Tuesday, October 10, 2017

New Board Member Bernee Strom




MicroVision Announces Addition of Bernee D.L. Strom to its Board of Directors


REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2017-- MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology, today announced that it has elected Bernee D.L. Strom to its board of directors. With the addition of Strom, the MicroVision board numbers eight members.

Strom has an extensive and distinguished background spanning over 25 years in executive management, marked by advisory roles and board memberships at Polaroid Corporation, Hughes Electronics/DirecTV, Benchmark Electronics, and other public and privately held companies.

Strom is currently a Senior Advisor to Seattle-based investment bank Cascadia Capital and SkyLIFE Technologies, a company that disrupts and markedly improves the distribution of humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Gemstar/TV Guide International (now part of TIVO), Priceline.com, and USA Digital Radio (now HD Radio) are among the companies Strom founded or ran. Further, she was a founding partner of Revitalization Partners, a Seattle-based business advisory firm. Strom remains Chairman and CEO of Strom Group, an investment, management consulting, and business advisory firm focused on high technology companies.

“Bernee Strom is a tremendous addition to the MicroVision board of directors with her background as a founder, leader, and board member of many public and private high technology companies,” said Brian Turner, Chairman and Independent Director at MicroVision. “Bernee brings a distinguished track record as an entrepreneur, mentor, and business executive, and we look forward to her joining our board.”

Strom was named one of the leading business women of the State of Washington with its Lead Where You Land award and is the recipient of many other awards and recognition for her mentorship, entrepreneurship, and leadership in both commercial, educational, and civic organizations.

“I am looking forward to joining MicroVision’s board of directors and working with my fellow directors and management at this exciting time for the company and its technology,” said Bernee Strom, newly elected Director of MicroVision. “The scanning engine products for display, interactive display, and 3D sensing, and the development programs the company has undertaken with major technology companies open up multiple opportunities to be part of emerging, high growth markets.”

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