Interlink Press Release
Interlink Electronics, Inc. Announces Dr. Sreeni D. Rao to Head Gas, Environmental & Air Quality Sensors Division
May 1, 2023
Interlink Electronics, Inc. Announces Dr. Sreeni D. Rao to Head Gas, Environmental & Air Quality Sensors Division Seasoned Execu-ve to Lead SPEC Sensors/KWJ Engineering Units May 1, 2023, 6:00 AM PDT IRVINE, CA – (Business Wire) - Interlink Electronics, Inc.
(NASDAQ: LINK), a world-leading trusted technology partner in the rapidly advancing world of human-machine interface devices, sensors, membrane switches and other cuKng- edge technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.
Sreeni Rao, PhD, as General Manager of the company’s Gas, Environmental and Air Quality Sensing Division, consisQng of the SPEC Sensors and KWJ Engineering operaQons that the company acquired in December 2022. Dr. Rao has over 25 years’ of technical and business leadership experience in sensors, semiconductors and printed circuits with premier technology companies.
He served most recently as Head of Gas and Environmental Sensors and Senior Director of Strategic MarkeQng for TDK Inc. since 2017. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, MarkeQng and Product Management, for Qualtré, a MEMS moQon sensor start-up acquired by Panasonic, and as General Manager, Integrated Linear Products, for Analog Devices, Inc.
He has also led the MEMS and Miniaturized Gas Sensing Standards Task Force for SEMI, the global industry associaQon that unites the enQre microelectronics manufacturing and design supply chain. Dr.
Rao brings both high-level technical and business management experQse to Interlink, with a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, and an ExecuQve MBA from Northeastern University.
"Sreeni’s wide range of scienQfic and execuQve skills, including technical product development, product management, strategic markeQng and general management, will be an invaluable resource as we expand our business in gas, environmental and air quality sensing," said Steven N. Bronson, Interlink’s CEO and Chairman.
"We believe this area has tremendous potenQal for growth and we are commided to invesQng the necessary resources." "I am thrilled to join the team at Interlink Electronics, a company with great leadership and vision," said Dr. Rao.
"The company has a strong business model, and I look forward to working with the engineering and business teams at SPEC and KWJ to develop new markets for their cuKng-edge environmental sensing technologies." About Interlink Electronics, Inc.
Interlink Electronics is a world-leading trusted technology partner in the rapidly advancing world of human- machine interface (HMI) devices, sensors, membrane switches and other cutting-edge technologies. In addition to standard product offerings, Interlink utilizes its expertise in materials science, manufacturing, firmware, and software to produce in-house system solutions for custom applications.
For 38 years, Interlink has led the printed electronics industry to commercialize its patented Force Sensing Resistor® technology. It has supplied some of the world's top electronics manufacturers with intuitive sensor and interface technologies.
It also has a proven track record of supplying technological solutions for mission-critical applications in a diverse range of markets - including medical, automotive, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and industrial control - providing standard and custom-designed sensors that give engineers the flexibility and functionality they seek in today's sophisticated electronic devices.
Recent acquisiQons have expanded the Company’s porjolio of products and services into new areas.
SPEC Sensors and KWJ Engineering, purchased in December 2022, offer industry-leading design and manufacture of electrochemical gas-sensing technology for industry, community, health and home, providing custom soluQons, advanced sensors, innovaQve products and unique services with uses in fields such as carbon monoxide and ozone
detecQon and air quality monitoring. Calman Technology Limited, acquired in March 2023, brings over 25 years of experience in the design and manufacture of membrane keypads, graphic overlays and label product, with customers in fields such as medical devices and defense technologies and operaQons across the UK and Europe.
Interlink serves an internaQonal customer base from its headquarters in Irvine, California, its world-class materials science lab and R&D center in Camarillo, California and the SPEC-KWJ advanced engineering and manufacturing facility in Silicon Valley. They are supported by strategic global locaQons covering manufacturing, distribuQon, and sales support. For more informaQon, please visit InterlinkElectronics.com.
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