AUSTIN, Texas — Infinitum announced technology leader Rick Tewell will join the company as president. He brings nearly four decades of leadership experience scaling production across the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries to Infinitum and will help lead the company’s hypergrowth phase.
Prior to joining Infinitum, Tewell was COO for AEye, a global provider of high-performance, lidar solutions for industrial and mobility markets including autonomous vehicles. He also served as COO for Velodyne, a manufacturer of 3D lidar sensing technologies, where he oversaw its manufacturing strategy and helped scale the company before its initial public offering in 2020. Previously, Tewell served in numerous senior engineering roles for semiconductor and microprocessor industry leaders including Freescale Semiconductor, NVIDIA, Fujitsu Semiconductor, Verisilicon Holdings Co., and NXP Semiconductors.