William Graham Settle serves as Director of the Company. Mr. Settle was first introduced to the Company by its founder, Bob Saxe, in 1986 at the time of Research Frontiers Initial Public Offering, four years after beginning his career on Wall Street with Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter in 1982. His due diligence and involvement over time has led him to make significant investments including direct participation in the Company’s capital raising transactions and purchases in the open market. In 1994, Mr. Settle was tapped to manage AT&T Capital’s newly established small and medium enterprise initiative in North and South Carolina. The 1996 acquisition of AT&T Capital marked the beginning of 18 years of foreign operations with a move to Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish the war-torn nation’s first micro-finance institution. Under his leadership, and in partnership with bilateral and multilateral shareholders, the fledgling firm reached profitability and went on to rank #14 in Forbes Top 50. Mr. Settle continued to serve in the Balkans as Chief of Mission for World Bank Group’s private sector International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Sarajevo and later in Belgrade where he led the in-country liaison for World Bank Group’s diplomatic accreditation and forensic audit of Serbia’s arrears in the prelude to Paris Club negotiations. After the World Bank Group assignments, Graham Settle’s high-level roles in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) included board membership on investee companies, focal point for all private sector development programs for developing member countries in the Asia and Pacific region and Regional Mission Head of Private Sector Development for Central Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Mr. Settle is a Chartered Financial Analyst, completed the US Marine Corps Platoon Leader Course in Quantico, was an AAU Boxing champion, completed the Strategic Negotiations executive program at Harvard University and has an MBA from East Carolina University.
William Settle is 62, he's been the Director of Research Frontiers since 2020. There are 1 older and 4 younger executives at Research Frontiers. The oldest executive at Research Frontiers Inc. is Alexander Kaganowicz, 73, who is the Independent Director.
William's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC.,, 240 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE, WOODBURY,, NY, 11797.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at Research Frontiers have traded over $4,323,250 worth of Research Frontiers stock and bought 1,885,771 units worth $7,004,119 . The most active insiders traders include Kevindouglas Family Trustja..., Kevin Douglas a Victor F Keen. On average, Research Frontiers executives and independent directors trade stock every 42 days with the average trade being worth of $32,062. The most recent stock trade was executed by Alexander Kaganowicz on 14 June 2024, trading 2,000 units of REFR stock currently worth $3,880.
research frontiers inc., the developers and licensors of spd-smartglass™, have built an infrastructure of over 40 licensees worldwide that collectively are capable of serving the growing global demand for smart glass products in automobiles, homes, buildings, aircraft, boats and display applications. in suspended particle devices (spds), a thin film laminate of rod-like nano-scale particles is suspended in a liquid and placed in between two pieces of glass or plastic, or attached to one layer. when no voltage is applied, the suspended particles are randomly organized, thus blocking and absorbing light. when voltage is applied, the suspended particles align and let light pass. varying the voltage of the film varies the orientation of the suspended particles, thereby regulating the tint of the glazing and the amount of light transmitted. spds can be manually or automatically "tuned" to precisely control the amount of light, glare and heat passing through, reducing the need for air condi
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