CSP
Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI) today announced with great sorrow the sudden
passing of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Alexander R.
Lupinetti, 67. Victor Dellovo, 43, president of the Company’s Modcomp
subsidiary, has been appointed by the Board of Directors as CSP’s
Interim President and CEO. The Board has not yet appointed a successor
Chairman.
Alex Lupinetti had been Chief Executive Officer and President of CSP
Inc. since October 1996. He had also been a Director of the Company
since that time, and had served as Chairman since January 1998.
“During his 16 years as CSP’s president and CEO, Alex transformed CSP
from a single-product organization to a much larger company with
wide-ranging sales opportunities and the potential for accelerated
profitable growth,” said CSP Director C. Shelton James. “We are forever
indebted to Alex for his commitment and dedication to CSP. The Board of
Directors and everyone at CSP offer our condolences to Alex’s family and
friends.”
“We are fortunate to have Vic Dellovo available to step in as our
Interim President and CEO,” said James. “Vic is an exceptional talent
whose technical expertise and vision have been instrumental to the
success of CSP’s Service and Systems Integration segment. His knowledge
of the Company and proven leadership abilities make him the ideal choice
to become Interim President and CEO at this time.”
Dellovo was promoted to president of Worldwide Operations of Modcomp in
September 2010. Since then he has driven the Service and Systems
Integration segment’s strategy expansion into higher-margin consulting
as well as solutions and managed services. He also was responsible for
spearheading the Company’s successful acquisition of Miami,
Florida-based R2 Technology Inc. He joined Modcomp as president of the
Service and Systems Integration segment in 2003 following the
acquisition of Technisource Hardware Inc., a company he co-founded in
1997. Mr. Dellovo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
About CSP Inc.
Based in Billerica, Massachusetts and founded in 1968, CSP Inc. and its
subsidiaries develop and market IT integration solutions and
high-performance computer systems to meet the diverse requirements of
our industrial, commercial, and defense customers worldwide.
CSP’s Systems segment includes the MultiComputer
Division, which designs and manufactures commercial high-performance
computer signal processing systems for a variety of complex real time
applications in defense and commercial markets. The Company’s MODCOMP
Inc. subsidiary, also part of its Service and Systems Integration
segment was founded in 1970, and has offices in the U.S., U.K. and
Germany. Modcomp provides solutions and services for complex IT
environments including storage and servers, unified communications
solutions, IT security solutions and consulting services. More
information about CSP is available on the company’s website at www.cspi.com.
To learn more about MODCOMP, Inc., consult www.modcomp.com.
Safe Harbor
The Company wishes to take advantage of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to
statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking under the Act. Such
forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, Victor
Dellovo’s appointment as Interim President and CEO of CSP Inc, and his
success in that role. The Company cautions that numerous factors could
cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking
statements made by the Company. Such risks include general economic
conditions, market factors, competitive factors and pricing pressures,
and others described in the Company's filings with the SEC. Please refer
to the section on forward-looking statements included in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source(s) : CSP Inc.