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For more than twenty years, Mark Spitzer has thrived on the technical and business challenges that "experts" say cannot be done. He has led research groups in displays, photovoltaics, and semiconductor process development, many times finding success in the "impossible." Myvu Corporation, which Mark founded in 1995 under the MicroOptical name, is building advanced display eyewear to support a revolution in portable personal electronic devices. Prior to founding Myvu, Dr. Spitzer was principal scientist at Kopin Corporation where he was responsible for a number of development projects involving solar cells, light emitting diodes, and active matrix displays. He served as principal investigator reporting to the CEO on several multi-year DARPA-funded display technology development programs with funding of more than $20 million. Prior to joining Kopin, Mark was manager of Photovoltaics Research at Spire Corporation, where under contract to the U.S. DOE and NASA he led the successful development of a number of advanced solar cells. He has published more than 80 technical papers and holds 36 issued U.S. patents. Mark attended Boston University under a State of Connecticut Scholarship and a Boston University Trustee Scholarship, and graduated with distinction in physics. Mark earned a Ph.D. in physics at Brown University. Although he was trained formally in physics, Mark also studied electrical engineering, and was designated the Amperex Fellow in Electronic Research at Brown. Mark is a member of the American Physical Society, IEEE, Optical Society of America, and the Society for Information Display. | 