SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Ethertronics, a leading provider of customized embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices, today announced that Andy Wrobel has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO) responsible for the company's global financial, administrative and IT functions, including accounting and audit, financial planning and analysis, investor relations and treasury.
"Ethertronics has experienced phenomenal growth over the last two years, and Andy brings considerable expertise managing financial activities for a variety of high-tech companies to his new role as our CFO," said Jeffrey Crosby, President and CEO of Ethertronics. "We have expanded our operations in Korea, China, and Taiwan, and as we continue to increase our global business and operations, Andy's experience in managing high-growth technology businesses will further our company's success."
Wrobel has 20 years of executive experience, primarily in rapidly growing companies. Prior to joining Ethertronics, he held the CFO position at NTN Communications (AMEX:NTN), where he helped garner $45 million in profitable sales. Previously, he was the CEO/CFO at Inetcam Inc., as well as the CEO of Microelectronic Packaging. Wrobel founded Gigatek Memory Systems, Inc. in 1989, and as CEO/CFO he grew the company to $93 million in sales and later sold it to a Samsung affiliate in the mid-1990s. Prior to founding Gigatek he held executive management positions at Texas Instruments, Carlisle CMG and BASF. Wrobel's educational background includes a Ph.D., MBA programs and an MS degree from MIT, and a bachelor's degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Warsaw.
About Ethertronics
Ethertronics designs and manufactures high-performance standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices. Ethertronics' leading-edge antenna product lines have been selected by major customers to support a wide range of applications including cellular, UMTS, WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, GPS, MediaFLO and DVB-H among others. The company's patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole(tm) (IMD) technology enables wireless equipment manufacturers to tune both the antenna and antenna feed-line independent of each other, allowing for smaller size, flexibility in design implementation, shortened design cycle and higher overall performance, while simultaneously meeting and improving upon standard safety emission requirements. The U.S.-headquartered company maintains a global network of design centers and low-cost, high-volume manufacturing operations. For more information about Ethertronics, visit the company's Website at: www.ethertronics.com.
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