Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. announced Alex Behfar has been appointed Executive Chairman and acting CEO. Mr. Behfar has served as member of the Company's Board of Directors since June, 2019. The appointment comes as Odyssey's gallium nitride foundry in Ithaca, NY is in the final stage of being transformed into a facility for gallium nitride transistor fabrication and development.

The Company's former Chairman and CEO, Dr. Richard Brown, has been named Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Brown will oversee the efforts to accelerate the development of a prototype of the Company's innovative and disruptive technology to produce GaN-based high voltage switching power conversion devices and systems that may quickly supplant SiC as the dominant premium power switching device material. Mr. Behfar, age 56, has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.

He currently serves as a mentor for Cornell University's Praxis Center for Venture Development and is President of Ulexus Consulting.