BILLERICA, Mass., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SI2 Technologies (SI2), a Massachusetts-based conformal and flexible electronic systems company, has announced that Don Flodin has joined the executive team as Vice President Operations. In this position, Mr. Flodin is responsible for the general management of the staff and programs, as well as developing new business opportunities in the areas of electromagnetic structures, conformal antennas and sensor technologies.

"We are very excited to have Don join our executive team," said SI2 President and CEO Joseph Kunze. "Don has a unique set of vertically integrated skills ranging from contract R&D and new product insertion to manufacturing operations and mergers and acquisitions. His experience in the Defense marketplace helps position SI2 for continued growth as we develop new applications, increase our manufacturing capabilities and add to our product offering."

Mr. Flodin brings more than 30 years of industry experience working at major Defense prime contractors where he has a record in leading defense businesses through significant change and process improvement. Most recently, Mr. Flodin was VP Business Development and Strategic Planning at Textron Systems where he led the strategic and business development of Textron Systems' largest business unit. Mr. Flodin also held executive management and operations positions at Northrop Grumman, DRS Technologies and Satcon Technology where he developed a successful track record in general management on both production and development programs. At DRS Technologies and Satcon Technology, Mr. Flodin served as Vice President and General Manager while at Northrop Grumman he was a Director in their Electronic Systems sector.

About SI2 Technologies, Inc.

SI2 Technologies develops and manufactures conformal and flexible electronic systems for space, weight and power constrained systems in the defense marketplace. Applications include frequency selective surfaces, conformal antennas, metamaterial-based devices and integrated sensor systems. SI2 meets the challenges presented by its clients by employing a proprietary methodology known as System Integrated Design and Manufacturing (SIDM) to develop "smart" electronic design solutions that can increase the performance of government and military platforms. SIDM utilizes state-of-the-art conformal and flexible design and manufacturing tools as well as materials which are compatible with conformal and flexible structures, packaging and processing. This allows SI2 to create solutions that reduce platform size, weight and cost relative to conventional electronics solutions.

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