ATLANTA, March 31, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELMG) has announced the appointment of James Chu as Director of Advanced Technology, effective March 23, 2004.
Chu reports to Wyman Williams, vice president, Advanced Engineering, and is responsible for technical business development activities, primarily focusing on the Defense & Electronic Systems business area. Chu also is responsible for IR&D planning and technical support of ongoing programs.
Chu brings more than 32 years' experience in RF and Microwave engineering and management for domestic technology companies in the military and commercial sectors. Most recently, he served as senior director of the Advanced Technology Center at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Chu was in charge of all Rockwell Collins' RF and Microwave technologies as well as new business development. In this role, he pursued U.S. government agencies for new technology research funding and developed new technologies to support cutting-edge product design and development.
Prior to Rockwell Collins, Chu was director of a wireless communications company and engineering manager of the Microwave Division of Sperry Corp. (now Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Clearwater Operations), where he was responsible for all of microwave and millimeter wave exciter and modulator design and development for Sperry radar and ECM products. Chu holds BSEE and MSEE degrees.
About EMS Technologies, Inc.
EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELMG) is a leading innovator in the design and manufacture of wireless, satellite and defense electronics solutions, focusing its unique range of advanced technologies on the needs of broadband and mobile information users. Headquartered in Atlanta, EMS employs approximately 1,700 people worldwide.
EMS Technologies' Space & Technology/Atlanta Division develops advanced technology hardware for military and space applications. The Division provides commercial and military customers with critical subsystems and components for terrestrial, airborne and space-based communication, RADAR and electronic warfare systems. With EMS hardware, military customers benefit from the industry's most advanced surveillance, electronic counter-measure and secure communications capabilities. For more information, visit EMS on the World Wide Web at www.ems-t.com.
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Anne Wainscott-Sargent Public Relations EMS Technologies 770-263-9200, ext. 4326 pr@ems-t.com