IDWK International Displayworks

International DisplayWorks, Inc. (IDW) (NASDAQ:IDWK) today announced the appointment of Mr. R. Daniel Mead as Director, Western U.S. Sales. Mr. Mead joins IDW from Optrex America, Inc., where he served as senior sales manager, directing a sales force with responsibility for a department budgeted to produce approximately $180 million in LCD sales to customers operating in the consumer, industrial and cell phone markets. Mr. Mead was the strategic account manager to companies such as Apple, Agilent, Flextronics and Palm. Previously, he served as sales manager for Optrex, where he was account manager to direct original equipment manufacturing (OEM) accounts and regional channel sales within the Northern California and Pacific Northwest territories. Prior to joining Optrex, Mr. Mead spent more than six years at Hitachi Electronics Devices (USA), Inc., most recently as western regional sales manager, where he was an account manager driving TFT sales to tier-one U.S. and Asian strategic accounts. Mr. Mead began his career as an engineer for Barco Incorporated and Pixelink Corporation, where he first gained specific expertise and experience in display technology. Tom Lacey, Chairman and CEO of IDW, commented, "Dan brings significant sales experience, particularly in small form displays to IDW, along with a strong portfolio of contacts throughout the western United States. His previous experience with Steve Gerisch, our new Vice President of Sales, should facilitate a strong, productive working relationship. We continue to focus our energies on enhancing our sales and marketing function to drive further capacity utilization. We are very pleased to welcome a proven sales veteran like Dan to our team." Mr. Mead commented, "Joining an emerging leader in the LCD display market like IDW will enable me to leverage my industry experience and expertise, and I look forward to using my full skill set to assist IDW with its future growth efforts. Tom and Steve have built an impressive sales organization, and I am excited to have the opportunity to join this team." About International DisplayWorks International DisplayWorks, Inc. is a manufacturer and designer of high quality liquid crystal displays, modules and assemblies for a variety of customer needs including OEM applications. IDW operates 466,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Sales offices are located in US, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. Copies of IDW's 10-K and other documents as filed with the SEC are available through a link on our web site: www.idwk.com. NOTE: The foregoing is news relating to International DisplayWorks, Inc. ("IDW") and contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. When used in this release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect" and similar expressions as they relate to IDW or its management, including without limitation, IDW and its subsidiaries, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. IDW's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by these forward-looking statements. For more detailed information the reader is referred to IDW's 10-K and other related documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This does not constitute an offer to buy or sell securities by the Company and is meant purely for informational purposes.