TIDMTEK
Tekcapital plc
11 October 2022
11 Oct 2022
Tekcapital Plc
("Tekcapital", the "Company" or the "Group")
Innovative Eyewear, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments
Tekcapital Plc (AIM: TEK, OTCQB: TEKCF), the UK intellectual
property investment group is pleased to announce Innovative
Eyewear, Inc. ("Innovative Eyewear") (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW), a
developer and retailer of cutting-edge smart eyewear and a
subsidiary of portfolio company Lucyd Ltd, is pleased to announce
that it has added two eyewear industry veterans, with deep
international experience, to its executive team.
Mr. Ekene Ofodile, a respected business Leader with over 20
years of experience in Global Sales, Sales Operations and Business
Management has joined the company as Sr. Vice President, Sales and
Marketing. Ekene has a demonstrated ability to work across all
levels of an organization to develop high performance partnerships
that drive profitable revenue growth.
Most recently, Ekene served as the Head of Sales, North America
for a portfolio of outdoor and work wearable brands acquired from
Honeywell International by Rocky Brands, Inc. From 2018 - 2021, he
held the position of Director of Strategic Account Sales at
Honeywell International's Safety & Productivity Services Retail
division driving global growth of footwear, PPE, hearing &
vision protection products within high volume key accounts.
Ekene previously served at Randolph Engineering Eyewear Inc.as
its Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, where he
spent 4 years developing and executing strategic growth plans for
the Randolph and Ranger Eyewear Brands. Prior to Randolph
Engineering, Ekene spent 15 years at New Balance Athletics as Head
of International Sales Operations.
"I believe Harrison Gross & the Innovative Eyewear team are
disrupting the eyewear industry with smart frame technology. I am
thrilled to be joining the Company at this pivotal moment and look
forward to contributing to its very bright future" said Mr.
Ofodile.
Jan Cory has also joined the company as VP of Global Optical
Sales and Marketing. With many successful years as part of the
optical community, Jan is charged with further developing this
important channel of trade for Innovative Eyewear.
Jan began her optical career in frames at Bausch + Lomb where,
after its acquisition by Luxottica, she spent 12 years. Her more
recent experience is as Chief Commercial Officer at I-deal Optics,
Holdings, Senior Director at IDOC (an optometry alliance), US
President at Silhouette International, and Sr. Vice President of
Sales for US and Canada at Viva/Marcolin.
Jan was named by Vision Monday as one of the Most Influential
Women in Optical in 2015. She proudly serves on the Board of the
Optical Women's Association
"Innovative Eyewear brings incredible innovation to eyewear. I'm
thrilled to share this cutting-edge technology with the ECP, and
I'm excited to be part of the future," said Ms. Cory.
"We are excited and honored to add both Ekene and Jan to our
management team," said Harrison Gross, CEO of Innovative Eyewear,
Inc. "Their combined eyewear industry knowledge and track record of
developing significant sales should help us rapidly scale our smart
eyewear business in both retail optical and non-optical channels
worldwide."
About Innovative Eyewear, Inc.
Innovative Eyewear is a developer and retailer of smart eyewear,
which are designed to allow the users to remain connected to their
digital lives, while also offering prescription eyewear and sun
protection. The Company believes that traditional frames, no matter
how attractive, do not possess the functionality that many eyeglass
wearers need and want. Smart eyewear is a multifunctional product
that addresses the needs of the optical, hearables and digital
assistant markets. We believe that the Company's products are well
positioned in this rapidly growing wearables ecosystem, with the
mission to Upgrade Your Eyewear(R). For more information, please
visit www.lucyd.co .
Tekcapital currently owns 100% of the share capital of Lucyd Ltd
and 5,189,086 shares (approximately 71%) of its U.S. operating
subsidiary, Innovative Eyewear, Inc.
For further information, please contact:
Tekcapital Plc Via Flagstaff
Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D.
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP
(Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
Richard Morrison/Charlie Bouverat (Corporate
Finance)/Abigail Wayne / Rob Rees (Corporate
Broking)
Flagstaff Strategic and Investor Communications +44 (0) 20 7129 1474
Tim Thompson/Andrea Seymour/Fergus Mellon
About Tekcapital plc
Tekcapital creates value from investing in new,
university-developed discoveries that can enhance people's lives
and provides a range of technology transfer services to help
organisations evaluate and commercialise new technologies.
Tekcapital is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange
(AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in the UK. For more
information, please visit www.tekcapital.com .
LEI: 213800GOJTOV19FIFZ85
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release is for informational purposes only. The
information herein does not constitute investment advice nor an
offer to invest and may contain statements related to our future
business and financial performance and future events or
developments involving Innovative Eyewear, Inc., Lucyd or
Tekcapital that may constitute forward-looking statements. These
statements may be identified by words such as "expect," "look
forward to," "anticipate" "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek,"
"estimate," "will," "project" or words of similar meaning. We may
also make forward-looking statements in other reports, in
presentations, in material delivered to customers, stakeholders and
in press releases. In addition, our representatives may from time
to time make oral forward-looking statements. Such statements may
be based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of
Tekcapital or Lucyd's management. Please note that these are
subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and factors, including,
but not limited to those described in various disclosures. Should
one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying expectations not occur or assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results, performance or achievements of Innovative Eyewear
Inc., Lucyd and/or Tekcapital may vary materially from those
described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking
statement. Neither Innovative Eyewear Inc, Lucyd nor Tekcapital
intends, nor assumes any obligation, to update or revise these
forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ
from those anticipated.
This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press
release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock
Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution
of this information may apply. For further information, please
contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
Reach is a non-regulatory news service. By using this service an
issuer is confirming that the information contained within this
announcement is of a non-regulatory nature. Reach announcements are
identified with an orange label and the word "Reach" in the source
column of the News Explorer pages of London Stock Exchange's
website so that they are distinguished from the RNS UK regulatory
service. Other vendors subscribing for Reach press releases may use
a different method to distinguish Reach announcements from UK
regulatory news.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms
and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information
contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an
anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services.
For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange
use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy
Policy.
END
NRAXBLFFLBLZFBB
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 11, 2022 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)
Tekcapital (LSE:TEK)
과거 데이터 주식 차트
부터 6월(6) 2024 으로 7월(7) 2024
Tekcapital (LSE:TEK)
과거 데이터 주식 차트
부터 7월(7) 2023 으로 7월(7) 2024