Ximea strengthens top management
Ximea CEO Mike Bode has been joined at the top of the company by Kevin Toerne. The latter is Co-CEO of the camera manufacturer with immediate effect.
Sales Engineer Kevin Toerne is co-CEO of Ximea Corp.'s U.S. office. As a result, he becomes an equal managing director of the camera manufacturer, but retains his function in the sales area.
At the same time, Sam Seidman-Eisler joins the sales team. He will be working at the same location as Sales Engineer with immediate effect.
Toerne comments on his promotion: "I am truly honored to join the executive ranks at a company that is so innovative in an industry I have worked in for so many years. I’m excited for the opportunities we have to serve the imaging industry and the new products we have coming online and cannot wait to see where we can take our customers and products into the future."
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