Data I/O Announces Fireside Chat Hosted by Small Cap Investor Vishal Mishra of Mishra Capital

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 its latest installment in a series of interviews with its President and CEO, Anthony Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose was interviewed by guest host Vishal Mishra of Mishra Capital Partners, LLC with the discussion focusing on Industry 4.0, the emergence of smart factory management systems, and why everything needs to be connected.

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 of the Company’s social media feeds. The websites and online platforms of each of the fireside chat series event hosts are able to carry the interviews on the respective date of publication. The fireside chat series will culminate with the celebration of the Company’s 50^th Anniversary.

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

• Data I/O’s technology stack which provides leading programming solutions for Industry 2.X today, an accelerating transition to 3.0 with security everywhere, and for 4.0 where everything will need to be connected on the factory floor
• The Company’s engineering innovations that elevated automated handling and programming as the new standard
• How Data I/O’s Automotive First Strategy in 2016 paved the way for technological innovation that is being leveraged for the Industrial marketplace
• Factory Connectivity Interface which provides for 2-way communications, advanced analytics and traceability
• Industry worldwide moving toward smart factory management systems, robotics and autonomous delivery, leveraging the Company’s ConneX software to connect automated programming devices with smart manufacturing facilities for the highest quality, efficiency, and traceability
• The importance of SentriX secure provisioning in a highly distributed, mobile and connected world without having physical control of products/assets
• Curiosity and customer attentiveness as part of Data I/O’s DNA to drive new engineering strategies and delivering the lowest total cost of programming
• Strategies to consistently harness higher returns on capital, increasing recurring revenues and generating pricing power
• Investing in the bottom of the cycle to prepare for the future; successfully implementing lessons learned during 20+ year career with Intel

Guest Host: Vishal Mishra of Mishra Capital Partners, LLC