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STEPHEN PALMER, Ph.D. +46 70 49 50 789 [email protected] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Accomplished, Dedicated Scientist and Researcher in the fields of automatically darkening welding filters and liquid crystal technology. Prolific researcher and developer of new technologies for 3D visualisation purposes and 3D stereoscopic products & systems. Exceptional abilities to commercialise market and outsource fresh, new technology driven products. Founder or co-founder of three successful enterprises. Proactive board member able to successfully strategise about company direction and financial sourcing. Fluent in English and Swedish. Inventor or co-inventor of nine patents. Published researcher and writer in peer-reviewed technical journals (patents & publications listed on page three). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Volfoni Polarizers S.R.L & Volfoni R&D, France May 2011 to Present day Co-founder, Chief Science Officer & Shareholder Research and development of new technologies for 3d visualisation purposes. Filed four patents regarding new technologies for 3d stereoscopic products. Presented two publications at internationally recognized technical conferences. Crystal Vision Sweden AB, Sweden May 2011 to Present day Founder, Managing Director & Owner Direct the business development, commercialisation and outsourcing of new products. Oversee the financial accounting including compilation of annual reports. Serve as a board member and steer overall strategic development and financing of the company. Proditron AB, Sweden June 2010 to April 2011 Co-founder, Managing Director & Shareholder Research and development of new automatically darkening welding-filter lenses. Spearheaded business development, marketing and outsourcing of welding-filter components. LC-Tec Displays AB, Sweden Jan 2007 to May 2010 Managing Director, Shareholder & Board Member Managed an exceptional team of 14 people. Directed the development & commercialization of new products based on liquid crystal technology. Guided the overall strategic development and financing of the company as a board member. LC-Tec Holding AB & LC-Tec Displays AB, Sweden Jan 2004 to Jan 2007 Managing Director, CEO & Board Member Managed a hard-working, 15-member team comprising both scientific & administrative personnel. Led and implemented strategy that increased annual turnover from 3 MSEK to over 12 MSEK. Prepared financial & operational information for reporting to shareholders and Board of Directors.

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STEPHEN PALMER, Ph.D. +46 70 49 50 789

[email protected]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Accomplished, Dedicated Scientist and Researcher in the fields of automatically darkening welding filters and liquid crystal technology. Prolific researcher and developer of new technologies for 3D visualisation purposes and 3D stereoscopic products & systems. Exceptional abilities to commercialise market and outsource fresh, new technology driven products. Founder or co-founder of three successful enterprises. Proactive board member able to successfully strategise about company direction and financial sourcing. Fluent in English and Swedish. Inventor or co-inventor of nine patents. Published researcher and writer in peer-reviewed technical journals (patents & publications listed on page three).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Volfoni Polarizers S.R.L & Volfoni R&D, France • May 2011 to Present day Co-founder, Chief Science Officer & Shareholder

� Research and development of new technologies for 3d visualisation purposes. � Filed four patents regarding new technologies for 3d stereoscopic products. � Presented two publications at internationally recognized technical conferences.

Crystal Vision Sweden AB, Sweden • May 2011 to Present day

Founder, Managing Director & Owner

� Direct the business development, commercialisation and outsourcing of new products. � Oversee the financial accounting including compilation of annual reports. � Serve as a board member and steer overall strategic development and financing of the company.

Proditron AB, Sweden • June 2010 to April 2011

Co-founder, Managing Director & Shareholder

� Research and development of new automatically darkening welding-filter lenses. � Spearheaded business development, marketing and outsourcing of welding-filter components.

LC-Tec Displays AB, Sweden • Jan 2007 to May 2010

Managing Director, Shareholder & Board Member

� Managed an exceptional team of 14 people. � Directed the development & commercialization of new products based on liquid crystal technology. � Guided the overall strategic development and financing of the company as a board member.

LC-Tec Holding AB & LC-Tec Displays AB, Sweden • Jan 2004 to Jan 2007

Managing Director, CEO & Board Member

� Managed a hard-working, 15-member team comprising both scientific & administrative personnel. � Led and implemented strategy that increased annual turnover from 3 MSEK to over 12 MSEK. � Prepared financial & operational information for reporting to shareholders and Board of Directors.

