MONTREAL, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- E2IP today
announced the appointment of Michael J.
Loparco as an independent member of its Board of Directors.
Mr Loparco will also serve on the Board's Talent and Culture
Committee. "Michael brings significant industry experience and
strategic guidance to the Board of Directors," said Scott MacDonald, Co-founder and Managing Partner
at McRock Capital and E2IP Board Chair. "As E2IP accelerates its
growth globally and prepares for an IPO in the coming years,
Michael's expertise and experience will be an invaluable asset to
the company," said MacDonald.
Mr. Loparco most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at
Symbiotic, an AI-enabled and software-driven warehouse automation
technology company, which he successfully shepherded through its
public offering (NASDAQ: SYM ~$20B
market cap) before taking an exit from the founder-led company and
moving into an Executive Advisor role.
Prior to joining Symbiotic, Mr. Loparco held global executive
positions at Jabil (NYSE: JBL), a Fortune 125 company, where he
served for 23 years in senior leadership positions helping grow the
company from ~$1B revenue to more
than $30B globally. In his most
recent role at Jabil, Mr. Loparco was CEO of Jabil EMS (Electronics
Manufacturing Services) & EVP, responsible for $22B of Operations in more than 25 countries
producing Automotive/EV, Medical, Aerospace & Defense, Cloud,
Telecom, Robotics, Industrial, Energy, and Consumer high-tech
products. Additionally, he had Executive ownership for Jabil's
worldwide enterprise IT, Global Procurement, Supply Chain
Strategies, and Strategic Investments covering more than 50 sites
and 80,000 people around the world.
"Having successfully ramped countless high-tech businesses
around the globe, I'm extremely excited to work with E2IP, both a
pioneer and established leader in the HMI technology space, that
I've known for years," said Mr. Loparco. "E2IP's more than 20-year
history serving the world's best brands across Medical, Aerospace,
Industrial and Automotive make it uniquely positioned now for the
explosive growth ahead, as smart surface technologies end markets
converge. It's an honor to work alongside the talented E2IP team
during this amazing inflection point in its evolution," he
added.
"Michael's value has already been felt across the company and
most importantly with our customers. Michael is hands on, working
directly with customers and our team on our most strategic
initiatives and partnerships, pushing us all to exceed what he
knows to be the expectations of the Global 500 customers who depend
on E2IP" said Eric Saint-Jacques,
E2IP CEO.
Mr. Loparco is also a licensed attorney, where prior to joining
Jabil he practiced Business Law and Corporate & Commercial
Litigation at the international law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. Mr Loparco has
worked on public company and private company boards, in both
for-profit and not-for-profit environments.
About e₂ip technologies
From ideation to fabrication, we rethink the boundaries between
technology and design to deliver innovative Human-Machine Interface
(HMI) and Smart Surface solutions to global market leaders. We
create new possibilities through innovations in printed
electronics, material science, advanced manufacturing processes and
embedded system development to transform the surfaces we touch in
our everyday lives and simplify how we all interact with our
physical environment.
Contact Information: Geneviève Raitt, 5146316662 x 135,
g.raitt@e2ip.com; www.e2ip.com
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