UniPixel Appoints Jeff Hawthorne As CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - UniPixel Inc. (UNXL) announced it has appointed flat panel display industry veteran Jeff Hawthorne as CEO, president and director. Hawthorne, who has been acting as an operational consultant for the company, succeeds Bernard Marren and Carl Yankowski, who were serving as interim co-CEO and co-president.

Marren will remain chairman of the board and Yankowski will continue to serve as a company director. Marren will also return to the position of chairman of the compensation committee, with Yankowski returning to chairman of the audit committee.

Hawthorne has more than 33 years of senior management and advanced technology product development experience. Hawthorne currently serves as a director on the board of Iteru Systems.