Data I/O Announces Fireside Chat Hosted by Portfolio Manager Avi Fisher of Long Cast Advisors

Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of advanced security and data deployment solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, today announced the availability of the sixth and final installment of its 2023/2024 fireside chat series of interviews with its President and CEO, Anthony Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose was interviewed by guest host Avi Fisher of Long Cast Advisors*, with the discussion focusing on Smart Factory Industrial Applications.

The interview is being streamed for public viewing over the Internet and can be accessed via the Webcasts and Presentations section of the Data I/O Corporation website at www.dataio.com and on all the Company’s social media feeds. The websites and online platforms of each fireside chat series event host may carry the interview on the respective publication date.

During the interview made available today, Mr. Ambrose discusses:

• Data I/O’s presence in the Industrial Automation market, which is the Company’s largest vertical after Automotive Electronics
• Programming process provides critical data that is becoming an integral part of the modern day smart factory
• Smart factory drives global cost-competitive advantages
• Growth in factory operators requiring real-time capabilities, such as analytics, predictive maintenance, yield enhancements, and time-to-market acceleration, drives demand for smart factory solutions
• ConneX Software enables real-time two-way communication between a PSV system and factory MES for seamless integration
• Edge AI implementations stimulating demand and technology developments
• Complex engineering simplified for secure programming with SentriX

Guest Host: Avi Fisher, Portfolio Manager, Long Cast Advisors

Avram ("Avi") Fisher is Portfolio Manager, "Chief Curiosity Officer" and Principal of Long Cast Advisers, LLC, an RIA that makes concentrated investments in well-researched small cap securities. He is a former reporter and private investigator with over a dozen years experience as an institutional equity analyst at BMO Capital Markets and CSFB. Additional information is available at www.longcastadvisers.com.

Data I/O 2023/2024 Fireside Chat Series Schedule:
The series included interviews from October 2023 through May 2024. In order of anticipated production and initial release, interviews will be made available by Data I/O and the respective session host as detailed below: