Lantronix Appoints Marcelo G. Lima and John Rehfeld to Board of Directors

Mr. Lima is currently the president and chief executive officer of ImThera Medical, Inc. a privately funded, early-stage medical device company. Mr. Lima has more than 25 years of experience in the medical industry, holding positions in engineering, marketing, business development, and general executive management. Previously, he was president of Visage Imaging, a subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems. He was chief executive officer of Opsion Medical, and, prior to that, vice president and general manager for Kodak's Health Imaging unit in charge of the worldwide laser business. Mr. Lima has also held management positions at Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group and Siemens Medical. He started his career at Johnson & Johnson as a medical device software engineer.

Mr. Rehfeld is currently on the board of directors of ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT), a provider of network infrastructure solutions, Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a local search engine provider, Overtone, a privately held company that monitors company-hosted online forums and feedback platforms, and Enkeboll Design, a privately held company. Mr. Rehfeld has served as an adjunct professor for the Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University in California since 1998. Mr. Rehfeld most recently served as chief executive officer of Spruce Technologies, Inc., a DVD authoring software company, during 2001. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Rehfeld served as chairman and chief Executive officer of ProShot Golf, Inc. He also served as president and chief executive officer of Proxima Corporation from 1995 to 1997 and as president and chief executive Officer of ETAK, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Rehfeld is also the chairman emeritus of the Forum of Corporate Directors in Orange County, California.

Marcelo and John bring tremendous experience and knowledge to our Board at an exciting time in our history, said Jerry Chase, Chief Executive Officer of Lantronix, Inc. We believe they complement our existing strengths and will make our Board stronger. We look forward to working with them and to growing Lantronix.