Portrait Displays, Inc., a global leader in visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry, has announced the retirement of Michael James, its founder, President, and C.E.O. Michael founded the company in 1993.Over the next 20 plus years he was instrumental in spearheading display technology innovations, forwarding the company’s vision, and driving Portrait’s value to the OEM customers by providing essential display-control software.
Newly installed by the Board of Directors are Co-CEOs Martin Fishman and Eric Brumm. Both are industry veterans, each having been with the company for the last 16 and 19 years, respectively. Throughout these years, they have collaborated and partnered to build a solid management infrastructure that has made this transition seamless. As they take over the helm at Portrait, they share a common goal, creating software applications that take advantage of the increased potential of the dramatic changes occurring in display technologies today.
Portrait has a long history as a software provider in the computer display industry, partnering with the world’s leading OEMs. Portrait’s future growth and expansion will occur by providing a variety of applications with a greater level of functionality for OEM product differentiation. The display industry is dynamic, as panels are constantly improving, and user awareness is growing. The demand for higher quality displays is increasing dramatically. Our OEM display customers seek our services to provide them with product-line enhancements that can appeal to various buyers and end user needs. From premium, color-accurate, feature-packed models to clean and simple entry-level models, Portrait can provide a means for the OEM to differentiate their product line. In a world where price is often the key driver, Portrait works with the OEM to create a simple no-frills product that successfully differentiates itself from the competition.
Portrait Displays, has a bright future, not just by turning up the brightness, but by providing a broad array of features and functions that address the rapid changes in panels that OEMs incorporate into monitors, notebooks, all?in?one computers, tablets, and smartphones. Our strength lies in our ability to work with OEMs to provide custom controls and functionality for a myriad of use cases for each panel type, from expanding color gamut and vertical segment applications, such as videography, photography, and gaming, to user-definable settings and future display advancements. Furthermore, the Technicolor Color Certified Program brings it all together by certifying quality color-accurate displays that your eyes can trust. Adherence to a color-accurate specification is unique to the display industry and is what Technicolor and Portrait Displays are doing to change the world.
