Gerald K. (Gerry) Perkel
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Perkel has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Planar since September 2005. Prior to joining Planar, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Merant PLC, a provider of ECM (enterprise-change management) software that was acquired by Serena Software in 2004. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Perkel served as president of the Office Printing Business at Xerox, a multi-billion dollar segment of Xerox’s business. Prior to that, from 1995 to 2000, Mr. Perkel was president of the Color Printing and Imaging Business of Tektronix. Mr. Perkel received his BS in System Science engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Scott Hildebrandt
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Hildebrandt joined Planar as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. Prior to joining Planar, Mr. Hildebrandt served as CFO at Merant PLC, CFO at InFocus Corporation and held several financial executive roles at Tektronix, including vice president and corporate treasurer and vice president and division controller of the Color Printer Business. He currently serves as a Board Trustee for the Oregon State University Foundation. Mr. Hildebrandt joined Haskins and Sells, CPA’s following his graduation from Oregon State University where he received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and Computer Science.

Rob Baumgartner
Vice President

Mr. Baumgartner has been with Planar since July 2000 and currently serves as the Vice President of Global Operations. He has served in a variety of marketing, sales and operations roles during his tenure at Planar. Prior to joining Planar, Mr. Baumgartner served in a marketing role for LeCroy Corporation and a variety of engineering and marketing roles at Tektronix. Mr. Baumgartner received his BS in Electrical Engineering and his BS in Economics with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Davis
Vice President

Mrs. Davis joined Planar in 1998 and has held a number of diverse and increasingly impactful roles in marketing, business operations, and global customer service and now heads Planar’s Marketing departments. Her contributions to Planar span a wide variety of markets and technologies, including digital signage and architectural displays. Prior to joining Planar, Mrs. Davis worked for Intel Corporation and held a senior marketing management role at a software start-up. Mrs. Davis holds a BS in Business Administration and History from Warner Pacific College and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Steve Going
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Mr. Going joined Planar as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in March 2007. Prior to joining Planar, Mr. Going served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merix Corporation. Mr. Going also served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merant PLC, a provider of enterprise change management software products and acquired by Serena Software in May 2004. Mr. Going was a Partner in the Portland, Oregon office of Perkins Coie LLP, a large international law firm, where he served growth companies in the areas of general corporate and strategic advice, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, technology transfers and securities regulation. Mr. Going holds a BS in Business Administration (Finance) from Oregon State University and a JD from The UCLA School of Law.