Vuzix Corporation announced that the company has appointed Paul Boris, former Vice President of Manufacturing Industries at GE Digital to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Paul Boris joins Vuzix after spending the last two plus years at General Electric in a variety of executive leadership roles including CIO of Advanced Manufacturing Strategy, Site Leader of the Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center and most recently as the Vice President of Manufacturing Industries of GE Digital. Due to Nasdaq director independence requirements, Mr. Boris also resigned as director of the Company effective May 8, 2017, and will not stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting to be held on June 13, 2017, notwithstanding being listed as a director nominee in the company’s proxy statement. The Company intends to have Mr. Boris re-appointed to the board of directors in the near future once independence requirements can be met overall for the company’s board.