Tri-M Founder Doug Stead Retires; John Diack Introduced as New President & CEO

Online, June 2, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada - Tri-M today announced that its board of directors has named John Diack as president and chief executive officer. Diack assumed the role April 23, 2010 and will join Tri-M's board of directors. To ensure a seamless transition, company founder and retiring president & CEO Doug Stead will continue in an advisory role and as Chairman.

"For 27 years Tri-M has taken great pride in providing quality products and services to our clients and it will continue to do so. In the natural state of affairs, founders need to step aside to allow for the potential for future growth." said Stead, Founder and Chairman of Tri-M. "John's strong background in embedded systems and industrial automation, wireless, and telecommunications makes him the ideal fit to build upon our successes and position our company and technologies to take advantage of new markets and opportunities while building enterprise value through organic growth and potential add-on acquisitions."

Diack comes to Tri-M with over 15 years of senior executive experience building and running technology based companies that have successfully competed in national and international markets. Prior to joining Tri-M, Diack served as president and chief executive officer of Circon Systems Corp, as chief operating officer of Sxip Identity Corporation, and as Vice President, Operations and Finance for Marqui Inc.

"Tri-M is an exciting company with a great track record of growth and profitability." stated Diack. "Tri-M has done a tremendous job under Mr. Stead's leadership and I look forward to being part of a world-class team that continues to deliver highly market centric technologies and services to our international customer base."

Diack is active in the community and is either serving or has served on the board of directors of several charitable organizations including A Rocha Canada as well as the advisory board for Think Elevate PLC.

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http://www.tri-m.com/news/press/Industry_News/New-President-CEO-for-Tri-M.shtml