COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwire - May 29, 2012) - Ramtron International Corporation (NASDAQ: [ RMTR ]), a leading developer and supplier of low-energy nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, today announced the appointment of Erik Wood as director of business development, reporting to Ramtron's vice president of worldwide marketing, Scott Emley. Mr. Wood brings to Ramtron 17 years of solution sales and high-tech market development experience with deep experience in the defense/aerospace, supply chain, transportation, oil and gas, healthcare, identification and security markets. At Ramtron, he is responsible for driving the development of strategic business opportunities for Ramtron's F-RAM-enabled semiconductor solutions.

"Erik's business development and executive leadership adds tremendous value to the ongoing expansion of our customer-facing engineering and marketing team," said Ramtron vice president of worldwide marketing, Scott Emley. "Erik's expertise in sales, marketing, and business development will help us identify and expand into key growth markets and cultivate high-growth customers that can benefit from the adoption of F-RAM-based products and solutions."

Before joining Ramtron, Mr. Wood served as vice president of sales for Revere Security Corporation in Dallas, TX, a cryptographic security solutions and services company in the fast-growing machine-to-machine device arena. At Revere, Wood established target application markets, developed key technology partnership ecosystems, and secured top-tier channel resellers to drive revenue. Prior to Revere Security, Wood was vice president of business development for Hi-G-Tek Inc., in Rockville, MD, where he led sales efforts that doubled year-over-year sales growth. He was also responsible for securing sales channel expansion with strategic partners that included NCR, L-3, Qualcomm, Motorola, and Boeing, among others. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wood served as vice president and general manager of Symbol Technologies where he headed up Symbol's Asia Pacific unit for EPC Gen2 RFID solutions for healthcare, transportation, government, and security markets. Symbol was later acquired by Motorola and today is a leading UHF RFID device maker.

About Ramtron

Ramtron International Corporation, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory and integrated semiconductor solutions used in a wide range of product applications and markets worldwide. Ramtron has sold hundreds of millions of F-RAM devices into demanding applications such as automotive safety and entertainment systems, portable medical devices, industrial process control systems, smart electricity meters, and consumer printer cartridges. For more information, visit [ www.ramtron.com ].