Data I/O Corporation Announces New CEO

Data I/O Corporation DAIO, (the "Company"), the leading provider of manual and automated device programming systems, announced the election of Anthony Ambrose as President effective today, and as Chief Executive Officer effective November 14, 2012. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Data I/O Corporation today. He replaces Frederick R. Hume, who is retiring and has resigned as a Director effective today. "We are pleased to welcome Anthony to Data I/O," stated Doug Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "We are excited by the strategic skills, electronics systems experience and operational capabilities he brings to the Company."