LoJack Announces the Appointment of Ronald Rossi as CEO; He Replaces C. Michael Daley Who Retires at Fiscal Year End
17 November 2000
LoJack Announces the Appointment of Ronald Rossi as CEO; He Replaces C. Michael Daley Who Retires at Fiscal Year EndDEDHAM, Mass., Nov. 17 The Board of Directors of LoJack Corporation announced today the appointment of Ronald Rossi as chief executive officer, replacing C. Michael Daley who will retire on February 28, 2001, the company's fiscal year end. Mr. Daley will be 65 in June 2001. Mr. Rossi has worked for the Gillette Company for 35 years, where he served in a variety of senior level management positions including president of both Gillette North America and Gillette Canada, as well as Braun Canada. He recently retired as president of Oral-B Worldwide. Mr. Rossi will join LoJack on November 20. Mr. Daley said, "As Ronald Rossi's career at Gillette indicates, he brings an exciting breadth of experience in marketing and sales and corporate leadership to LoJack. We are pleased that he can begin the transition in assuming the leadership of the company immediately." Mr. Daley has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1981. He has served in his present position as Chief Executive Officer since 1986 and has been instrumental in making LoJack Corporation one of the most successful automotive after-market companies in the country. In the October 30, 2000 edition of Forbes Magazine, LoJack Corporation was recognized as one of the 200 best small companies in America. Mr. Rossi said, "I look forward to the rewarding challenges of continuing LoJack's growth. Mike Daley has done an outstanding job in shepherding the company to its present position as the leading provider of auto security technology in the U.S. and abroad." The Board of Directors also announced that it had voted to increase the size of the board by one member and had appointed Joseph F. Abely, president of LoJack, and John H. MacKinnon, formerly a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., as directors. Mr. Abely has been with LoJack for 12 years and was appointed president in 1998. Mr. MacKinnon was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 25 years, retiring in February 2000. In addition, the Board of Directors reported that James A. Daley has resigned as a director of the corporation because of his appointment as United States Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean.