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Posted 05 January, 2024

Boxlight Corp appointed Dale Strang as new CEO

Nasdaq:BOXL appointed new Chief Executive Officer Dale Strang in a 8-K filed on 05 January, 2024.


  On January 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Dale Strang, a current member of the Board, to serve as the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer, effective immediately.  

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Overview of Boxlight Corp
Technology • Computers/Consumer Electronics
Boxlight Corp. is a technology company, which engages in developing, selling, and providing interactive classroom solutions for the global education market. It also designs, manufactures, and distributes interactive projectors, flat panel displays, touch projectors, touch boards, and MimioTeach through the Boxlight Group and Genesis brands. The company was founded by Herbert Myers and Sloan Myers in 1985 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.
Market Cap
$8.07M
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On January 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Dale Strang, a current member of the Board, to serve as the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer, effective immediately. Mr. Strang will be replacing Michael Pope, whose last day as an employee of the Company will be January 12, 2024. Mr. Pope will no longer serve as Chairman of the Board, but will remain as a member of the Board.


Mr. Strang, age 64, has served on the Board since August 2017 and has served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since 2021 and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee since 2017. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for Johnson Controls International plc, a global producer of building products and systems, from June 2018 to July 2023. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Media Strategy & Operations for Healthline Media. Before that, Mr. Strang was President and CEO of SpinMedia and, prior to SpinMedia, of Viximo, Inc. He also previously served as Executive Vice President & General Manager for IGN Entertainment, Inc., playing a key role in growing IGN until it was sold to News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media unit for approximately $650 million in 2005. He is an accomplished technology, media and entertainment executive with over 30 years of experience, including more than 20 years at the senior management level, leading organizations through periods of innovation, growth and turnaround. Mr. Strang has also served as advisor or board member to numerous companies.


As of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this "Report"), the Compensation Committee has not finalized compensation arrangements for Mr. Strang in connection with his appointment as interim Chief Executive Officer. The Company will provide this information by filing an amendment to this Report after the information is determined or becomes available.


In a related development, R. Wayne Jackson, a current member of the Board, was appointed as Chairman of the Board.