Cepton Appoints Mitch Hourtienne to Chief Commercial Officer
19 Setembro 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Automotive and semiconductor industry veteran continues to
enable business growth by driving commercial strategy and execution
as Cepton expands leadership in lidar adoption
Cepton, Inc. (“Cepton” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CPTN), a
Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar
solutions, today announced the appointment of Mitch Hourtienne to
Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing the Company’s business growth
and market success.
In the newly created role, Mr. Hourtienne will continue to lead
Cepton’s business development, product management and marketing
teams to solidify the Company’s leadership in automotive and smart
infrastructure markets and strengthen strategic partnerships with
world-class industry leaders.
Mr. Hourtienne joined Cepton in 2018 and played a pivotal role
in establishing the Company’s center of excellence in Detroit,
serving the automotive heartland with multi-decade expertise in OEM
integration and sensor technology. Mr. Hourtienne’s contributions
were also instrumental in securing Cepton’s flagship ADAS lidar
series production award with General Motors and in strengthening
its partnership with world-leading Tier 1 supplier, Koito
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Prior to joining Cepton, Mr. Hourtienne
amassed twenty years of experience winning and launching sensor
product businesses in the automotive and semiconductor industries,
having held positions in engineering, product management and
business development at global leaders such as Sensata
Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon and
Continental.
“Mitch has been with our core founding team since the second
year of Cepton’s existence,” said Dr. Jun Pei, CEO and Co-founder
of Cepton. “Winning automotive business is quite a difficult feat
to achieve, and I’m fortunate to have Mitch’s experience and
insight as we traverse the early stages of lidar adoption into our
next phase of the business. He played a crucial role in securing
the GM business and possesses the expertise to align all essential
elements for the Company's future growth.”
Mr. Hourtienne adds: “As automotive OEMs adopt new technologies
for their new vehicle platforms, Cepton remains at the forefront of
enabling lidar deployment in everyday consumer vehicles. We have
successfully combined technical prowess, commercial excellence and
Tier 1 partnerships to further accelerate OEM adoption of reliable,
high-performance lidar. I’m proud to be working side by side with
the founding team and key technical leaders here at Cepton.”
About Cepton, Inc.
Cepton is a Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions
for automotive (ADAS/AV), smart cities, smart spaces and smart
industrial applications. With its patented Micro Motion Technology
(MMT®), Cepton aims to take lidar mainstream and achieve a balanced
approach to performance, cost and reliability, while enabling
scalable and intelligent 3D perception solutions across
industries.
Cepton has been awarded the largest known ADAS lidar series
production award in the industry to date, based on the number of
vehicle models awarded, to support General Motors’ Ultra Cruise
program. Cepton is also engaged with all other Top 10 global
OEMs.
Founded in 2016 and led by industry veterans with decades of
collective experience across a wide range of advanced lidar and
imaging technologies, Cepton is focused on the mass market
commercialization of high performance, high quality lidar
solutions. Cepton is headquartered in San Jose, CA and has a center
of excellence facility in Troy, MI to provide local support to
automotive customers in the Metro Detroit area. Cepton also has a
presence in Germany, Canada, Japan, India and China to serve a
fast-growing global customer base. For more information, visit
www.cepton.com and follow Cepton on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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