Sonim Appoints Industry Veteran Tom Wilkinson as CEO

Effective October 29, 2019, the Board of Directors has appointed Tom Wilkinson as Chief Executive Officer for Sonim Technologies. Mr. Wilkinson served as CEO of Xplore Technologies (Nasdaq: XPLR) a maker of rugged tablet and handheld devices until it was sold to Zebra Technologies in August 2018. Recently, he was appointed as Chairman and Interim CEO of Cipherloc Corporation, which on October 15, 2019 announced that it was working to retain a permanent CEO. Mr. Wilkinson’s experience includes appointments as CFO, as well as other business leadership roles.

“Tom brings strong leadership experience as a public technology company executive, as both a CFO and CEO, with responsibility for technology development, go-to-market strategy and sales to the government and commercial sectors,” said Sonim Board Chair, Maurice Hochschild.

Sonim also announced that Bob Plaschke will assume a new role for the Company as Strategy Advisor to the Board and will devote his time to the development of strategic opportunities for Sonim. Bob has been at Sonim since 2002 and became CEO and Chairman of the Board in 2005.

“Sonim Technologies has developed a strong presence within a growing first responder market and is expanding its portfolio of solutions and customers it serves. Bringing Tom in as CEO at this time, with his deep operational experience will help Sonim execute on its growth strategies, leverage our first responder market presence and accelerate the deployment of our solutions to customers across multiple vertical markets we are targeting.” said Mr. Hochschild.

“I am thrilled with the opportunity to bring value to the shareholders of Sonim, while also supporting our core customers and their mission. The rugged device market is robust and growing, and Sonim will continue to drive forward to serve this and other markets to the fullest.” said Mr. Wilkinson.