We are a privately-held corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia. Our executive team has led both small and large firms from inception through public offering or acquisition. We take pride in our customer-focused culture and have built a world-class team of the brightest business and technical leaders in the global display industry. The team’s experience ranges from fundamental research to product development, component design, manufacturing and final assembly. Combined, the team holds more than 200 patents in display technologies.

Richard Cope, CEO

Richard ‘Rick’ Cope is an award-winning visionary with over 25 years of leadership experience and results. A successful CEO, President, CTO, COO, Combat Commander, Venture Capitalist, and Fundraiser, he has successfully led numerous companies from varying stages of research and development to sustainable revenue.

A retired Marine Corps Officer (Special Ops Advisor to Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf for Desert Storm, head of Marine Corps Missile R&D), Rick has put his Marine Corps training to good use by delivering that same determination and persistence to his professional career endeavors.

Rick’s unique blend of vision and operational excellence has been acknowledged by a variety of prestigious institutions. Under his leadership, NanoLumens has been awarded a Termans in the Breakthrough Technology category by TechAmerica, named a Top Ten Innovative Company and presented a Spirit of Endeavor Award by the Technology Association of Georgia and was runner-up in the Wall Street Journal’s Worldwide Innovation Award just to name a few.

He is also an avid contributor in the area of micro-lending in underdeveloped countries, partnering with organizations such as Opportunity International.

Karen Robinson, SVP Sales & Marketing

Karen leads the NanoLumens sales team and oversees all new business development and marketing. She has been instrumental in the planning, strategy and growth of NanoLumens.

Karen is a serial entrepreneur who has been CEO of four different high-growth, venture or angel-backed companies over the last 20 years. Most recently, Karen was president and CEO of Prime Point Media, one of the largest alternative out of home advertising companies in the United States which she successfully led to a lucrative exit when it was acquired by a publicly traded company in 2006.  Prior to Prime Point, Karen was chairwoman, president and CEO of Enrev Corporation, a technology company that was acquired in 2001.

She has been recognized by Atlanta-based Women in Technology when she won its Woman of the Year in Technology Awards in 2000.  She was also named to Wireless Weekly’s list of top 20 Women in the wireless industry. Karen is a frequent speaker at both the regional and national levels and she has spoken at MIT, Georgia Tech, Harvard and Emory Universities.  She is also an investor and board member at numerous private and public companies in the United States and Canada.  Her passions are her family and her involvement in micro-lending in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America.

Sherwin Krug, CFO

Sherwin Krug has more than 20 years of CFO, COO and CEO experience with high-growth venture-backed technology companies from start-up through mid-market. Most recently, Sherwin was the founder and CEO of AppointmentCity.com where he led the company to a successful exit in January 2011. Prior to that Sherwin has served as the COO of MFG.com, CFO of Tectonic Network and CFO of CMD Group. He spent 10 years with Ernst & Young.

Sherwin is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Bachelor of Accounting Science Honors from the University of South Africa.