XpanD announced that it has hired Guido Voltolina as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer.
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Unedited press release follows:
XPAND Names Guido Voltolina As Chief Operating Officer
LOS ANGELES, California – XPAND 3D, the innovation leader and market leader in active 3D technologies for home, cinema and education, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Guido Voltolina as Chief Operating Officer. Voltolina joins XPAND 3D from Dolby Laboratories where he was Senior Director of Strategic Planning and before that held senior leadership, global marketing positions at Intel Capital, Royal Philips Electronics and InFocus. Effective immediately, Voltolina is responsible for XPAND 3D’s sales and operations functions with emphasis on driving market momentum of XPAND 3D’s award-winning consumer product lines including the Universal 3D Glasses and the stylish YOUNIVERSAL line of customizable universal 3D eyewear.
Making the announcement, XPAND 3D Chief Executive Officer, Maria Costeira noted Voltolina’s experience and leadership capabilities as key attributes that will be critical to XPAND 3D as the company launches numerous new products into the consumer marketplace in 2011. “With the first generation of Universal 3D Glasses, XPAND 3D demonstrated comprehensively how active 3D could – at once – be affordable and high-performing; with the YOUNIVERSAL family, we’re eliminating any style or comfort challenges while taking performance to a new level and in 2011 we’ll launch several more new products for an exciting array of applications and markets. This is a huge opportunity – but also a huge challenge that requires the management experience and market knowledge that Guido demonstrates! We are delighted to have him onboard and look forward to his contribution to our company as we grow our business in the months and years ahead!”
Echoing this sentiment, Voltolina said, “For me, the commitment to growth and the IP to back it up makes a company interesting and innovative. This is why I am pleased to join XPAND 3D. Maria Costeira has clearly articulated the opportunity and the corporate ambition and I am deeply committed to helping XPAND 3D achieve that ambition! I am confident that the core technology and the corporate culture is geared for growth and I look forward to working with the team here to make it happen efficiently and expeditiously.”
Guido Voltolina graduated from Milan University, Milan, Italy with a degree in Computer Information Systems. He also holds a FIS Education evaluation report and letter from the dean of the University of Oregon and has attended the Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Executive Program for High Growth Companies 2007.
For more information on XPAND 3D glasses, please visit www.xpandcinema.com.
About XPAND 3D:
The global leader in the 3D market, XPAND Universal 3D Glasses are the only 3D glasses that work with all the 3DTV brands and models, 3D computers, 3D gaming consoles and cinema. Its 3D glasses are affordable for cinema owners and home users while providing 3D quality that was originally available only at a professional cost. XPAND has the extraordinary combination of experienced and visionary leadership, state-of-the-art technology, and economies of scale that will provide a backbone for the cinema and consumer electronics industries as they further transition into the 3D future. X6D Limited is a global company whose products and services are marketed under the XPAND 3D brand name. XPAND 3D was created by industry veterans in theatrical exhibition, entertainment, film production and distribution, and specialty film and digital technologies and is funded by a European investment fund. XPAND 3D technology is used by over 3,000 3D cinemas in more than 50 countries and is the 3D solution of choice for post-production houses, educational and professional 3D applications. XPAND 3D designs, manufactures and OEMs a range of consumer electronics 3D solutions that are driving the 3D revolution.