SEMICON West 2016

Conor Madigan
President and COO
Kateeva


Conor co-founded Kateeva in 2008. The company’s inkjet printing manufacturing equipment solution is used by technology leaders to mass-produce flexible and large-size OLED displays, and other products. Beyond leading Kateeva’s technology development and commercialization initiatives, Conor has helped grow the team from less than 10 to more than 140, while helping to secure multiple financing rounds to support the growth. Today, the team drives manufacturing from Silicon Valley and supports customers from operations in Korea, China and Taiwan. In 2015, Conor was named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Northern California. In 2010, he appeared on the prestigious TR35 list. Published annually by MIT Technology Review Magazine, the list names top technology innovators under the age of 35. Before Kateeva, Conor was a post-doctoral research scientist at MIT where he worked on organic electronic device technology. He has authored numerous publications on the topic and holds patents in fields spanning physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science, and software engineering. Conor earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a Ph.D. from MIT. Both degrees are in electrical engineering.

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