New Executive Leadership Added at ATHENA

As part of its growth and industry commitment, ATHENA and the iTSpeeX team have added full-time executive leadership in the form of Jay Requarth as Vice President of Technical Development and Jerry Rex as Chief Revenue Officer.

Because Dan Bagley and Dave Tilstone have begun to pursue other projects and Board responsibilities, this change is effective immediately. Bagley and Tilstone have begun the transition to Requarth and Rex. Bagley will continue to provide product input.

Requarth brings with him a solid background of over 20 years in IT, software development, data modeling, project management, continuous improvement and technical leadership. Rex has served in a variety of roles in the manufacturing industry over the last four decades, including apprentice, engineer, sales, sales management and president/CEO.

"We sincerely thank Dan and Dave for their efforts and energy. They will work with us as needed to ensure a smooth transition for any current projects or activities," said Stephen Kappers, Principal. "We are committed to the continuing development of every aspect of ATHENA, from vastly improved voice recognition to deeper and broader capabilities. Our mission is to help our customers by making it easier for operators to access critical information and machine functionality through our industrious assistant."

ATHENA is a universal voice-operated assistant technology specifically designed for manufacturing work. With ATHENA, an operator can control a machine using simple voice commands. ATHENA can complete tasks, from warming up the machine to running a job, as well as deliver status reports, calculate key measurements and coach operators on many of the processes they need to execute throughout the day.

For more information contact:

iTSpeeX

4660 Duke Dr., Ste. 100

Mason, OH 45040

www.itspeex.com