NEW YORK, NY -- GPS Industries, Inc. (OTC BB: GPSN), a leading innovator of Wi-Fi and GPS-enabled multimedia communications and management solutions for golf facilities, resorts, sporting events and residential communities, is pleased to announce the addition of a new Director of Sales, as well as two new product distributors.
Lee Jewell has been named GPSI National Director of Sales. Mr. Jewell has been with the company for two and a half years, and is a veteran sales and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in semiconductor equipment and related high tech industries, including sales and marketing of GPS systems for the golfing industry. Prior to joining GPSI, Mr. Jewell was Regional Sales Manager for the golf GPS supplier Prolink/Parview, and was responsible for numerous GPS installations on the East Coast. Mr. Jewell has also held sales and marketing positions at such semiconductor companies as Materials Research Corporation, ASM America and Novellus Corporation.
Jamie Turner has been named a GPSI Distributor for the following six-state region: Delaware, Maryland, D.C., West Virginia, and North and South Carolina. Mr. Turner comes from a background of 14 years in the golfing industry in various capacities including Owner/President of Forecast Golf Group, Inc., a consulting and publishing firm for golf range developers and owners. Mr. Turner was also Owner/President of Dominion Golf Group, a golf course range development management company. Both companies were headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. He is also the Owner/Developer of two golf range facilities; and was formerly Publisher/Editor of Golf Range Times magazine, a leading trade magazine for golf range owners, operators and developers.
Jim Szilagyi as been named a GPSI Distributor for the following six-state region: Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Mr. Szilagyi has been with GSPI for two years and is a 9-year veteran of the golfing GPS industry including four years spent with golf GPS supplier Prolink, three years with golf GPS supplier Parview, and he has also worked with golf GPS supplier Skylinks. Mr. Szilagyi has a long affiliation with the golfing industry, and also has advertising/marketing experience with PGA Magazine and CBS Radio.
Says GPSI President & CEO Robert Silzer, Sr., "We are pleased to have these three very capable men as part of the GPSI team. Together they add 43 years of experience in sales and marketing, and bring long established golfing ties that will help us to further embed our products on the East Coast, in the South and in the Midwest."
GPS Industries, Inc.
GPS Industries, Inc. (GPSI) develops and markets GPS and Wi-Fi wireless multimedia solutions to enable managers of golf facilities, resorts, sporting events, and residential communities worldwide to generate significant new revenue streams and improve operational efficiencies. The company's unique and patented Inforemer™ product line provides a complete GPS golf business solution, combining a powerful backend management information system and revenue generating modules with mobile color handheld or cart-mounted Differential GPS units, seamlessly connected via a wireless, high-speed Wi-Fi network. For additional information on GPSI and its solutions, please visit www.gpsindustries.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: The Company's ability to raise finance; global and market conditions within the golf industry; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; successful development of new products; the timing of new product introductions; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; the ability to develop and implement new technologies and to obtain protection for the related intellectual property; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Other brands and names contained in this release are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Bernadine Plavcic
Director, Communications
GPS Industries
604.576.7442 ext. 136
bernadine@gpsindustries.com
