Cepton Chief Technology Officer Mark McCord resigns

The company states: "On March 14, 2023, Dr. Mark McCord was appointed, effective March 14, 2023, to serve as chair of Cepton’s newly created Technology Advisory Board. Effective upon such appointment, Dr. McCord resigned from his position as Chief Technology Officer of Cepton, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Dr. McCord will continue to be employed by the Company in a non-executive position following the conclusion of his service as Chief Technology Officer, and will remain in charge of Cepton’s intellectual property portfolio. In connection with Dr. McCord’s resignation, the Board appointed Dr. Dongyi Liao as Chief Technology Officer of the Company, with such appointment to be effective on March 14, 2023. In this role, Dr. Liao will serve as the principal technology officer of the Company. Dr. Liao, age 48, previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Applications since February 2022. Dr. Liao was the Vice President of Applications of Cepton Technologies, Inc. from February 2017 to June 2019 and has previously served as the Senior Vice President of Applications of Cepton Technologies, Inc. since June 2019 until February 10, 2022. Dr. Liao previously co-founded YourMechanic.com and served as its Chief Technology Officer from January 2012 until December 2016. He also served in various engineering and managerial roles at NVIDIA from 2001 to 2010. Dr. Liao has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology."