AeA Midwest Council Expands Executive Board
May 24 2007 - 5:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Midwest Council
of the AeA, the nation's largest high-tech trade association,
announced today the addition of several prominent industry leaders
to its board. AeA has also named existing board member T. Kendall
Hunt, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, VASCO Data Security
International, Inc. (NASDAQ:VDSI), Vice Chair of the Midwest
Council. Joining the Midwest board are: Marty R. Kittrell, Chief
Financial Officer, Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ:ANDW); Thomas R.
Reedy, President & Chief Executive Officer, iTRACS Corporation;
Joseph A. Beatty, Chief Financial Officer, Telular Corporation
(NASDAQ:WRLS); Darcy Davidsmeyer, Director, State and Local
Government Relations, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT); Gary R. Fairhead,
President & Chief Executive Officer, SigmaTron International,
Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMA); and William S. Johnson, Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
(NASDAQ:CCMP). AeA's Midwest board has responsibility for the
direction and strategy for the organization in the Midwest region,
and its efforts to effectively represent the high-tech industry in
the way of advocacy, programs, and related initiatives. Marty
Singer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PCTEL, Inc.
(NASDAQ:PCTI), who continues as Chairman of the Board, said, "This
is a high- energy team that represents some the most innovative
companies in the Midwest high-tech industry. I welcome Ken Hunt as
Vice-Chair. Ken is among the most successful high-tech
entrepreneurs in the region. He and I are both committed to drawing
upon the resources of AeA to best serve the interests of our member
companies." Additional continuing members of the AeA Midwest
Council board include: John Thode, President & Chief Executive
Officer, ISCO International, Inc. (AMEX:ISO); Michael Schamberger,
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP; Joseph E. Cross, President & Chief
Executive Officer, Nanophase Technologies Corporation
(NASDAQ:NANX); Bob Nelson, Consultant; Bob Blee, Senior Manager,
Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ:SIVB); David R. Samyn, Vice President
& General Manager, Electronics Division, Littelfuse, Inc.
(NASDAQ:LFUS); and Marc Berejka, Senior Director, State Affairs and
Public Policy, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). "We are honored
to welcome these executives to our board and look forward to their
involvement in the coming months," said Ed Longanecker, Executive
Director, AeA Midwest Council. "Effective leadership and support
from the business community, as well as AeA's broad portfolio of
resources, greatly enhances our ability to advance the interests
and priorities of the high-tech industry in this region," added
Longanecker. About AeA: William Hewlett and David Packard founded
AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) in 1943. Today
as then, we continue their vision to advance the business of
technology. AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade
association, representing nearly 2,500 member companies that span
the spectrum of the electronics and information technology
industry, generating more than $400 billion in annual revenues. AeA
has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology industry for
more than 60 years. Based in Illinois, AeA's Midwest Council
represents 120 leading high-tech companies that generate nearly $50
billion in annual revenue and employ more than 40,000 workers in
the region. The AeA Midwest Council and its members are dedicated
to fostering growth in the Midwest high-tech market by providing
effective and comprehensive leadership on state and federal
legislative priorities, promoting the region as a center of
innovation and new product development, and by providing high-tech
companies access to the most comprehensive portfolio of recourses
in the industry, all designed to help both their top and bottom
line. For more information, please visit
http://www.aeanet.org/Midwest. DATASOURCE: AeA Midwest Council
CONTACT: Ed Longanecker of the AeA Midwest Council,
+1-630-613-7174, Web site: http://www.aeanet.org/
http://www.aeanet.org/Midwest
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