Data I/O Appoints Douglas Adams as SVP Global Services, Support and Quality, Reuniting the Leadership Team That Built the World’s Largest Programming Services Business

Fo me Sou ce Elect o ics a d Av et executive Doug Adams joi s CEO Bill We two th a d VP Sales a d Ma keti g Mo ty Reaga to lead Data I/O’s expa sio i to P og ammi g-as-a-Se vice (PaaS) as the Compa y i teg ates ece tly acqui ed A&J P og ammi g

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Data I/O Co po atio (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leadi g global p ovide of data p og ammi g equipme t, p ovisio i g se vices a d secu ity p ovisio i g fo Flash-based mic oco t olle s, a d high-de sity memo y devices, today a ou ced the appoi tme t of Douglas Adams as SVP Global Se vices, Suppo t a d Quality.

The appoi tme t eu ites M . Adams with Data I/O P eside t a d CEO Bill We two th a d Vice P eside t of Sales a d Ma keti g Mo ty Reaga . Togethe , these th ee key, se io executives led the g owth of Sou ce Elect o ics i to the la gest i depe de t device p og ammi g se vices busi ess i the wo ld, fou ded by M . We two th i 1988, sold to HIG Capital i 2001 a d the acqui ed i 2008 by Av et I c. “This executive team has well ove 100 yea s of di ect expe ie ce i device p ovisio i g a d has helped set i dust y best p actices, guided by ou co po ate pilla s of quality, executio , a d i dust y-leadi g KPIs. Sou ce Elect o ics became the la gest p ovisio i g se vices busi ess wo ldwide,” said Bill We two th, CEO of Data I/O. “Togethe we a e ow pai i g ou se vices expe ie ce with the Data I/O b a d, alo g with ewly acqui ed V-TEK, I c. a d A&J P og ammi g, I c. to accele ate ou se vices st ategy. The acquisitio dive sifies ou custome base, educi g ou elia ce o the automotive i dust y a d addi g ew li es of eve ue ot elated to capital expe ditu e cycles. The e is sig ifica t eve ue oppo tu ity to u lock value withi A&J’s existi g custome base. A&J has built a outsta di g eputatio ove the last seve al decades i Silico Valley. With ou ew leade ship team we will build o top of that value A&J has developed with focus a d executio to alig with custome s’ supply chai eeds.

“With Doug joi i g the team, Data I/O ow b i gs the i dust y’s most ecog ized b a d i p og ammi g solutio s a d the i dust y’s most p ove p og ammi g se vices leade ship team togethe u de o e oof. This combi atio fo ms the fou datio fo Data I/O’s e t y i to P og ammi g-as-a-Se vice (PaaS) to delive p og ammi g se vices egio ally a d globally. Doug has ece tly bee a co sulta t fo Data I/O p epa i g fo the acquisitio a d co ecti g with team membe s. This p epa atio will allow us to get out of the gate quickly.”

The appoi tme t of Doug Adams follows the completio of Data I/O’s Octobe 21, 2026, t a sfo matio al acquisitio of V-TEK, I c. a d A&J P og ammi g, I c. (collectively, “V-TEK”), which is a ticipated to double the Compa y’s eve ue a d expa d Data I/O i to ew ma kets, i cludi g data ce te s, AI, photo ics, i dust ial automatio , medical, milita y, ae ospace a d defe se. A&J’s se vice expe tise gives Data I/O a established p og ammi g se vices ope atio a d a expe ie ced team, sig ifica tly accele ati g the Compa y’s PaaS ollout. A&J P og ammi g will co ti ue to se ve its custome s as “A&J P og ammi g, a Data I/O Compa y.”

Douglas Adams: Ope atio al Leade ship at Global Scale

M . Adams se ved as VP of Sales a d Ma keti g fo Sou ce Elect o ics p io to becomi g COO. M . We two th p omoted Doug to Chief Ope ati g Office of Sou ce Elect o ics afte a pa t e buy-out, whe e Doug led the ope atio s that made Sou ce the la gest i depe de t p og ammi g se vices p ovide wo ldwide. Afte Sou ce Elect o ics was acqui ed by Av et, Mess s. We two th a d Adams g ew Av et’s p og ammi g busi ess by 50% i fou yea s. I 2014, M . We two th left Av et a d Doug led global ope atio s fo logistics, p og ammi g se vices, a d quality LPSQ wo ldwide. He ove saw ope atio s of 13 global dist ibutio ce te s, 8 egio al p og ammi g ce te s a d ove 30 ISO 9001 quality ce tificatio s. Du i g his te u e at Av et, M . Adams expa ded a d led the build-out of p og ammi g se vices o a global scale, ove seei g the ope i g of multiple ew egio al p og ammi g ce te s, while mai tai i g six sigma level quality a d supe io custome expe ie ce.

