Renowned SaaS and Cloud leader joins the enterprise extended reality (XR) innovator to drive strategic growth and market expansion.
Ismaning, Germany, and Durham, North Carolina – October 1, 2024 – Hololight, the leading specialist in XR streaming solutions for industrial enterprises, is pleased to announce the appointment of Walter Van Uytven as an Independent Director of the Board, effective immediately.
Walter Van Uytven
Van Uytven is a technology sector veteran with a proven track record in SaaS and Cloud technologies. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Technology at Alludo, where he spearheaded go-to-market strategies for top brands like Parallels. Prior to that, Van Uytven was CEO of Awingu, a European scale-up specializing in secure unified workspace solutions, which was acquired by KKR for their portfolio company Corel Corporation in 2022.
Van Uytven consistently delivers results by driving innovation and expanding market presence. As Vice President of Cloud at Proximus, he established the company’s cloud division, proving his leadership in cloud solutions. As CEO of Proximus Spear-IT, he managed the group’s IT operations, further demonstrating his expertise. In addition to his executive roles, Van Uytven holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics and an Advanced Management Degree from the Vlerick Business School. He is also a member of the Forbes Global Technology Council, where he stays at the forefront of industry trends.
Van Uytven’s appointment is a decisive move for Hololight as the company continues to expand its enterprise-grade XR streaming platform, Hololight Hub, and strengthen partnerships with key industry players.
“We are thrilled to have Walter join our Board as an Independent Director,” said Hololight co-founder and CEO Florian Haspinger. “His deep expertise in SaaS and cloud technologies, coupled with his experience leading technology companies through significant growth phases, will be invaluable as we continue to push the boundaries of enterprise XR. Walter’s strategic insights will help Hololight accelerate its mission to deliver advanced enterprise XR solutions to industrial customers worldwide.”
“Hololight is uniquely positioned to lead the way in enterprise XR, offering a powerful platform and streaming technology tailored to the industrial sector. They address the needs of industry with a centralized infrastructure that efficiently manages and deploys immersive technologies across multiple use cases, including design, engineering, training, remote collaboration, and on-site worker support,” said Van Uytven. “Hololight’s vision aligns with my own belief in the transformative power of technology, and I look forward to working with this talented team to drive the company’s next phase of growth.”
Hololight continues to collaborate with key industry players including NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Meta, DigiLens, and Amazon Web Services. These collaborations ensure that Hololight’s XR solutions can be seamlessly deployed across multiple server infrastructures and XR devices. The company announced the new Hololight Hub platform and XR app ecosystem earlier this year at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. Hololight Hub is the enterprise XR platform for securely hosting, managing, and streaming AR/VR applications to XR devices – in the cloud or from on-premises servers.
About Walter Van Uytven
Walter Van Uytven served as Global Senior Vice President of Technology at Alludo leading the Technology GTM. Prior to this Walter served as CEO of Awingu, a European scale-up that developed a ‘secure unified workspace solution’, acquired in June 2022 by Alludo. He also setup the Cloud division for Proximus as VP Cloud and was the CEO of Proximus Spear-IT. Today Walter is active as investor, independent director / (non) executive director, strategy & growth advisor to scale-ups , interim executive for local/global technology companies. Walter is also a Global Forbes Technology Council member.