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LC-Tec Displays AB, Sweden • May 1999 to Dec 2003

R&D Manager - Liquid Crystal Technology

� Led the research, development and characterisation of new types of liquid crystal materials. � Managed a team of six outstanding researchers. � Filed two patents on new types of liquid crystal optical-shutters.

Signit Sweden AB, Sweden • June 1998 to May 1999

R&D Manager - Liquid Crystal Technology

� Managed a dedicated team of four researchers and engineers. � Spearheaded the research & development of the bistable cholesteric liquid crystal technology. � Developed & commercialized information signboards based on bistable liquid crystal materials.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE Hörnell Innovation AB, Sweden: Research Engineer: Optical Properties of Liquid Crystal Devices; Developed new types of liquid crystal modes and automatically darkening welding-filter devices. Filed three patents and published six papers in internationally recognized peer-reviewed technical journals. Hörnell Elektrooptik AB, Sweden: Research Engineer: Automatically Darkening Welding Filters; Developed, characterized and process optimized the manufacturing of new types of automatically darkening welding-filter lenses based on liquid crystal technology.

EDUCATION

Uppsala University • Sweden Ph.D. Applied Physics

University of Durham • UK

M.Sc. Applied Physics

B.Sc. Honours Degree (FIRST CLASS); Physics and Chemistry of Materials

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Sport - Orienteering GOLD: British Championships 1985, 1988 & 1991 SILVER: World Student Championships 1991 GOLD: Swedish Championships 1992 SILVER: World Championships 1993 GOLD: Scandinavian Open Championships 2001

(Patents and Publications listed on page three)

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PATENTS

Patent no. WO1995029428 A1: 26th April 1994, “Liquid crystal welding glass shields having improved optical angular properties”, co-inventors Stephen Palmer & Åke Hörnell.

Patent no. WO1997015254 A1: 26th October 1995, “Liquid Crystal Shutter”, co-inventors Stephen Palmer & Åke Hörnell. Patent no. WO1997015255 A1: 26th October 1995, “A liquid crystal shutter and a light shield device including such a shutter”, co-inventors Stephen Palmer & Åke Hörnell.

Patent no. WO2002067045 A1: 23rd February 2001, “A method of changing the phase of bistable cholesteric liquid crystals”, inventor Stephen Palmer.

Patent no. US20050206820 A1: 20th June 2002, “Fast optical shutter”, inventor Stephen Palmer.

Patent no. FR2987211: 22nd February 2012, “Procede D'Affichage D'Images Stereoscopiques”, co-inventors Stephen Palmer & Bernard Mendiburu.

Patent no. WO2013017409 A1: 29th July 2011, “Device for polarizing a video sequence to be viewed stereoscopically”, inventor Stephen Palmer.

Patent no. WO2014080018 A1: 26th November 2012, “Optical polarization modulator having liquid crystals”, inventor Stephen Palmer. US patent application no. US14/572,053: 16th December 2014, “Stereoscopic three dimensional system”, inventor Stephen Palmer.

PUBLICATIONS

S. Palmer, “Fast, Automatically Darkening Welding Filter offering an improved level of safety”, Applied Optics, 1st March, 1996, Vol. 35, No. 7, pg. 1088-1094 (1996).

S. Palmer, “Optical Angular Properties of twisted-nematic liquid crystal cells with twist angles of less than 90° ”, Applied Optics, 1st May, 1996, Vol. 35, No. 13, pg. 2199-2205 (1996). S. Palmer, G.W Mbise, G.A Niklasson and C.G Granqvist, “Angular Selective Optical Properties of thin Films: Measurement of Polar and Azimuthal Transmittance”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 44, pg. 397-403 (1996).

G.W Mbise, G.A Niklasson, C.G Granqvist and S. Palmer, “Angular Selective Optical Transmittance Through Obliquely Evaporated Cr Films: Experiments and Theory”, J. Appl. Phys., 1st November, 1996, Vol. 80 (9), pg. 5361-5364 (1996).

S. Palmer, “Liquid Crystal Cell With a Wide Viewing Angle and a High Cell Contrast”, Applied Optics, 1st April, 1997, Vol. 36, No. 10, pg 2094-2100 (1997).

S. Palmer, “The Optical Response of Liquid Crystal Cells to a Low Frequency Driving Voltage”, Journal of Liquid Crystals, 1st April, 1998, Vol. 24, No. 4, pg. 587-598 (1998).