Interlink Electronics, Inc. (OTC: LINK), a global technology leader and
trusted advisor in Human Machine Interface (HMI) solutions, is pleased
to announce that Mr. Ken Altman will join the Company on January 19,
2015, in the new role of Regional Sales & Business Development Manager,
North America (Eastern Region). Mr. Altman will report to Mr. Neil
Jarvie, Vice President of Global Sales & Business Development. Mr.
Altman will be based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will be responsible
for sales and business development for the Eastern and Central regions
of the United States and Canada.
Mr. Altman comes to Interlink Electronics with over 20 years of
experience in high-technology sales, major account development, and
strategic partner management within the semiconductor industry. Since
2002, Mr. Altman was a Regional Sales Manager with Cypress
Semiconductor, a leading provider of high-performance programmable and
Capacitive HMI solutions. In his role at Cypress, Mr. Altman was
responsible for overall revenue growth and business development in his
territory, which included the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic regions of the
United States and South America. Prior to Cypress, Mr. Altman held
technical sales positions of increasing seniority with companies
including ON Semiconductor, Altera and Arrow Electronics.
"Interlink Electronics is delighted to have Mr. Ken Altman join
our expanding global Sales and Business Development team in this
strategically significant region. Ken will drive our expanding HMI
solution capabilities into our key existing and target customers,”
stated Mr. Neil Jarvie, Vice President of Sales & Business Development
at Interlink Electronics. Mr. Jarvie continued, "Ken is a
seasoned sales and business development professional with a solid track
record of delivering results in existing and emerging markets. Ken’s
appointment represents another major step in the strategic build-out of
Interlinks’ global direct and indirect sales and business development
resources.”
About Interlink Electronics, Inc.
Interlink Electronics is a world-leading trusted advisor and technology
partner in the advancing world of touch-sensor and human-machine
interface technologies. Interlink Electronics has led the printed
electronics industry in its commercialization of the patented
Force-Sensing Resistor (FSR®) technology, which has enabled rugged and
reliable human-machine interface ("HMI") solutions. For over 30 years,
Interlink Electronics' solutions have focused on handheld user input,
menu navigation, cursor control, and other intuitive interface
technologies for the world's top electronics manufacturers. Interlink
Electronics has a proven track record of supplying human-machine
interface solutions for mission-critical applications in a wide range of
markets, including, but not limited to, consumer electronics,
automotive, industrial, and medical devices. Interlink Electronics
serves a world-class customer-base from its corporate headquarters in
Camarillo, California and offices in Singapore, United Kingdom, China,
Hong Kong and Japan. For more information, please see www.interlinkelectronics.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This release contains "forward-looking
statements" involving a number of risks and uncertainties as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following are
among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements: historical losses and negative cash
flow, the success of business divestitures and acquisitions, the
ownership of the majority of our stock by a small group of investors,
our success in predicting new markets and the acceptance of our new
products, efficient management of our infrastructure, the pace of
technological developments and industry standards evolution and their
effect on our target product and market choices, the effect of
outsourcing technology development, changes in the ordering patterns of
our customers, a decrease in the quality and/or reliability of our
products, protection of our proprietary intellectual property,
competition by alternative sophisticated as well as generic products,
pending litigation against Interlink Electronics, historical weaknesses
in internal controls over financial reporting, continued availability of
raw materials for our products at competitive prices, disruptions in our
manufacturing facilities, risks of international sales and operations
including fluctuations in exchange rates, compliance with regulatory
requirements applicable to our manufacturing operations, and customer
concentrations. The forward-looking statements contained in this release
should be considered in light of these risk factors.
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