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Enovix Names Former Apple Director Michael Vyvoda COO to Drive Global Battery Production Enovix has appointed Dr. Michael Vyvoda, a former Apple Director of Product Operations, as Chief Operating Officer effective 29 July 2026, putting him in charge of the global manufacturing ramp, supply chain and operations engineering across facilities in Malaysia and South Korea, supported by R&D in India.
The company links Vyvoda’s role directly to scaling commercial production of its silicon-anode batteries across smartphones, smart eyewear, defense and industrial markets, following the start of production for smart eyewear batteries tied to a first commercial order of about 50,000 units and a reported Q1 2026 revenue increase of 49% with six consecutive quarters of positive gross profit.
Enovix shares trade at about $5.20, with the stock down roughly 34.1% year to date.
The appointment concentrates execution risk squarely on Enovix’s ability to turn a reported $130m-plus Korea-focused pipeline into reliable high-volume output and margins under new operational leadership. Announcement • Jul 09
Enovix Corporation Announces Appointment of Michael Vyvoda as Chief Operating Officer, Effective July 29, 2026 Enovix Corporation announced that Dr. Michael Vyvoda, former Director of Product Operations at Apple who helped scale AirPods manufacturing to high-volume production, would join the Company as Chief Operating Officer, effective July 29, 2026. Michael, age 53, would report to Dr. Raj Talluri, President and CEO, and would assume responsibility for Enovix’s global manufacturing, supply chain and operations engineering organizations as the Company scaled to sustained, high-volume production at its Malaysia and Korea manufacturing facilities, with R&D support from its India operations. Senior Vice President Kihong (“KH”) Park, who leads Global Manufacturing Operations; Ed Casey, who leads Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME); and James Wilcox, Vice President of Strategic Sourcing, would report to Michael, establishing a unified operations organization with end-to-end responsibility from the factory floor to customer delivery. Dr. Vyvoda brought more than 25 years of operations and manufacturing leadership experience spanning high-growth startups and global technology leaders. He joined Enovix from Magrathea Metals, where he served as Chief Operating Officer, leading operations for the company’s electrolytic magnesium development platform. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer at Aircapture, where he took direct air capture technology from early development through commercialization, achieving successive generations of capital cost reduction. Earlier, Michael spent more than five years at Apple as Director, Product Operations for Audio Products, where he helped scale AirPods manufacturing from new product introduction to high-volume production across multiple Asian manufacturing sites, while leading cost reduction initiatives to support margin expansion. His operations background also included senior manufacturing roles at ThinFilm Electronics, GT Advanced Technologies, Twin Creeks Technologies, SanDisk and Matrix Semiconductor. Michael held a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. 
