AutoPatch founder Alan B Hale passes away
Published: ASIA
WORLD: The Hale family and AMC Corporation have announced that after a long battle with cancer, AutoPatch founder Alan B Hale has passed away at the age of 76. Mr Hale was the founder of XN Technologies – the parent company of AutoPatch – which has since been sold to AMX Corporation.
Mr Hale was a professor of computer sciences at Eastern Washington University (EWU) when he founded XN Technologies, Inc (XN) in 1989, which he created to market technologies developed as part of a joint EWU/Nasa project. From this sprung a sideline project in the form of AutoPatch, which quickly became the primary product for the Cheney-based company. In 2006, AMX purchased XN (AutoPatch) and continues to focus primarily on developing A/V distribution over IT networks.
‘My father was an inspiration to so many people,’ commented Phil Hale, one of Mr Hale’s seven children and president and CEO of Presentation Switchers. ‘His leadership style proved that business could be profitable and at the same time fun and engaging for employees. He earned the affection and loyalty of his employees, colleagues at EWU, and throughout the community through his kindness, generosity and compassion.’
Commenting on the loss, Rashid Skaf, president and CEO of AMX said: ‘All who knew Al at AMX regret the news of his passing, he was a talented and successful businessman and a fine person. AMX is proud and fortunate to have been able to add AutoPatch to its family of companies, which has since become an important part of our company. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family.’