last November:
"Panorama Synergy Limited [ASX: PSY] (“Panorama” or the “Company”) announces that it has appointed Dr Jason Chaffey as Director of Commercialisation and Manufacturing. Dr Chaffey joins the Panorama Board from ASX-listed Bluechiip Limited, with effect from 17 November 2014. Dr Chaffey has been actively involved in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (“MEMS”) technology, product development and engineering for more than 15 years. At Bluechiip he oversaw the implementation of a licensing strategy for the company’s wireless tracking technology which is based on MEMS. He has extensive experience in industrial design, product concepts and product transfer for MEMS, electronics, mechanical and software products and in managing multi-disciplined development and manufacturing teams and suppliers across Australia, Malaysia, Europe and North America. He has worked with a number of well-known MEMS foundries including ST Microelectronics (Europe) and IMT (Santa Barbara, USA). Terry Walsh, Managing Director of Panorama, said: “We are delighted that Jason has agreed to join the Panorama Board. He has considerable experience in bringing MEMS-based products to market and his knowledge of MEMS and extensive industry contacts, especially within foundries, designers and fabricators will be a major asset to Panorama. He will be instrumental in driving our commercialisation plans, not only for the LumiMEMS™ Reader but also the design and manufacture of Panorama’s own range of products.” Dr Jason Chaffey - Biography Dr Chaffey has been Managing Director and CEO at Bluechiip Limited since July 2014 and acting CEO since January 2014. He was the company’s Chief Technology Officer for five and a half years and before that Principal Engineer - MEMS for two years. Prior to joining Bluechiip, he was involved in a number of key technology laboratories including the Advanced Sensors Laboratory and Microengineering Section at DSTO and the Advanced Engineering Centre for Manufacturing at RMIT, where he led projects for inertial sensors, biosensors and optical modulators. Dr Chaffey has a Bachelors in Advanced Science (Physics) at the University of New South Wales (Sydney) and a PhD from RMIT University (Melbourne). He is a member of the Institute of Physics and a member of the MEMS Industry Group (MIG) Association. Dr Chaffey is a past Chair of the Australian Delegation for the Micromachine Summit and was Director of a non-profit organisation called Irabina Childhood Autism Services from 2010-2013."
PSY Price at posting:
13.5¢ Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held
