IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 18, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq:LTRX), a leader in device networking and data center management technologies, today announced its appointment of Chris Preston as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Preston will be responsible for channel marketing, marketing communications, trade press relations, product management and overall product strategy.
Preston joins Lantronix with 19 years experience in marketing and sales for major technology and hardware brands. Most recently, as vice president of marketing for FileNet Corporation, Preston was instrumental in the development and growth of the FileNet Business Process Management (BPM) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software business. His marketing, sales and agency experience includes Eastman Kodak Corporation's Business Imaging Systems equipment division, McKann Erickson, and SafeHarbor.com.
President and Chief Executive Officer Marc Nussbaum commented, "Chris brings a solid track record of creating products that solve real-world problems for enterprise customers. His background is ideally suited for leading our growing suite of device networking platforms and for driving the execution of our strategy to accelerated device networking adoption across the industry."
"The opportunity to pioneer in such a vast market with the industry leader is what attracted me to join the Lantronix team," said Chris Preston. "The company has successfully established strong brand awareness, delivered truly innovative best-in-class products and established award winning channel programs. I am looking forward to helping Lantronix continue to lead the industry in this new world of globally connected devices."
About Lantronix
Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq:LTRX) provides technology solutions that deliver Net Intelligence(tm), helping businesses remotely manage network infrastructure equipment and rapidly network-enable their physical electronic devices. Lantronix connectivity solutions securely link a company's electronic assets through the network, allow access to business-critical data within each device and convert that data into actionable information. With this new intelligence, companies can achieve greater efficiencies, reduce resource consumption and proactively transform the way they do business. The leader in device networking and secure remote management solutions, Lantronix was founded in 1989 and has its worldwide headquarters in Irvine, California. For more information, visit www.lantronix.com.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding acceleration of the device networking market and continued leadership of Lantronix. These forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual reported results and outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the market for the Company's products and execution in these markets. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, see the company's recent SEC filings, including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.