Chyron's Peter Morrone now Senior Vice President

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05/04/2011

Chyron Names Peter Morrone Senior Vice President, Engineering and Product Management

Chyron today announced that Peter Morrone has been appointed to the new role of senior vice president for engineering and product management. Morrone served as vice president of product engineering for Chyron nearly eight years, and in this new position, he will be responsible not only for providing engineering leadership, but also for guiding product management and developing the company's product release strategy.

"Peter has been a natural leader and mentor in engineering here at Chyron, as well as a valuable contributor to our successful development of products that meet and even anticipate the needs of our customers," said Michael Wellesley-Wesley, president and CEO at Chyron. "We're pleased to be announcing Peter's new position and look forward to taking even greater advantage of his experience and skill in both engineering and product management."

Prior to joining Chyron in 2003, Morrone was a principal at Five Stones Development, a company specializing in software development and IT consulting. He previously served as software engineering manager at Otari, where he oversaw software development for the company's line of digital audio recording software and digital mixing consoles. Morrone earlier was a principal at Digital Dynamics, a startup focused on developing and delivering multitrack digital audio workstations for professional sound recording and post production. During his tenure there, Digital Dynamics introduced the world's first 24-track digital audio recording system.

About Chyron

As the pioneer of graphics as a service for all digital video media, Chyron (NASDAQ: CHYR) continues to define the world of digital and broadcast graphics with Web, mobile, HD, 3D, and newsroom integration solutions. Winner of numerous awards, including two Emmy® Awards, Chyron has proved itself as the undisputed leader in the industry with sophisticated graphics offerings that include Chyron's AXIS Graphics online content creation software and order management system, on-air graphics systems, clip servers, channel branding, and graphics asset management solutions.

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