ASTRONOVA, INC. (NASDAQ:ALOT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02
On August21, 2017, our board of directors formally elected Joseph P. O’Connell, our Vice-President Business Development and former Chief Financial Officer, as our interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective as of September1, 2017. He will also serve as our interim principal accounting officer. Mr.O’Connell will succeed John P. Jordan, our current Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, who is resigning his position with us to pursue another professional opportunity, and will serve until Mr.Jordan’s permanent replacement is appointed.
Mr.O’Connell, 73, joined AstroNova, Inc. in 1996 and served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until August 2016, when he assumed the role of Vice-President Business Development. Mr.O’Connell previously held senior financial management positions with Cherry Tree Products Inc., IBI Corporation and Avery Dennison Corporation.
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About ASTRONOVA, INC. (NASDAQ:ALOT)
AstroNova, Inc., formerly Astro-Med, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a range of specialty printers, and data acquisition and analysis systems. The Company operates through two segments: QuickLabel and Test & Measurement (T&M). The Company offers both hardware and software, which incorporate technologies in order to acquire, store, analyze and present data in multiple formats. It sells specialty printing systems, and test and measurement systems under the brand names, including QuickLabel. The QuickLabel segment offers product identification and label printer hardware, software, servicing contracts and consumable products. The T&M segment offers a suite of products and services that acquire and record visual and electronic signal data from local and networked sensors, as well as wired and wireless networks. It serves markets, such as aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, and food and beverage.