Appointment NewsSAMSys Names Tom Dziersk To Serve As President and CEO
Founder Cliff Horwitz Remains Chairman of the Board
TORONTO, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY: TSX), an
international provider of Radio Frequency Identification hardware solutions,
today announced the appointment of Tom Dziersk (pronounced Dursk) as the
company's new president and chief executive officer. He replaces founder and
chairman Cliff Horwitz, who temporarily assumed the role of president in
August 2004 to fill a vacancy. Horwitz will remain actively involved in SAMSys
as chairman of the board.
Over the last five years, Dziersk served as president and CEO of Austin,
Texas-based ClearOrbit, a provider of supply chain execution automation
software that utilizes both barcode and RFID technology. Under his leadership
ClearOrbit experienced a major expansion of its product line, successfully
transitioned into a profitable new business model yielding strong revenue
growth, and achieved market penetration into hundreds of marquee Oracle
manufacturing and CPG companies including many Fortune 1000 firms.
Prior to ClearOrbit, Dziersk held senior-level sales and marketing
executive positions at several other emerging technology companies. He served
as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Montreal-based Essentus
International, a former provider of ERP software and B2B portal systems for
the apparel and footwear industries; division senior vice president and
general manager of JBA International, formerly the world's sixth largest ERP
software company; and an executive sales manager at Loadstar Computer Systems,
a software firm specializing in the automotive aftermarket.
"Tom's appointment is the culmination of a year-long executive search as
well as an overall reengineering of the management team that we initiated to
address the transition of the RFID market from development to commercial
implementation," Horwitz said. "Tom's diverse background, experience in
emerging markets, successful track record and creativity will serve us well as
we execute on our strategic plan to gain top market share in both supply chain
and non-supply chain environments."
"SAMSys has a strong competitive advantage in the RFID hardware market
because the company has made significant investments in configurable firmware,
intellectual property and other areas that are vital to satisfying customer
demands for simpler RFID implementations," Dziersk said. "As the market
requirements become more demanding and move toward more intelligent lower-cost
RFID hardware devices, SAMSys is uniquely positioned to become the market
leader. At the same time, their current best-of-breed products and unique
multi-regional flexibility lower the total cost of ownership and help mitigate
the complexity and risk associated with adopting RFID worldwide. My initial
focus will be to harness these strengths to drive company growth."
Dziersk's appointment will be effective January 1.
About SAMSys Technologies Inc.:
SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SAMSys), founded in 1995, is a world-leading
provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) reader solutions. SAMSys
offers a family of products to simplify the installation and ensure the
ongoing performance of the overall RFID hardware infrastructure. SAMSys is a
public company whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Exchange under
the symbol: "SMY". The Company has a total of 51.5 million shares outstanding.
Visit SAMSys at www.samsys.com and www.investorfile.com.
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