Telect CEO Accepts Seat on Gravity Jack Board

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Telect^® President and CEO, Wayne Williams, today announced his offer acceptance to become a board member and chairman of augmented reality software leader Gravity Jack™.  Luke Richey, Gravity Jack's president and CEO, extended the offer to strengthen the ongoing relationship between the two companies.  

"Getting involved more deeply with Gravity Jack is exciting," Williams said. "My first opportunity to work with Luke and Gravity Jack occurred in 2010 when my son, Mitch Williams, developed a social media app available on Apple's™ iTunes^® App Store™."

Richey is equally as pleased. "Wayne has been a steady mentor to me since we first began working together in March of 2010. It's exciting to see someone like him believe so heavily in what we are accomplishing."

Telect, Inc., a manufacturer of infrastructure and equipment for communications networks, is an industry leader in power distribution, protection, and management. Wayne Williams and Telect have consistently been innovators within the communications industry, including the adoption of iPhone^® and iPad^® development, their online game Telecom Tycoon™, and new products and software for power management to be released in 2012.

Ties between the two companies run deep—Mitch Williams is now Gravity Jack's chief operating officer. When asked for his reaction to the change, Mitch stated, "It has been an exciting time at Gravity Jack going from four to 40 employees in two years, while being debt free and cash flow positive. We continue to provide innovative solutions to our customers and our augmented reality products are taking off like wildfire. Having Wayne on our board shows profound dedication to our model. Additionally, Telect has the first printed and placed QAR codes on 72,000 pages of materials hitting over 5,000 locations this month."

About Telect

Headquartered in Liberty Lake, Telect connects consumer and business communities to each other.  Their products, software, and services connects, racks, encloses, powers, and protects equipment in communications networks.  Telect manufactures its products in Plano, Texas; and Guadalajara, Mexico. Telect, Telecom Tycoon, Hendry Telephone Products and Connecting the Future are trademarks of Telect, Inc. Learn more at www.telect.com.

About Gravity Jack

Specializing in augmented reality, the company designs and develops robust, custom software solutions for the iPhone, iPad, and Android operating systems. Current President and CEO, Luke Richey, founded the company in 2009 when he assembled a local dream team for software development. Clients of Gravity Jack come from a wide range of industries and include some of the biggest names in the entertainment, gaming, and retail space. For more information, visit www.gravityjack.com

SOURCE Telect