Chyron Hires Ken Fitzpatrick As Vice President Of Marketing

Melville, NY - August 2008: Chyron (AMEX: CGS), the leading digital graphics solutions provider for On Air, Online, Out of Home and Mobile Applications, today announced that it has hired Ken F. Fitzpatrick as Vice President of Marketing. Ken will lead Chyron’s efforts to further expand its Online and OnAir graphics product lines and web-based content creation services. Ken will join Chyron effective August 11, 2008.

As a highly experienced senior marketing executive, Ken developed and managed marketing programs for several Fortune 500 companies. He was at Check Point Software where he directed all aspects of the corporate marketing function and introduced the Company’s flagship, UTM offerings. While at IBM he was part of the launch team for the AS/400 product line and established several business partner programs for the platform. As Chief Marketing Officer at Computer Associates, he was directly responsible for transforming the Company’s brand, identity and perception among all its key constituents.

Michael Wellesley-Wesley, Chyron President and CEO commented, “Chyron is enjoying a period of rapid growth and change that requires us to reposition our brand identity and define our relevance to exciting new markets. As we address these new opportunities we have come to recognize the vital importance of marketing to the continued rapid growth of Chyron in new market segments. Several months ago we decided to elevate the senior marketing position to VP level and initiated a search for a dedicated and experienced marketing executive. Ken has the vision, dynamism and knowledge to enhance and amplify Chyron’s existing marketing strategies. This is a very important hire for us and I am thrilled that Ken has decided to join Chyron at this pivotal moment in our development and look forward to him make a significant impact in the very near future.”

Ken’s background includes both public and private company sales and marketing experience. His experience including scaling up a startup business to $13 million in sales in less than 12 months as well as transforming marketing programs of established companies, helping them to become recognized as leaders in their market segments. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in political science from Iona College with post-graduate studies in marketing and computer science.
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