Thursday, August 4, 2022

MissionIRNewsBreaks — Cepton Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Names Industry Veteran as New COO

 Cepton Technologies (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance Micro Motion Technology(RM) (“MMT”) lidar solutions, has appointed Dr. Liqun Han as chief operating officer, a newly created role with responsibilities over the company’s product development and operations team. Han, a proven industry veteran, will continue to be in charge of the company’s flagship ADAS lidar program and will oversee and Cepton’s growing presence across automotive and smart infrastructure markets. Han joined Cepton in 2016 and has served as both vice president and senior vice president of operations, where he has led product development, commercialization and operational excellence teams; in those roles he has been pivotal in helping Cepton meet key milestones and expand engagements with the top- 10 automakers in the world. “As one of Cepton’s founding members and a key contributor to the productization and development of MMT lidars, Liqun has demonstrated outstanding leadership in driving operational excellence,” said Cepton Technologies CEO and cofounder Dr. Jun Pei in the press release. “Liqun has played a pivotal role in enabling Cepton’s leap from a lidar technology innovator to an OEM-validated provider of lidar solutions in just a few years. As we continue to expand collaboration with leading OEM customers, tier 1 partners and manufacturing partners, we look forward to Liqun’s continued leadership.”

To view the full press release, visit https://ibn.fm/mi0jN

About Cepton Technologies Inc.

Cepton is a Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions for automotive (“ADAS/AV”), smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. With its patented Micro Motion Technology (“MMT”), Cepton aims to take lidar mainstream and achieve a balanced approach to performance, cost and reliability, while enabling scalable and intelligent 3D perception solutions across industries. Cepton has been awarded the largest-known ADAS lidar series production award in the industry to date, based on the number of vehicle models awarded, to support General Motors’ Ultra Cruise program. Cepton is also engaged with all other top-10 global OEMs. Founded in 2016 and led by industry veterans with decades of collective experience across a wide range of advanced lidar and imaging technologies, Cepton is focused on the mass market commercialization of high-performance, high-quality lidar solutions. Cepton is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has a center of excellence facility in Troy, Michigan, to provide local support to automotive customers in the metro Detroit area. Cepton also has a presence in Germany, Canada, Japan, India and China to serve a fast-growing global customer base. For more information about the company, visit www.Cepton.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CPTN are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/CPTN

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