E te i g PaaS – O site a d Regio al P og ammi g Se vices

“We a e ot aba do i g the capital equipme t busi ess i a y way; quite the opposite. We a e expa di g the solutio s available to all custome s a d supply chai pa t e s,” said M . We two th. “I vestme ts i the co e busi ess a d st ivi g to build the best solutio s i the i dust y will be efit Data I/O’s cu e t a d futu e custome s allowi g them to buy both capital equipme t a d se vices. With A&J P og ammi g ow pa t of the NEW Data I/O, we have a p og ammi g se vices ope atio i place today, a d Doug is the ight leade to scale it, just as he did at Av et. G owi g softwa e a d se vices a e a key pa t of ou futu e g owth pla . Custome s will co ti ue to have the optio to pu chase ou p og ammi g solutio s a d deploy them i thei facto ies a d utilize ou egio al p og ammi g se vice ce te s to help ma age peak dema d spikes.”

“P og ammi g se vices is a i teg al pa t of the custome ’s supply chai . It is fu dame tally a ope atio s busi ess: discipli ed p ocess co t ol, quality focused, st o g IT secu ity, a d ce te ed a ou d custome success,” said Doug Adams, SVP Global Se vices, Suppo t a d Quality of Data I/O. “Data I/O has the tech ology a d the i stalled base to g ow se vices f om which custome s ca opt fo a OpEx vs. CapEx. It’s simple: mo e optio s lead to mo e custome satisfactio .”

Mitch Jacobs, SVP of Ma ufactu i g a d fo me CEO of V-TEK, stated, “Du i g my fi st t ip with Doug to the A&J facility, it was immediately appa e t his co ectio with the team a d the exciteme t th oughout the buildi g. Doug’s k owledge of the se vices busi ess a d his eputatio fo d ivi g discipli ed executio a d scali g ope atio s to meet custome s’ global equi eme ts is p ecisely what we a e all ve y excited about. A&J P og ammi g gives us a st o g sta ti g poi t: a expe ie ced team a d a wo ki g se vices ope atio , backed by V-TEK’s ha dli g a d automatio systems a d Data I/O’s p og ammi g a d secu ity tech ology. Bei g able to p ovide ou custome s with this ew optio c eates a e vi o me t whe e we ca help ou custome s ega di g supply chai o egio .”

About Data I/O Co po atio Si ce 1972, Data I/O Co po atio (NASDAQ: DAIO) has bee the global leade i device p og ammi g. I 2026, Data I/O u ited th ee i dust y leade s with the t a sfo matio al acquisitio of V-TEK, I c. a d A&J P og ammi g, I c. The combi atio e ables Data I/O to p ovide the wo ld’s most comp ehe sive solutio s to suppo t the e ti e data p ovisio i g supply chai .  These solutio s i clude data p og ammi g a d secu ity p ovisio i g, semico ducto ha dli g automatio fo test, i spectio a d packagi g, a d P og ammi g-as-a-Se vice. The Compa y se ves custome s i the automotive, i dust ial automatio , data ce te , AI, photo ics, medical, milita y, ae ospace a d defe se, IoT, a d co sume elect o ics ma kets. OEMs a d ma ufactu e s of a y size ca p og am, secu ely p ovisio , test a d package devices f om ea ly samples th ough high-volume p oductio , usi g modula a d customized systems a d flexible se vice optio s. Data I/O’s solutio s a e backed by a po tfolio of pate ts (dataio.com/Compa y/Pate ts) a d a global etwo k of dist ibutio pa t e s a d suppo t a d se vice p ofessio als, e su i g success fo custome s.

Lea mo e at www.dataio.com, www.vtekusa.com, a d www.ajp og am.com.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme ts

Safe Ha bo /Fo wa d Looki g Stateme ts a d Disclosu e I fo matio The Compa y cautio s you that stateme ts co tai ed i this p ess elease ega di g matte s that a e ot histo ical facts a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, i cludi g the be efits a ticipated f om the acquisitio . Such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i volve isks, assumptio s a d u ce tai ties. Stateme ts i this ews elease may be co st ued as a p edictio of futu e ope atio s a d pe fo ma ce o eve ts a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts which i volve k ow a d u k ow isks, u ce tai ties a d othe facto s which may cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied by such stateme ts.

Fo wa d-looki g stateme t disclaime s also apply to the timi g a d co t ibutio s of acquisitio s, acquisitio sy e gies, the dema d fo the Compa y’s p oducts, the impact f om geopolitical co ditio s i cludi g a y elated i te atio al t ade est ictio s, a d cybe secu ity i cide ts a d the possibility that the Compa y’s co tai me t a d emediatio effo ts may be u successful o becomes a challe gi g fo ce i mai tai i g ma ket sha e. Facto s that may impact the Compa y’s ope atio s a d fi a ces i clude u ce tai ties as to the ability to eco d eve ues based upo the timi g of p oduct delive ies, ma ket accepta ce of Edge AI, shippi g availability, i stallatio s a d accepta ce, acc ual of expe ses, co o avi us o othe busi ess i te uptio s, cha ges i eco omic co ditio s, pa t sho tages, busi ess dis uptio s a d othe isks i cludi g those desc ibed i the Compa y’s 10-K, 10-Q a d othe pe iodic fili gs with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio (SEC), p ess eleases a d othe commu icatio s.

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