NXT has announced the appointment of James Lewis as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1st August 2010. Lewis has been Non-executive Director of the Company since October 2009 and most recently has consulted to lead the exploitation of the Audium amplifier technology, acquired in March 2010. He is an electronics engineer and entrepreneur who has worked in Europe and the United States.
Lewis co-founded Oxford Semiconductor in 1992 and headed up its sales and marketing activities, turning it into a global business with 150 employees. After returning to the UK from the US, he formed his own consultancy, Parallaxis, to apply his experience and knowledge in supporting start-up and small hi-tech companies to realize their full potential.
Commenting on his appointment as NXT CEO, he said: "NXT has created some of the world's great audio and display technologies, and I am very pleased to be given the opportunity to lead the company forward at this exciting stage and I'm very much looking forward to working even more closely with the NXT team."
NXT's present CEO, Peter Thoms, will become Vice Chairman of the Company and continue to be based in the Hong Kong office with responsibility for maintaining and developing key relationships in Asia, as well as assisting Lewis in the commencement of his new role.
NXT licenses patented sound and touch technologies to designers and manufacturers of audio systems, TVs, PCs and laptops, PA systems, cars, aircraft and equipment for use public buildings around the world. The Company has unparalleled expertise in the field of bending wave haptics, which is widely expected to be the foundation of next generation human interface technology.
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