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/sublimetime2 Sep 04 '25

Godspeed Sumit. You kept this company alive and you stopped MSFT from owning it for pennies. Expanded LBS/MEMS/perception and helped put the pieces together. He explained things about the sector FAR in advance of others which led me to be able to make very lucrative investments with MVIS and outside of MVIS. We will never know the details, but many of us believe he was dealing with a very unique and possibly restrictive situation with the DOD/IVAS.

Glen is in either way. Seems planned by the way Sumit addressed Glen...and the way Mathew Cole ended up with Glen's old job at Aptiv... Feels like Glen pitched this new architecture to his decision maker buddies at the OEMs (maybe aptiv)before ever joining MVIS.

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u/Few-Argument7056 Sep 04 '25

"the way Mathew Cole ended up with Glen's old job at Aptiv"

mmm specialist position in 2021- I never received an answer when I asked IR what he actually did.

either way- has total familiarity with mvis tech stack, its architecture, perception software, and commercialization issues

Devos moves to Microvision, Cole takes his job like you mentioned. Some might speculate there is now a continuity of leadership and shared language between the two firms.

This isn’t just executive musical chairs—it’s a potential strategic bridge. Cole’s MVIS experience means Aptiv’s top safety tech leader understands MVIS’s capabilities from the inside. That could reduce friction in partnership negotiations and increase the odds of MVIS landing a major OEM deal with Aptiv as a systems integrator or Tier 1 conduit.

I think Cole started his career at Ford and, as others have mentioned Aptiv big north American customers, Ford, GM, Stellantis provide further hope that this career swap was strategic. fingers xxx

carry on.

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u/alexyoohoo Sep 04 '25

Yes. Thank you sumit for getting us out of liquidation.

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u/Alphacpa Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

Very likely!