Digital Fitness Industry Veteran Joins Kopin to Drive Augmented Reality Growth Among Athletes and Consumers

Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ:KOPN), a global pioneer in wearable AR and VR technologies for government, enterprise, professional sports and consumer markets, today announced the addition of Tom Futch as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Solos, for the company’s SOLOS™ Smart Glass business. SOLOS is Kopin’s award-winning, high-performance and ultra-lightweight AR smart glasses designed for optimal sports performance, safety, comfort and style.

Kopin’s SOLOS AR smart glasses were designed with input from the USA Olympics Cycling Team to let athletes safely and wirelessly see their performance data from sensors on the cycle, smartphone or a digital fitness device on a heads-up display—in real time. With its mix of analytics, contextual guidance and performance data in a heads-up system, SOLOS Smart Glasses empower athletes and active consumers to improve their fitness level without distraction, line-of-sight adjustments or the need for touch.

As Senior Vice President of Kopin’s SOLOS Smart Glass business, Tom and his team are tasked with increasing the brand awareness, sales and strategic partnerships of SOLOS smart glasses to a broader and more inclusive athletic and active consumer base.

Tom joins Kopin with more than two decades’ experience leading global sales, marketing and branding strategy for leading global brands in consumer fitness wearables and apps, digital health, weight loss and employee wellness. In addition to leading the sales and marketing efforts for SOLOS Smart Glasses and software services, Tom and his team will be responsible for the strategic development of Kopin’s evolving ecosystem of professional and consumer wearable products, services and partnerships.

"It is time for Kopin’s SOLOS Performance Wearables business to expand beyond cycling and into new sports and activities, like running, triathlons, golf, skiing, snowboarding and swimming,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s President and CEO. "Tom shares Kopin’s mission: to build the most advanced, comfortable, safe, durable and stylish AR wearables that give consumers insights to their performance data. His track record of executing world-class sales and branding strategies in the fitness, health and wellness markets fits perfectly with our ambitions for SOLOS.”

"With SOLOS, Kopin correctly predicted that high-performance augmented reality glasses would be an essential tool for today’s professional and amateur athletes,” said Futch. "My experience leading and advising new fitness technologies to the larger consumer market will serve Kopin well—with my goal being to turn SOLOS Smart Glasses into a household brand name. Our mission is to create the most advanced AR Smart Glasses Platform to inform and inspire athletes and consumers to achieve their full human potential.”

In addition to driving sales growth and developing partnerships via direct-to-consumer, retail, fitness, employee wellness and insurance campaigns, Futch is an entrepreneur who successfully founded and directed Inov8 Health Growth Strategies, a strategic advisor and investment firm for major digital fitness, health and wellness companies. Previously, Futch’s experience includes leading and advising in executive sales and marketing roles at leading global fitness, health and wellness brands, including Fitbit, Weight Watchers, BodyMedia/Jawbone, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic.

Futch reports to Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s President and CEO, and is based in North Carolina.

About SOLOS

SOLOS is one of the world’s most technologically advanced smart eyewear. Leveraging decades of Kopin’s experience in heads-up displays and other technologies, SOLOS creates performance-enabled smart glasses to inspire athletes to reach their greatest potential. Built for elite cyclists, triathletes and runners, weekend athletes and commuters, SOLOS empowers these consumers to maximize real-time data without compromising form or safety.

About Kopin

Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and critical components for integration into wearable computing systems for military, industrial and consumer products. Kopin’s technology portfolio includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, voice-interface and hands-free control software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset reference systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 300 global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com.

SOLOS and Kopin are registered trademarks of Kopin Corporation.

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