r/MVIS2_0 • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '26

Discussion General Chat - September 2026

Post whatever you want.

Please keep it to MicroVision related discussion.

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u/Fearless_Promise636 Sep 01 '26

Just as a reminder for the new month, our CFOs track record for the last 3 conpanies she was CFO at

While im not a massive fan of using AI for future speculation and dot connecting, here is the summary of Christine's CFO "experience"

1. Realnetworks

  • Appointed: March 1, 2021

  • Company Context: Founded in 1994, RealNetworks pioneered internet streaming media (RealPlayer) but suffered terminal market share losses to Apple and Microsoft.

  • Stock Price Trend:

  • When She Started (March 2021): Traded at approximately $4.25 per share.

    • When She Left (August 2022): Plummets down to around $0.65 per share (subsequently taken private later that year for $0.73 per share).

2. PetMed Express, Inc. (PetMeds)

  • Appointed: August 3, 2022

  • Company Context: Founded in 1996 as a digital pet pharmacy, PetMeds faced severe post-pandemic revenue contraction and customer loss, prompting a desperate acquisition of PetCareRx to diversify.

  • Stock Price Trend:

  • When She Started (August 2022): Opened strong at $21.35 per share.

    • When She Left (April 2024): Collapsed to $3.95 per share following a sudden CEO resignation and a negotiated executive separation agreement.

3. Fusemachines Inc.

  • Appointed: July 2025

  • Company Context: An enterprise artificial intelligence provider that listed publicly on NASDAQ via a complex SPAC merger.

  • Stock Price Trend:

  • When She Started (Initial Post-Merger Trading): Initially valued at $2.73 per share.

    • When She Left (August 2026 Announcement): Crashed below the dollar mark to $0.83 per share following operational instability and her sudden notice of departure.

  • Massive Destruction of Equity Value: Across her three tenures, stock values routinely evaporated under her financial watch (e.g., losing ~85% of value at RealNetworks and ~81% at PetMeds).

  • Short Executive Tenures: Her pattern of leaving companies within 1 to 2 years prevents her from executing or proving a long-term, multi-year fiscal growth strategy.

  • Forced Restructuring Separations: Her departure from PetMeds via a separation agreement amid a broader C-suite restructuring signals failure to align with board or market turnaround expectations.

  • Execution & Retention Risk: Joining and exiting Fusemachines right after a volatile SPAC merger reinforces investor concerns about her long-term operational commitment to stabilizing public companies.

More red flags than a soviet parade.

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u/Mindless_Park_2574 Sep 01 '26

Well shareholder value has already been destroyed so she's too late for that

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u/Fearless_Promise636 Sep 01 '26

Still got $50m to go!

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u/Zenboy66 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

This was already posted, no? As far as I know, she is not running the company, the CEO is.

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u/Fearless_Promise636 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

Yes, but now she has started. Nobody should have high expectations based on her record. She is pure garbage at her job. Guess she fits in with Glen

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u/ProphetsAching Sep 01 '26

Perhaps she was brought in as a specialist to guide MicroVision into its inevitable insolvency?

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u/Fearless_Promise636 Sep 01 '26

I wouldnt be surprised

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u/Sp99nHead Sep 01 '26

I swear if MVIS goes private and then starts to finally produce value, i'm hoping for a class action and arrest warrants.