Communications Systems, Inc. : Transition Networks Announces New Vice President of North American Sales

Todd Trenasty Brings 20 Years Industry Experience in Networking and Telecommunications

Transition Networks Inc., the fiber access technology expert, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: JCS), today announced Todd Trenasty has joined the company as its new Vice President of North American Sales. In this role, Trenasty will be responsible for driving growth and customer success in the service provider, enterprise, channel and federal sales markets.

An industry veteran, Trenasty has more than 20 years of experience in generating sales growth with successful companies in the networking and telecommunications industries. Trenasty is focused on developing and leading a best-in-class sales organization and increasing the customer base while driving new business.

"Todd comes to Transition Networks with extensive experience in the service provider market, and is excellent in translating customer needs into winning solutions. We're excited to introduce Todd to our family of customers," said Scott Otis, President and General Manager of Transition Networks.

Prior to joining Transition Networks, Trenasty held senior positions for Tyco Security Products, a global leader in security products and services. Before that he was Vice President Sales, North America and Vice President Strategic Accounts for Allied Telesis. Trenasty also served as Vice President Major Accounts for Kentrox, Sales Director for CopperCom and held sales roles at Lucent Technologies and ViewCast Corporation. Trenasty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

About Transition Networks Inc.

Transition Networks, Inc. is an industry leader with over 25 years of experience designing fiber integration products that deliver the security and reliability for today's networks while future-proofing for tomorrow as well. Offering support for multiple protocols, any interface, and a multitude of hardware platforms; Transition Networks gives you the power to deliver and manage traffic reliably over fiber in any data network - in any application - in any environment. Based in Minneapolis, Transition Networks distributes hardware-based connectivity solutions exclusively through a network of resellers in 50 countries. Transition Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company (NASDAQ-GM: JCS). For more information about Transition Networks, please visit www.transition.com.

Statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance in 2014 are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: competitive products and other factors discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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