Zoom Telephonics, Inc. announced Frank Manning's retirement as Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of company effective February 1, 2020. Following the Effective Date, Mr. Manning will continue to serve as a member of the Board, and will serve as an advisor to the Company. In connection with Mr. Manning's retirement, on January 16, 2020, the Board appointed Joseph L. Wytanis, age 60, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, to be effective as of the Effective Date.

Mr. Wytanis joined the Company as President in 2018. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Senior Practice Engagement Partner at Infosys Limited from March 2018, where he provided engineering services consulting to cable, mobile and satellite service operators and has also served as a Principal at High Tech Associates, LLC since August 2011, where he provided consulting services relating to vision, strategy, business development and marketing. Mr. Wytanis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at SMC Networks, Inc. from January 2012 through August 2014, where he successfully led the introduction of a complete line of cable home networking products and smart home IoT products.

He previously served as a Vice President and General Manager at Scientific-Atlanta/Cisco System, Inc. from 2000 through 2011, where he helped to grow the Cable Home Networking Business Unit from a start-up to a profitable business, and prior to that held marketing, business and strategy positions with Panasonic, BellSouth, NCR/AT&T, Northern Telecom and the Associated Press. Also in connection with Mr. Manning's retirement, on January 16, 2020, the Board appointed Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton, age 58, as Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to be effective as of the Effective Date. Ms. Hamilton joined the Company in January 2020 as a consultant.

Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Modo Labs, a mobile application development company, from February 2019 through December 2019. Ms. Hamilton served as Chief Financial Officer of Netcracker Technology, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation that delivers a software platform together with integration and managed services to telecommunications and cable companies globally, from June 2015 through September 2018 and as Chief Financial Officer of Intronis, a company that provides cloud-based data protection and recovery, from March 2012 through June 2015. Ms. Hamilton also served as Chief Financial Officer, Technology Division of Monster Worldwide, a global public company providing a SaaS platform to match jobseekers with employers, from 2008 through 2012, and as Chief Financial Officer, Technology Division from 2004 through 2008.

Frank Manning will become an advisor to Zoom and will remain as a Director. On January 16, 2020, the Board appointed Jeremy Hitchcock as Chairman of the Board, to be effective as of the Effective Date.