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Robert L. Saxe
Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer
Bob Saxe is the founder of Research Frontiers and has been Chairman of its Board of Directors since its inception in 1965, and its Treasurer from October 1966 to 2005. He graduated from Harvard College in 1956 with an A.B. degree in General Studies (with a major in physics). Mr. Saxe also received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 1960. He began his business career doing market research in the glass industry with Corning, Inc. and then worked as a security analyst on Wall Street for Kuhn Loeb & Co. Mr. Saxe founded Research Frontiers in October 1965. He has worked with light-control technology for over 40 years, and is the inventor on many patents and patent applications in the United States and internationally involving light-control technology.
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Joseph M. Harary
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director, General Counsel, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary
Joe Harary joined Research Frontiers Incorporated as its Vice President and General Counsel in 1992 and has been a director of the Company since 1993. After various promotions, Mr. Harary became President and Chief Operating Officer in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer starting in January 2009. Mr. Harary has actively managed and directed all aspects of the Company's business including licensing, raising private and public equity capital, marketing, and government relations. Working closely with Chairman Robert L. Saxe, during Joe Harary’s tenure, the company’s intellectual property portfolio -- patents and patent applications for SPD-Smart™ technology worldwide -- has grown to over 500, making Research Frontiers the industry leader in smart glass light-control technology. He and the executive team are responsible for building an SPD supply chain infrastructure through the licensing of premier companies that include the world’s largest chemical and glass companies, and building global awareness of the benefits of SPD-SmartGlass technology. In 2007, Research Frontiers’ licensees began producing and selling to their customers next-generation SPD-Smart film and end-products.
Prior to joining Research Frontiers, Mr. Harary’s corporate law practice emphasized technology, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and intellectual property law at three prestigious New York City law firms. Mr. Harary graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College with an A.B. degree in economics, and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar as well as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Harary worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Joe Harary is frequently asked to share his business experience with other companies directly, and as a speaker and published author in the fields of intellectual property, corporate law, and smart glass. His online column, “Ask Joe,” is popular among the growing number of visitors to the Company’s website (SmartGlass.com). Mr. Harary has also served as a guest lecturer at Fordham University’s Accelerated MBA Program, and serves on the boards of various charities including the Imagine Academy which helps children with autism and their families.
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Michael R. LaPointe
Vice President - Marketing
Michael LaPointe became Research Frontiers' Director of Marketing for Architectural Windows and Displays in March 2000 and was promoted to the position of Vice President - Marketing in March 2002. Mr. LaPointe, a graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Organizational Behavior & Management and a B.A. in Psychology, worked in a marketing capacity for IBM Corporation in the early 1980s. He subsequently founded and developed several companies involved in the application and licensing of new technologies for various consumer products. During that period Mr. LaPointe also worked as a management consultant, where in 1994 he began his relationship with Research Frontiers, assisting it with its marketing strategy. He has extensive experience in licensing new technologies, both as a licensor and a licensee, and in bringing products using new technologies to market.
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Steven M. Slovak
Vice President – Technology
Steven Slovak joined Research Frontiers in January 1989 as a chemist and was promoted to various positions. In November 2005 Mr. Slovak became Research Frontiers’ Director of Film Development, and in January 2008 was promoted to his current position as Vice President-Technology where he oversees a growing team of chemists. Steve Slovak is an inventor on numerous patents and patent applications held by Research Frontiers worldwide on SPD-Smart light-control technology, and is a member of various scientific organizations including ASTM International and the National Fenestration Ratings Council (NFRC).
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Gregory M. Sottile, Ph.D.
Director of Market Development
Gregory M. Sottile, Ph.D. began his work with Research Frontiers in 2000. As the Company’s Director of Market Development, he is involved with initiatives designed to accelerate awareness, interest and usage of SPD light-control technology. Mr. Sottile has a B.S. degree from the University of Connecticut, an M.B.A. with concentrations in marketing and finance from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in organization and management from Capella University. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. Mr. Sottile began his career in the broadcast industry as a market researcher and he later was president of a market research firm that served growth-oriented organizations. He has held faculty positions at several major universities. Mr. Sottile is a member of ASTM International and is the company's representative to the Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium and the High Performance-Building Congressional Caucus Coalition.
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