AeA Midwest Council Expands Executive Board

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: May 24, 2007 – 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 (GM): VDSI), Vice Chair of the Midwest Council.

Joining the Midwest board are: Marty R. Kittrell, Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): ANDW); Thomas R. Reedy, President & Chief Executive Officer, iTRACS Corporation; Joseph A. Beatty, Chief Financial Officer, Telular Corporation (NASDAQ (GM): WRLS); Darcy Davidsmeyer, Director, State and Local Government Relations, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT); Gary R. Fairhead, President & Chief Executive Officer, SigmaTron International, Inc. (NASDAQ (CM): SGMA); and William S. Johnson, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): 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 (GM): 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 (GM) NANX); Bob Nelson, Consultant; Bob Blee, Senior Manager, Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ (GS): SIVB); David R. Samyn, Vice President & General Manager, Electronics Division, Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ (GS): LFUS); and Marc Berejka, Senior Director, State Affairs and Public Policy, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): 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:
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.

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