chartered with TV electronics and display supply chain market research. He joins DisplaySearch with more than ten years of experience in product marketing roles. Most recently, he was the Product Marketing Director of Proview Electronics, an LCD monitor and TV manufacturer, focusing on the company's brand monitor business, including its Xerox-licensed brand. In addition, he also managed the company's LCD TV business product marketing and roadmap. Calvin also worked as a team manager for Hannspree (a HannStar company) and held various roles in software development and e-commerce.

Hidetoshi Himuro, Director of IT Market Research, DisplaySearch Japan
Hidetoshi will manage IT field analysis, such as PC and public information displays in Japan. With a 22-year tenure in various product planning, engineering and development roles at several NEC companies--such as NEC Personal Products (NECP), NEC-Misubishi Electric Visual Systems (NMV) and NEC Home Electronics/NEC Corporation--he brings a wealth of experience in the areas of LCD panels and monitors, as well as hardware development, peripherals and CRTs.

About DisplaySearch
DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company, has a core team of 57 employees located in Europe, North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. The company also organizes influential events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Houston, Kyoto, London, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at http://www.displaysearch.com/.