Touch Display Market Tracker – 1Q26 Database

Calvin Hsieh

Senior Research Manager, Small Medium Display & Touch Interface

Calvin Hsieh is the leader of Small Medium Display and Touch User Interface, which is a functional team under the larger team of Components & Devices: Displays. He is responsible for managing the team, primary research, and forecasting on the touch display and emerging display-based user interface market, such as fingerprint on display. 

Before starting his analyst career with DisplaySearch, Calvin Hsieh had more than a decade of experience crafting strategies and managing product lines at leading display and system organizations across the globe. He joined DisplaySearch as the director for touch panel market and TV electronics in 2007, which was acquired by IHS Markit in 2014. He joined the Omdia from IHS Markit in 2019 and continues to lead the research of emerging display-based user interface including technology, market, and supply chain. Calvin Hsieh has a master's degree with a focus on human–computer interaction and user interface from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Irene Heo

Principal Analyst, Display Optical Film & Driver IC

Irene is Omdia’s Principal Analyst for display materials and components research, focusing on optical films for displays. She provides insights by covering various optical film industries and delivering market forecasts based on the panel and set markets, supply/demand and technology dynamics, pricing and cost modeling, and makers’ strategies.

In 2011, Irene joined Omdia (formerly IHS Markit) and has been following display components and optical films trends for many years.

Previously, she worked at Displaybank and paved the way for research activity in the display component area as a member of the first component research team. Before joining Displaybank, she worked at Dongjin Semichem, a leading electrical material company in the display and semiconductor field, as a researcher in the liquid crystal synthesis division.

She is a graduate of Konkuk University in Korea, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in organic chemistry.

Valerie Li

Principal Analyst , XR near-eye display and Touch Interface

As part of Omdia's small/medium displays practice, Valerie focuses on XR near-eye display and touch display market intelligence, covering shipment forecasting, pricing trends, emerging technologies, supply chain analysis, and key components such as cover lenses.

Prior to joining Omdia, Valerie accumulated over 10 years of experience in the electronics industry, including more than 8 years specializing in market insight analysis. She is a multi-dimensional analyst with experience in TV supplier management at Nanjing Sharp, display market analysis at BOE and CEC-Panda, and automotive display sales at Tianma. In addition, her experience at Sunlord Electronics, a leading electronic components distributor in China, has given her extensive research expertise in semiconductors, passive components, and foundry markets, along with strong financial analysis and data modeling capabilities.

Valerie holds a bachelor’s degree in Japanese from Nanjing Agricultural University and is fluent in English and Japanese.