Giga-tronics Incorporated announced the appointment of W. Joseph Thompson as Chairman and Acting CEO. Dr. Thompson brings substantial management experience from the test and measurement industry as well as expertise in financial analysis for public and private technology companies. He succeeds John Regazzi, the architect of the company's Advanced Signal Generator and Analysis platform (ASG), who is assuming the role of CTO to enable him to focus on customer engagement and future technology development.

Other management changes include the addition of Mr. Suresh Nair as VP of Operations. Mr. Nair, formerly of Danaher and General Motors, brings expertise in lean manufacturing to the Company and has already made improvements in operational efficiencies and inventory management. More recently, Mr. Steve Lance has resigned after being recruited to accept a CFO position in his original area of practice, the SaaS industry.

The company's Corporate Controller, Ms. Temi Oduozor, will assume Mr. Lance's responsibilities.