CORRECTION -- INTRUSION Inc. Makes Moves to Strengthen Sales Team

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INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) has appointed Joe Head as Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering. A co-founder with over 30 years of experience, he will lead a team of engineers to showcase the Shield™ cybersecurity solution. Tina Carnow has been promoted to Vice President of Sales to enhance direct sales efforts. These moves are aimed at supporting the company’s growth in the cybersecurity sector. The release also emphasizes the importance of protecting critical information assets through advanced cybersecurity solutions.

Positive

• Joe Head's extensive experience and leadership in cybersecurity strengthen sales engineering capabilities.
• Tina Carnow's promotion is expected to accelerate sales growth for Shield™.

Negative

• Potential risks associated with the new executive team changes may affect future performance.

Joe Head named Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering

PLANO, Texas., Jan. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline on Thursday, January 21st, 2021 by INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ), please note the Vice President of Sales, Tina Carnow, does not report to the Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering, Joe Head, as previously stated. The corrected release follows:

INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ), a leading provider of entity identification, high speed data mining, cybercrime and advanced persistent threat detection services, is expanding its sales and engineering teams to support the company’s continued growth.

Joe Head, one of INTRUSION’s co-founders, has been named Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering. In this role, he will lead a team of engineers who will support the sales team’s efforts to help demonstrate the technology and value of INTRUSION’s newest cybersecurity solution, Shield™ to potential customers.

“Because of Joe’s 30+ years of technical expertise, along with his experience partnering with government entities to support their cybersecurity strategies, he is the right person to lead a team of systems engineers to further develop our solutions to address customer needs,” said Jack B. Blount, President and CEO of INTRUSION.

Head has served as a director with INTRUSION since the company was founded in 1983. Prior to that, he served as Product Marketing Manager and Marketing Engineer at Honeywell Optoelectronics. In this role, Head will oversee a team of seven systems engineers.

To further widen the reach of the sales team, Tina Carnow has been named Vice President of Sales.

“After working with Tina for just a few short months, I was impressed with her leadership and depth of knowledge. We are excited to see her accelerate the pace of our sales growth,” said Blount.

Carnow has served as INTRUSION’s Southwest Regional Director and is moving to the Vice President role with more than 20 years of experience in technology sales. Prior to INTRUSION, she successfully led sales teams for five companies and was SVP of Sales & Marketing for Adicio. She will be responsible for growing direct sales to large customers for Shield across the country.

About INTRUSION Inc.

INTRUSION, Inc. is a global provider of entity identification, high speed data mining, cybercrime and advanced persistent threat detection solutions. INTRUSION’s family of solutions includes Shield™, a combination of plug-n-play hardware, software, global data, and real-time Artificial Intelligence (AI) services that provide organizations with the most robust cybersecurity defense possible, TraceCop™ for identity discovery and disclosure, and Savant™ for network data mining and advanced persistent threat detection. INTRUSION’s solutions help protect critical information assets by quickly detecting, protecting, analyzing and reporting attacks or misuse of classified, private and regulated information for government and enterprise networks. For more information, please visit www.intrusion.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitations, statements about the performance of protections provided by our Shield products, or other statements which reflect management's expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. These forward- looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, the risk that the Company does not benefit as anticipated from these changes in our executive team. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, risks that we have detailed in the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors.” 

FAQ

Who is the new Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering at INTRUSION?

Joe Head has been named the Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering at INTRUSION Inc.

What is Joe Head's experience related to cybersecurity?

Joe Head has over 30 years of technical expertise and has experience partnering with government entities for cybersecurity strategies.

What role will Tina Carnow play at INTRUSION?

Tina Carnow has been appointed Vice President of Sales, responsible for enhancing direct sales to large customers for Shield™.

What is the focus of INTRUSION's cybersecurity solution, Shield™?

Shield™ is designed to provide robust cybersecurity defense through a combination of hardware, software, and AI services.

What challenges might INTRUSION face with the new executive changes?

There are risks that INTRUSION may not benefit as anticipated from the changes in its executive team.