Cybex Computer Products Announces Promotion of Doyle Weeks; Douglas E. Pritchett Joins Cybex as Senior Vice President of Finance.HUNTSVILLE, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1998--CYBEX Computer Products Corporation (Nasdaq/NM: CBXC) today announced the promotion of Doyle C. Weeks to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Group Operations and Business Development. Mr. Weeks previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance and continues as a Director of Cybex. The Company also announced that Douglas E. (Dusty) Pritchett will join the Company as Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Cybex, Mr. Pritchett served as Chief Financial Officer for Barber A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves, and trim beards. In previous times, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry. Dairies, a privately held dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl and real estate company in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham (pronounced [ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. , and a Director of Cybex Computer Products Corporation. "The promotion of Doyle Weeks and addition of Dusty Pritchett strengthens our management team as we continue to execute our growth strategy," said Stephen F. Thornton, president and chief executive officer. "Doyle's promotion is in recognition of his expanding management role at Cybex. He has made significant contributions to Cybex, particularly in directing our international expansion, since joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer in January 1995. His new position will allow him to focus on coordinating and integrating our multinational operations A collective term to describe military actions conducted by forces of two or more nations, usually undertaken within the structure of a coalition or alliance. See also alliance; coalition; coalition action. while spending more time on future business opportunities, including domestic and international acquisitions. "We are extremely fortunate to have Dusty Pritchett assume the senior financial officer position at Cybex," continued Mr. Thornton. "Dusty has significant experience in financial management, mergers, acquisitions, and SEC reporting. He spent 15 years with Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the last five as partner. For the past six years Dusty has been CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Barber Dairies in Birmingham. "Dusty's association with Cybex has been a long one. He served as Coopers & Lybrand's audit partner for the Cybex engagement until 1992, at which time he took the position at Barber's. He has been a positive contributor to Cybex's Board of Directors since September of 1995. We are pleased to add this depth of experience to our management team. "Doyle and Dusty have a long professional relationship, and together, will form a strong team in providing the management expertise necessary to continue to drive the Company forward," concluded Thornton. Cybex Computer Products Corporation (Nasdaq:CBXC) is a 17-year-old multinational company which provides KVM (K Virtual Machine) A version of the Java Virtual Machine for small devices with limited memory. See J2ME. See also KVM switch. KVM - Keyboard Video Mouse connectivity solutions in support of PC and Macintosh personal computers and many Sun, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, RS/6000, and DEC Alpha See Alpha. (processor) DEC Alpha - A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. workstations. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Elsner Computertechnik, GmbH, is a multinational supplier of console switching solutions with offices in Germany, USA, Australia, and Japan. Cybex and the Cybex logo are registered trademarks of Cybex Computer Products Corporation. PolyCon is a registered trademark of Elsner Computertechnik GmbH. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Alpha is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. RS/6000 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Sun, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and DEC are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which reflect management's best judgment based on factors currently known. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the statements included in this press release. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" . Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by the Company which attempt to advise interested parties of the factors which affect the Company's business, including the disclosures made in other periodic reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Cybex Computer Products Corp., Huntsville
Stephen F. Thornton, 205/430-4000
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