Utility Brings Finance, Accounting, and Administration Veteran Onboard as Utility's CFO

Jason Blair to Join Utility's Executive Team

2012-05-01

TUCKER, GA, May 01, 2012 (Press-News.org) Utility, Inc., a provider of technology and services that allow first responders and utilities to more effectively command, control and support mobile field operations, announced today the addition of Jason Blair as a Senior Member of the Utility Executive Team. Blair has taken the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer leading the Finance, Accounting, Human Resources and Administration functions for Utility.

Jason Blair is a senior financial executive with 15+ years experience providing financial, operational and managerial expertise for small to mid-sized organizations. Blair started his career in commercial banking and has served as Finance Director and Controller for companies in multiple industry sectors including marketing services, technology and manufacturing. He has experience in a broad range of finance and accounting disciplines including implementation of financial controls, securing of working capital and term financing from banks, acquisition and sale due diligence, tax planning and Human Resource management.

Blair holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Kentucky.

CEO and co-founder Robert McKeeman is very pleased to announce the new addition to Utility's executive team. "Jason is a proactive financial leader with strong financial planning, forecasting, accounting, and administration skills. His NetSuite expertise adds additional value. Jason will be a key part of our executive team as we continue our rapid growth."

About Utility, Inc.

Utility, Inc. develops and manufactures a combination of vehicle wireless routers and an AVL / Vehicle Diagnostics / RFID tag software as a service that allows First Responders and Utilities to effectively command, control and support mobile field operations. Utility delivers real-time information about virtually any mobile asset, providing a unified operating picture for safely locating, tracking and managing all aspects of mobile field operations. Unlike other single function products that provide one facet of mobile asset management, Utility brings it all together into one cost-effective, enterprise-wide solution showing the location and status of everything from tools to vehicles to personnel. First Responder customers such as Conyers Police, Fort Myers Fire, Gainesville Fire, Marietta Police and Fire, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, and St. James Parish EMS, San Antonio Police and Fire, Spring Hill Fire and Rescue, and many other First Responders are able to reduce response times and improve officer safety with the Utility solution. Leading utilities such as Allegheny Power, Atlanta Gas Light, Bangor Hydro, Con Edison, Georgia Power, Oncor, Snapping Shoals EMC, Westar, and many other utilities achieve payback in months while increasing field crew safety, productivity, and customer service with Utility hardware and software.

Utility's Rockets 4G cellular vehicle wireless routers are engineered, designed, assembled, and tested in Tucker, Georgia, USA. Utility has Patents pending for automatic switching between 3G and 4G, Access Point load balancing, and other situational awareness IP. The AVaiL and DataSync software as a service is developed and supported at the company headquarters in Tucker, Georgia, USA and is hosted at secure data centers in metro Atlanta and Wisconsin USA. For more information, visit www.utility.com

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