American Industrial Systems Appoints Technology Industry Veteran Joe Fijak as Executive Vice President and COO to Drive Sales Growth in New Industrial IoT Markets
Joe Fijak as EVP and COO of AIS a subsidiary of Ennoconn Corporation, Foxconn IPC Technology GroupClick here for high-resolution version ·Marketwired
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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - July 11, 2016) - American Industrial Systems, Inc., (AIS) a subsidiary of Ennoconn Corporation, (Foxconn IPC Technology Group) a global leader in Human Machine Interface, (HMI), touchscreen interfaces and Industrial PC's (IPC) products, announced today that Joe Fijak has officially joined the company as Executive Vice President/COO. Mr. Fijak served as a member of the AIS Board of Directors since 2013, but now has joined the company as a full time, member of the senior management team as a sales leadership executive. A 34-year technology industry veteran, Fijak will play a crucial role in shaping the company's go-to-market sales strategy -- as the company embarks on its next phase of global growth and technology leadership in Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and Information Communications and Technology (ICT) markets.
Last week on July 5th, the company announced a global strategic partnership with Ennoconn Corporation, selling a 60 percent stake of AIS to Ennoconn. The partnership will combine and align organizations to capitalize on the transformative trends of Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and Industrial Automation markets. The move also expands AIS's footprint in OEM/ODM/EMS markets with powerful manufacturing capabilities, as part of the Foxconn IPC Technology Group. In light of the global strategic partnership venture, Joe Fijak was moved into a full-time, senior management role to guide and manage AIS's future sales direction and growth for the company. The global strategic partnership now officially makes AIS a subsidiary of Ennonconn/Foxconn IPC Technology Group. Manufacturing approximately 40% of the world's consumer electronics, Foxconn Technology group is the largest electronics manufacturer and DMS in the world.
As a senior sales management leader and executive at AIS, Joe Fijak will focus his efforts on the company's sales growth strategy and execution in both existing industrial HMI markets and new Smart industries such as IIoT, M2M and Industry 4.0. President of AIS, Nelson Tsay adds, "As a proven and dynamic leader in our industry, Joe Fijak has already been a major contributor to AIS's strategic vision over the past few years. He is a natural fit for our sales and management leadership team, as we embark on a new path with Ennoconn Corporation/Foxconn IPC Technology Group. Joe brings a unique blend of sales management experience and leadership qualities and has an expansive network of relationships on a global scale with key technology people, customers and suppliers. He is also a proven strategist and manager with extraordinary passion, energy and operational expertise within very large, complex electronics organizations. I am proud and excited to have his caliber of senior sales and management leadership experience and vast industry knowledge to join AIS's leadership team."
Steve Chu, President and CEO of Ennoconn Corporation, commented, "Joe Fijak has already demonstrated great strength and working knowledge of the global electronics industry and has fully embraced being a part for the Foxconn Technology Group family. We are also very pleased to have Joe as a key member of the senior management team and expect great things from him. In a period of rapid evolution towards open platform product portfolios for ruggedized Industrial computing applications, AIS is positioned at the center of this transformation with core strengths across product design, engineering and key product safety certifications."
Fijak stated, "I am excited and energized to take on a leadership role with this great company and to be at the beginning stages of this next exciting chapter for AIS. The recent, formal strategic partnership announcement with the Ennoconn Corporation and Foxconn IPC Technology Group allows us to build upon our leadership position and grow market share and sales revenues in all global HMI, Smart touchscreen and IPC markets for the company."
Mr. Fijak's career history includes more than 25 years of direct display, touchscreen and embedded solutions industry leadership experience and has directly managed billions of dollars in technology sales. He was most recently Global Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sanmina Corporation, Mechanical Systems and Display Solutions division. Prior to this role, Joe Fijak was Vice President of Avnet Electronics, Embedded Solutions business unit for Display Solutions and Digital Signage business. Fijak also was a key part of the senior management team for Reptron Electronics, (electronics competent distributor and contract manufacturer) in the mid-90's and helped lead a successful IPO launch on the NASDAQ stock exchange at the time.
Mr. Fijak was also a founding Partner of technology sales and marketing firm Premier Technology Sales Inc., until he successfully sold in mid-2004. He is an accomplished business leader, frequent keynoter at top industry conferences and has served on numerous technology company and industry boards; including a former Board Member for Champs Foundation as a part of San Francisco 49er players focused on underprivileged children in the Bay Area. Mr. Fijak has a degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and presently resides in Orange County California area, near AIS corporate headquarters in Irvine, CA.
About AIS
Headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) is a subsidiary of Ennoconn Corporation and part of the Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest DMS and EMS manufacturer, which comprise approximately 40% of all consumer electronics sold. As part of the Foxconn IPC Business Group, AIS also offers in-house electronic and mechanical design, software development, manufacturing, production and quality control services. Offering one of the widest ranges of industrial computing, touch panels, displays and visualization solutions available, AIS's open platform control and monitoring solutions are available in many configurations for industrial, building automation, food & beverage, oil & gas, military and marine applications. The company's HMI solutions are key enabling technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things, (IIoT), Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M) and Industry 4.0 applications. AIS is fully committed to empowering, improving and delivering turnkey HMI, control and display solutions for OEM, ODM and end-user customers. AIS is an ISO 9001:2008 certified supplier and manufacturer of rugged computers and displays and received completion of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) registration from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). For more information, visit: www.aispro.com, email: sales@aispro.com or contact: 1-888-485-6688.
