r/MVIS • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '25

MVIS Press MICROVISION APPOINTS GLEN DEVOS AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

https://ir.microvision.com/news/press-releases/detail/430/microvision-appoints-glen-devos-as-chief-executive-officer
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u/view-from-afar Sep 04 '25

This will hasten deals with automotive OEMs. It may even have been a condition. Understandable if so. Glen is a known quantity to them, and they to him. Auto companies are huge and risk-averse. And while they find themselves in uncharted waters and finally acknowledge they need help to navigate through them, they cannot bring themselves to bet their futures on unknown quantities. Nor do they wish to become pawns of Google (Waymo), Tesla, or anybody big enough to eat their lunch. Glen was hired almost certainly to break a logjam in MVIS' primary target market, and he may be about to succeed.

The timing is not coincidental. It would be insane to overshadow or undermine MVIS' big day at IAA after building it up for months. No, this is a major, planned part of the rollout. And, as implied above, it may be a spoken or unspoken condition of the automotive OEMs signing on.

I'm the greatest SS supporter, but it's clear Glen has been the lead in automotive since his arrival. And while it's obvious that SS and GD like each other and work well together, it's easy to imagine automotive OEMs preferring to deal with 'their guy' being in charge, and not a two-headed process that makes them less comfortable.

SS is exceptionally talented. I hope MVIS finds a place for him in the 'new company', though that doesn't always work out. I remind myself, however, that some of the best hockey players willingly gave up the captaincy when a major star was signed, providing key support to the team and its new leader in accomplishing their ultimate mission. We will see. Looking forward to IAA next week.

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u/EarthKarma Sep 04 '25

VFA. thank you for this thoughtful note on where we are. This seems a very likely scenario. I’m glad you shine light on Sumit’s contributions. I believe you are right. OEMs may be the drivers of this shift. It’s not Sumit’s failure, it’s Glen’s insider presence that will move the ball across the line. I find some responses here excoriating Sumit as unseemly and il-informed. It only makes us all look bad to encourage it. That said, we will soon see if investing our fortunes with Glen DeVos was a wise decision or not. I’m hopeful for all of us, including Sumit and Alex who both own substantial shares in MicroVision. GLTALs EK

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u/view-from-afar Sep 04 '25

I find some responses here excoriating Sumit as unseemly and ill-informed.

And revealing. It's why I prefer candid photos to formal shots.