Charles Annis, MA
Displays Practice Leader
Omdia
Kyoto, Japan
2020: Omdia, Display Practice Leader
2003-2019: DisplaySearch/NPD/IHS Markit, Vice-president and Senior Director FPD Manufacturing Technology
1997-2003: Photon Dynamics, Business Development & Marketing Manager
1995-1997: Samco International, International Sales & Marketing
Annis is responsible for analyzing emerging technologies, tracking and forecasting flat panel display investments, and researching equipment, materials and process trends. He is the primary contributor and editor of the AMOLED and LCD Supply Demand & Equipment Intelligence Service, and has authored numerous large technology and market reports such as the FPD Equipment Report, TFT LCD Process Roadmap Report, Flexible Displays Technology and Market Forecast Report. Additionally, he has conducted hundreds consulting projects in the past 17 years working at DisplaySearch, IHS Markit, and Omdia.
Prior to DisplaySearch, Mr. Annis spent six years at Photon Dynamics (now Orbotech), the leading provider of yield management solutions to the FPD industry and served as an international business manager for SAMCO International, a Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer.
Annis holds a master's degree in Business Law from Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, and a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, US. He is based in Japan.
2003-2019: DisplaySearch/NPD/IHS Markit, Vice-president and Senior Director FPD Manufacturing Technology
1997-2003: Photon Dynamics, Business Development & Marketing Manager
1995-1997: Samco International, International Sales & Marketing
Annis is responsible for analyzing emerging technologies, tracking and forecasting flat panel display investments, and researching equipment, materials and process trends. He is the primary contributor and editor of the AMOLED and LCD Supply Demand & Equipment Intelligence Service, and has authored numerous large technology and market reports such as the FPD Equipment Report, TFT LCD Process Roadmap Report, Flexible Displays Technology and Market Forecast Report. Additionally, he has conducted hundreds consulting projects in the past 17 years working at DisplaySearch, IHS Markit, and Omdia.
Prior to DisplaySearch, Mr. Annis spent six years at Photon Dynamics (now Orbotech), the leading provider of yield management solutions to the FPD industry and served as an international business manager for SAMCO International, a Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer.
Annis holds a master's degree in Business Law from Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, and a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, US. He is based in Japan.