# Dr. Bing N. Sun

> Dr. Bing N. Sun is the founder and CEO of Cetis, the hotel-telephone manufacturer behind the Scitec, TeleMatrix and Teledex brands. Raised in rural China, he trained in physics and materials science in France and worked in scientific research before founding Scitec in 1993. Customer conversations led him into telephone components and hotel phones; acquisitions of TeleMatrix in 2006 and Teledex assets in 2009 brought the three brands together under Cetis.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Cetis, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Cetis, Inc., Scitec, Inc., TeleMatrix, Inc., University of Geneva, State University of New York at Buffalo, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate studies; specific degree not verified, Peking University, Master’s in Physics, University of Aix-Marseilles, Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Aix-Marseilles
- **Known for:** Built a hotel-telephone business after a research career in materials science., Brought Scitec, TeleMatrix and Teledex together through acquisitions and corporate integration., Reported pre-selling more than 30,000 first-generation Aegis phones to over 200 US hotels before the 1995 release.

## Career timeline

- **1988** — Completed doctoral studies at Aix-Marseilles and moved to the University of Geneva for postdoctoral materials-science and high-temperature superconductivity research.
- **1990** — Joined scientific research staff at SUNY Buffalo in July.
- **1991** — Joined the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois in November.
- **1993** — Left academia and founded Scitec as a consulting and custom-manufacturing company.
- **1994** — A conversation with an Atlanta-area PBX sales manager led him into supplying neon message-waiting lights for hotel telephones.
- **1995** — Scitec launched an Aegis-branded 2500-series telephone.
- **1998** — Expanded the telephone range and shifted toward channel distribution; Maintenance Warehouse distributed the products and Choice Hotels provided a brand endorsement.
- **2003** — A Fortune 500 telecom manufacturing contract prompted his move to greater Los Angeles and a more strategic management focus.
- **2006** — Acquired TeleMatrix.
- **2009** — Acquired Teledex assets in December.
- **2010** — Brought Scitec, TeleMatrix and Teledex together under Cetis; later recalled becoming debt-free again in December.
- **2018** — Published a LinkedIn article titled Reflections on the 25th anniversary of the original company.
- **2024** — Resigned as a director of the UK company Cetis (EA) Limited on November 29; this record concerns the UK entity.

## Achievements

- Built a hotel-telephone business after a research career in materials science.
- Brought Scitec, TeleMatrix and Teledex together through acquisitions and corporate integration.
- Reported pre-selling more than 30,000 first-generation Aegis phones to over 200 US hotels before the 1995 release.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Companies House records his resignation as a director of Cetis (EA) Limited on November 29, 2024.
- **2018-07** — Published Reflections on LinkedIn on July 25, noting the original company’s 25-year anniversary.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cetisgroup.com/founder.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bing-n-sun-0843b08

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