BK Technologies Corporation announced that Ellen O. O'Hara was elected to the Board of Directors by the Company's stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 20, 2024. Ms. O'Hara has enjoyed a distinguished career in the mobile communications industry with more than 40 years' experience across diverse operational roles and in senior leadership positions of increasing scope and responsibility. Most recently, from 2016 through 2021 she served as Chairman of the Board and Strategic Advisor to Zetron Inc., a provider of integrated communications, radio dispatch consoles and NG911 call taking systems to mission-critical customers including public safety, government and utilities.

From 2009 through 2016 Ms. O'Hara was President and CEO of Zetron. Previously, she was President and COO of EF Johnson, a leading land mobile communications business. In this role she oversaw all functions including sales, marketing, finance, customer service, engineering and supply chain.

Earlier in her career, she spent 12 years with Motorola Inc., first in their private systems and private conventional business groups, and later in roles as Vice President and Director of Subscriber Operations, where she led a $600 million group responsible for the design, manufacture and marketing of mobile communications products for public safety, government and enterprise customers worldwide. Later, she was Vice President and General Manager of the Radio Products division, a $350 million business that designed and distributed two-way radio products through 1,000 channel partners. Before joining Motorola, Ellen's spent 12 years in various product management and marketing roles for GE Mobile Communications, now a division of L3Harris.

Additionally, Ms. O'Hara has worked with several industry and charitable organizations including: Chairman of the Board, Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT); board member of the Washington Technology Industry Association; Chair, Corporate Sponsorship Committee, Komen Dallas Race for the Cure; Co-Chair of Motorola's Women's Business Council and Motorola Representative to the FCC National Coordinating Committee; and as a board member for the American SMR Network Association (now AMTA). She holds a B.A. in Modern European History from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School.