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December 5, 2025

Data I/O

Redmond-based Data I/O Corp. announced changes to its board of directors. Edward Smith, who has served on the Data I/O board since 2022, has been appointed chair of the board. Steven Waszak has joined the board of directors, and Sally Washlow will remain on the board and assumes the position of independent director and chair of the Compensation Committee. The appointments increase the size of the board from five to six members, and increase the number of independent directors on the board from four to five Smith was appointed a director of Data I/O in 2022. Currently he is serving as the executive chairman of the board of SMTC Corp. Previously he served as the president and chief executive officer of SMTC and president of Avnet. Smith is the founder and currently runs the We Will Never Forget charitable foundation. Waszak is the chief financial officer of SMTC, with a manufacturing footprint in the United States, Mexico and Asia. He joined SMTC while it was a publicly traded company and served as its CFO until the company was acquired by H.I.G. Capital. Waszak began his career as a member of Deloitte's Emerging Business Services group, and has more than 30 years of experience as a technology executive across corporate finance and strategic development roles.




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