santa barbara, ca, november 6, 2001

Monteith G. Heaton has recently joined Innovative MicroTechnology (IMT) as Vice President of Marketing and Sales and has overall marketing and sales responsibility for IMT's line of Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). He will report to Dr. John Foster, President and CEO of IMT. IMT provides cooperative design, development, prototyping and foundry services for micro- and nano-scale devices, with specialization in partnering for high-end MEMS development and manufacturing. IMT's advanced capabilities include line widths down to 0.35um, deep reactive ion etch (RIE), a wide range of metals deposition/etch (Au, Ru, Cr, Cu, Ta, Ni etc), low-voltage (<3.3V) device manufacturing, and high-volume manufacturing on six-inch wafers.

"Monte's breadth of experience in business development, strategic marketing, sales and communications for high technology products will be a major asset to IMT as we navigate this high-growth period for our Company," commented Dr. Foster.

Mr. Heaton joins IMT with over 20 years of marketing and sales management experience, most recently as Director of Marketing for Digital Instruments/Veeco Metrology, where he built the Digital Instruments brand into one of the most recognized and respected in the scientific instrument industry. Previously, he held management positions with Interstate Electronics, Dynamic Solutions, and Millipore. Mr. Heaton earned a BS in Chemistry and an MS in Marine Chemistry and Environmental Science at Stony Brook University.