Izotropic Corporation at its board meeting held on December 29, 2022 approved that Effective January 1, 2023, Executive Vice President of Product Engineering Dr. Younes Achkire has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and will be taking on more responsibilities associated with the overall management and growth of the Company. Over the past year as the Executive Vice President of Product Engineering, Dr. Achkire has demonstrated strong strategic and execution skills in delivering the final industrial design for the product ahead of schedule. Dr. Achkire completed his Ph.D. at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium, and his Post-Doctoral work at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and has over 20 years of engineering experience from startups to working with large teams in established organizations.

His more recent positions and accomplishments include Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Zap Surgical Systems, where he led the design and manufacturing of a self-shielded radiosurgery device for head and neck cancer as well as Chief Operating Officer of Sotera Wireless, a Foxconn Health Technology company, where he grew existing device revenue by 30%, while designing the next generation of wireless health monitoring products. Prior to these positions, he was VP of Engineering at Solyndra LLC, Engineering Manager at Applied Materials, and Design Engineer for Varian Medical Systems.