Isorg, a pioneer in organic photodetectors (OPDs) and large-area image sensors, appointed Dieter May as CEO to transform the company from an SME into a major corporation. He takes over from Isorg founder Jean-Yves Gomez, who has successfully led the technological and industrial development since its creation in 2010. Mr Gomez will now devote his time to driving future generations of technology as chief innovation officer.

Mr May joins Isorg from Osram Opto Semiconductors in Munich, where he was chairman of the board and CEO for three years. With a distinguished career in hi-tech, he brings to Isorg extensive experience of top-level industrial business management in semiconductors, software, automotive and mobile communications. Mr May has over thirty years of experience in world-leading organizations driving transformational change and product innovation in optoelectronics and digital products and services, beyond Osram OS to include BMW, Nokia and Infineon.

His appointment comes at a time when Isorg is about to begin its commercial ramp-up. Mr May’s aim is to build a company with a scalable footprint. He will ensure that Isorg’s industrial scale-up is ready to meet the required mass production for consumer markets and drive business success.

Isorg offers a range of innovative, slim-format and easy-integration security and identity solutions. Its biometric modules are approved for use in security applications. Its larger-area fingerprint-on-display (FoD) solutions are targeted for smartphone user authentication, enabling users to make higher value mobile data transactions more securely. Isorg also collaborates with industrial players on developing fingerprint sensors.

“Isorg has developed an impressively disruptive technology and made great achievements with its OPD innovations and full-blown FoD platform. There is significant expertise at the company. I have met many talented staff in various technical fields and dedicated teams who have worked hard to bring the technology to maturity and acquire a world class IP position,” said Dieter May. “I am convinced by Isorg’s huge potential, its capacity to gain a firm foothold in different promising markets and become a leader there.”

Isorg’s large-area image sensors and biometrics solutions are based on organic photodiodes, a transformational technology that can convert a substrate, such as plastic, glass or CMOS, into an optical sensing surface. It operates a state-of-the-art industrial plant in Limoges, France, for mass producing OPD sensors, and an R&D center in Grenoble, France.