Ambient Devices Taps Carl Yankowski to Help Drive Next Growth Phase

Consumer products industry veteran will expand Ambient products, distribution
and brand

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambient Devices today announced
that industry veteran Carl James Yankowski has joined the Company as CEO.
Yankowski will lead the Ambient team to drive the next phase of growth for the
Company, expand markets and distribution, build Ambient's consumer brand, and
deliver new mass market products. Yankowski is the experienced consumer
products executive who previously served as President of Sony Electronics, CEO
of Palm, Inc. and CEO of Reebok.
"Carl brings extraordinary experience, leadership and operational skills
to carry Ambient to the next level," said Nicholas Negroponte, an Ambient
Board Member and major investor.
Yankowski will be building on the company's recent 2007 successes. In the
second half 2007, Ambient launched 14 new products into distribution, signed
seven new major distribution partnerships, inked new licensing agreements with
major consumer electronics and appliance manufacturers, and unveiled the CES
2008 Innovations Award-winning Ambient 7-Day Weather Forecaster.
David L. Rose, Ambient's co-founder, previous CEO, and visionary on
ubiquitous computing, will leave Ambient to pursue other interests, but
remains a significant shareholder in the Company. He co-founded the Company
in 2001 with COO Pritesh Gandhi and CTO Ben Resner. David S. Rose, the
Ambient investor and entrepreneur who serves as Chairman of the company, will
continue in that role.
"Ambient is enjoying significant momentum, and is at a great inflection
point," said David L. Rose. "With Carl leading the team, I am confident that
our original vision for ambient information everywhere will become a reality
for millions of consumers in the near future."
"David is a true entrepreneur and innovator, and his leadership has set up
Ambient well for success," said Carl Yankowski. "At the heart of all of
Ambient's products is a unique approach to information distillation that has
enabled the company to grow into an important trendsetter in the consumer
electronics industry."
Ambient's first product, the Ambient Orb, became an icon for a new genre
of glanceable, Internet objects. Since then, the company has developed over a
dozen dedicated information displays to track weather, sports, stock market
trends, energy pricing, and many other useful and practical data. Ambient
displays are embedded in everyday objects, such as an LG refrigerator that
provides the weather or the Ambient Umbrella that lights up when rain is in
the forecast.
Ambient Devices: Now You Know.
Ambient Devices (http://www.ambientdevices.com) displays dynamic
information, at a glance, to everyday products without a PC or Internet
connection. The Company's technologies enable instant, effortless access to
content such as weather forecasts, stock market activity, sports scores, and
much more.
Ambient Devices was founded in 2001 to commercialize patent-pending
technologies pioneered at the MIT Media Lab. The company is headquartered in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is privately held. For more information, please
visit www.ambientdevices.com.
SOURCE Ambient Devices

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