Kopin® Corporation announced Mr. Michael Murray has succeeded Dr. John C. C. Fan as CEO, effective September 6, 2022. Dr. Fan has held the role of CEO, along with Chairman, since he founded the Company in 1985. Mr. Murray will also join Kopin's Board of Directors.

Michael Murray joins Kopin from Ultra Electronics Group, where he served as President of the Cyber business, working with defense ministries and governments. An engineer by training, Mr. Murray has always been associated with technology-focused companies. Prior to Ultra Electronics, he worked at Aceinna as Executive Vice President and Analog Devices, where he led the Industrial Sensing business unit.

At these companies Mr. Murray was involved in overall strategy of the business, product development, manufacturing, sales and marketing and acquisitions. Michael Murray earned his Associates Degree in Electronic Engineering from George Brown College, Canada in 2006. In 2009, he earned his Bachelor's degree in Business Management and in 2010 a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from Northeastern University.

In 2014, he obtained a Master's in Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.