About Ken Rygler

Ken Rygler is the president of Rygler & Associates, Inc., a high tech consulting firm focused on "Bringing Technology To Market". Prior to starting Rygler & Associates in January, 2002, Mr. Rygler was Founder and Executive Vice President of DuPont Photomasks, Inc. (DPI), a company he started in 1986 and took public in 1996. DPI, led by Mr. Rygler, changed the face of the photomask industry, driving a consolidation from over one hundred producers in 1986 to less than a dozen today. DPI completed over 20 acquisitions of merchant and captive photomask operations. In 1996, Mr. Rygler played a lead role in DPI's successful IPO. He has developed strong personal relationships with the investment community and is a recognized and widely quoted industry leader and spokesperson.

Before founding DPI, Mr. Rygler held senior management responsibilities in a variety of businesses in the electronics, industrial, and consumer markets. His electronics experience includes EDA, silicon wafers, photoresist, photomasks, semiconductor and mask making equipment, semiconductor packaging, rigid and flexible printed circuit boards, and connectors and cables.

Within DuPont, Mr. Rygler pioneered the development and commercialization of a new line of flexible printed circuit materials he branded Pyralux^®, which has shown significant growth and profitability for over 30 years. He also led the development and commercialization of Pyralin^®, a line of spin-on polyimide coatings for semiconductors, which ultimately led to the formation of a $100M joint venture with Hitachi Chemical, HDI, Inc. He spent several years as V.P. of New Business Development and V.P. of Sales of DuPont's $500M electronic connector business, before it was spun out of DuPont.

Mr. Rygler graduated with Honors from Bethany College (WV) in 1964 with a major in chemistry and a minor in economics, and is also a graduate of the Penn State Executive Management Program. He served overseas in the armed forces from 1965 to 1967 before joining DuPont. He was an officer of DPI, a member of the board of directors of DuPont Dai Nippon Engineering, DuPont Photomasks Taiwan, Ltd., Petersen Advanced Lithography, the American Electronics Association/Texas, the Austin Symphony Orchestra., and on the advisory board of Gauda, Inc. He also served as CEO of Pixelligent Technologies LLC, and CMO of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

Associates

Rygler & Associates, Inc. collaborates with a network of colleagues in a wide variety of high technology markets, including the photomask, semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment, passive components, printed circuit boards, EDA, and other related industries when specialized vertical skills and/or experience is necessary. They include market researchers, scientists and engineers, lawyers, financial engineers, and others.