Lanham, MD – February 2, 2010 – Ultra Electronics Criticom, the secure Video communications experts for government operations, today announced that Jonathan Smith has joined the firm to serve as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

“Jonathan brings extensive experience working with the Federal marketplace,” said William Sapp, President, Criticom. “His understanding and expertise with the government will be invaluable, as Criticom continues to expand and reinforce its role as a trusted advisor with its government customers. “

Mr. Smith will be responsible for driving sales, helping with business development efforts, and building Criticom’s strategic programs efforts. Mr. Smith has over 20 years of Federal IT Sales and Marketing Senior Management experience, in such companies as Cisco, US Robotics/3com and Zenith Data Systems.

He comes to Criticom from Sun Microsystems, where he was the Executive Director-Sun Federal Civilian Agencies. While at Sun, Mr. Smith achieved double-digit sales increases in all product and service categories year over year and helped make the Civilian division the number #1 performing area in Sun Federal. Most notably, prior to Sun Microsystems, Mr. Smith was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Northrop Grumman IT/CS Sector, a $1Billion Reseller Division involved in complex IT solutions. During his tenure at Northrop, that division was the top rated reseller VAR by both CRN and Washington Technology in the Federal space. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

About Criticom

From complex command centers communicating with secure/nonsecure videoconferencing facilities, to secure video in the battlefield, Ultra Electronics Criticom is the secure video communications expert for government operations. Criticom’s ISEC™ product line of automated, fail-safe video communication solutions are the secure system of choice across DoD. ISEC products are the only DISA-certified, automated solutions that work concurrently across both ISDN and IP networks. For more information, please visit www.ultra-criticom.com.