Ximea strengthens the management


Accompanying the growth of the company, Ximea is strengthening its management by appointing Jürgen Hillmann as an additional managing director. Hillmann, who has been working as COO since 2012, most recently as CTO at Ximea, leads various development and sales projects, is responsible for hyperspectral cameras and has previously represented the company as an authorized signatory to the outside world. In his new role Hillmann will now be working with Dr. Ing. Vasant Desai, who has held the position of CEO since the company was founded.
In addition, Michael Cmok, Technical Sales Director, was given power of attorney. With more than two decades of accumulated knowledge and experience, Ximea is today known as a sustainable innovator in the industrial and scientific imaging and imaging markets and is constantly setting new standards in the industry. Particularly small, robust and extremely fast cameras are among the core competencies of Ximea.
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