CARLSBAD, Calif.— Spy Inc. (OTCBB: XSPY) has announced that Spy president and CEO Michael Marckx has joined the Spy Inc. board of directors, effective Dec. 11, 2013.

“Michael has been instrumental, and inspirational, in ensuring that Spy’s truly innovative products and its unique message are resonating throughout the marketplace. We happily welcome him to the board,” said Seth Hamot, Spy Inc.’s chairman of the board.

“As the president and CEO of Spy Inc., I am very excited to be joining its board of directors,” added Marckx. “I look forward to helping Spy with our board to extend our leadership role as the brand that puts happy smiles on the faces of everyday people—which is at the core of everything we do in the eyewear world we live and smile in.”

Having joined Spy in February 2011, Marckx served briefly as Spy’s vice president of marketing before being named president and eventually taking on both president and CEO roles. Having served as Surfrider Foundation’s chairman of the board from 2010 to 2012, Marckx has been a part of Surfrider’s board of directors since 2000 and is currently a board member of the Leucadia 101 Main Street Association.