January 19, 2009
Mikro Systems today announced that John Hayes is joining the company as Senior Director of Business Development and Marketing, reporting to CEO Michael Appleby. In his role, Hayes will be responsible for strategic business development and marketing.
Hayes most recently served as Senior Director of LexisNexis Publishing Solutions at LexisNexis Group, and before that was Vice President for Development at Information Research.
“We are pleased to have someone with John’s experience join Mikro’s senior management team,” said Appleby. “His success at LexisNexis developing and providing high-value, customer-focused solutions makes him a key asset to Mikro as we continue to grow our business.”
“Mikro is a young, innovative company with a strong value proposition, very powerful manufacturing technology, and exciting opportunities for growth,” said Hayes. I’m thrilled to be joining the company and look forward to working with the entire team.”
Hayes is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned a Master of Business Administration from UVa’s Darden School of Business.
Charlottesville, Va.-based Mikro Systems Inc. is a fast-growing technology company specializing in precision manufacturing. It provides contract manufacturing, tooling systems and engineering services to a diverse market that spans the fields of aerospace, medical imaging, biomedicine, homeland security, energy and defense. Mikro creates product breakthroughs for corporate customers large and small with its patented Tomo- Lithographic-Molding (TOMOSM) manufacturing process. The TOMOSM process enables fast, cost-effective manufacturing solutions that previously were impractical — or, in many cases, simply impossible.