Episode 19 features Dr. Tara Akhavan, who is the founder and CEO of Faurecia IRYStec Inc., which makes eye-friendly display technology for the automotive industry. Tara is also Marketing Vice-chair for the Society for Information Display and she is active with the CIE. In this episode, Tara and Brian discuss how to succeed as an entrepreneur in the field of information display, growth prospects for displays in automobiles, the importance of resilience, especially for young female entrepreneurs, human perception, and SID.

Links:

*Faurecia: https://www.faurecia.com/

*Tara's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFnNCuylXR4

*Tara Akhavan, a perception story: https://www.faurecia.com/en/newsroom/tara-akhavan-perception-story

*ELLEvate Role Models: Tara Akhavan: https://youtu.be/k1GaEXautms

*SID Women in Technology: Moving Forward After a Setback: https://sid.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/msid.1321

*SID: https://www.sid.org

*Nanosys: https://nanosys.com