David Barnes

VP of Strategic Analysis

David Barnes is Vice President of Strategic Analysis at DisplaySearch. He has thirty years experience managing and advising electronics manufacturers. He joined the company from Philips and LG.Philips LCD where he advised managing directors, board members and shareholders on industry structure, opportunity and risk. As the author of more than $10B of funded capital plans, David also crafted the storyline for LPL's initial public offering and supported investment banking teams. David was the product manager at Photon Dynamics who created the ArrayChecker and ArraySaver products, widely used systems for TFT test and repair. A Silicon Valley native, David worked for National Semiconductor while attending Cupertino High School and returned to the electronics industry after attending the University of California at Santa Cruz. He specialized in manufacturing test and device characterization, culminating in managing business units that validated the 386, 486 and Pentium microprocessors. After that, only the flat-panel display industry could offer more excitement. David will bring this experience to custom consulting projects. He will also write executive reports analyzing industry structure and microeconomics. David has worked in Asia for many years and now lives in Hong Kong. He can be reached at dbarnes@displaysearch.com.