Immersion Appoints John Griffin as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing
May 22 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Immersion Corp. (Nasdaq: IMMR), the leading developer and
licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced the
appointment of John Griffin as the company’s Vice President of
Worldwide Marketing. As a member of Immersion’s executive team,
John will oversee all aspects of the marketing function
encompassing product management, product and corporate marketing,
and communications.
“I’m thrilled that John is joining us as we begin the
transformation of Immersion,” said Ramzi Haidamus, Immersion CEO.
“John’s leadership experience bringing innovative consumer
technologies to market is an ideal fit to further Immersion’s goal
of enabling touch everywhere in the digital world.”
“As connected devices proliferate across our lives, consumers
increasingly expect more intuitive, higher fidelity interactions,”
commented Griffin. “I’m impressed by Immersion’s team, its
technology leadership, and its unique position to bring
breakthrough human-machine interaction solutions to market.”
Previously, John was Vice President of Interactive Entertainment
at Dolby Laboratories. He spent over 15 years working in product
and marketing leadership roles across the gaming, mobile, PC, VR
and consumer electronics market segments. He led the launch and
scaling of consumer entertainment experiences on global platforms
including Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation, and Apple devices.
John has extensive experience leading product programs for
customers across the ecosystem including content developers, online
services, silicon and OS platforms, and device OEMs.
John holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from McGill
University.
About Immersion
Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) is the leading innovator of
touch feedback technology, also known as haptics. The company
provides technology solutions for creating immersive and realistic
experiences that enhance digital interactions by engaging users’
sense of touch. With more than 3,600 issued or pending patents,
Immersion’s technology has been adopted in more than 3 billion
digital devices, and provides haptics in mobile, automotive,
gaming, medical and consumer electronics products. Immersion is
headquartered in San Jose, California with offices worldwide. Learn
more at www.immersion.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” that
involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if
they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results
of Immersion Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
All statements, other than the statements of historical fact,
are statements that may be deemed forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to, the statement that consumers
increasingly expect more intuitive, higher fidelity interactions
from connected devices and Mr. Griffin’s statement that Immersion
is in a unique position to bring breakthrough human-machine
interaction solutions to market.
Immersion’s actual results might differ materially from those
stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks
and uncertainties associated with Immersion’s business, which
include, but are not limited to: unanticipated difficulties and
challenges encountered in product development efforts (including
with respect to Immersion’s touch feedback technology) by Immersion
and its licensees; unanticipated difficulties and challenges
encountered in implementation efforts by Immersion’s licensees;
unanticipated changes in the consumer device and other industries;
adverse outcomes in any future intellectual property-related
litigation and the costs related thereto; the effects of the
current macroeconomic climate; delay in or failure to achieve
adoption of or commercial demand for Immersion’s products or third
party products (including connected device products) incorporating
Immersion’s technologies; and a delay in or failure to achieve the
acceptance of touch feedback as a critical user experience. Many of
these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of
Immersion.
For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other
factors that could cause actual results to vary materially,
interested parties should review the risk factors listed in
Immersion’s most current Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q, both of which
are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The
forward-looking statements in this press release reflect
Immersion’s beliefs and predictions as of the date of this release.
Immersion disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements as a result of financial, business, or any other
developments occurring after the date of this release.
Immersion and the Immersion logo are trademarks of Immersion
Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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