SmartDisk Corporation Appoints Protheroe As Senior Vice President of Development and Engineering

Business Wire, March 22, 1999

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--

Seasoned engineering executive holds 20 product and

technology patents

SmartDisk Corporation, a company focused on providing simple, innovative solutions that advance and enhance the use of miniature storage media and smart cards, today announced the appointment of Robert L. Protheroe to the position of Senior Vice President, Development and Engineering. The appointment strengthens SmartDisk's engineering and development capability, and further enables the company to pursue its goal of being a worldwide leader in the highly competitive markets it targets.

Mr. Protheroe brings to SmartDisk a wealth of executive management and engineering exp be instrumental in maintaining and building res and methodologies for the organization.

A prolific inventor, Mr. Protheroe holds 20 patents on a varianufacturer of point-of-sale payment systems including smart cards. There he held a number of senior level p, Mr. Protheroe served in engineering and producsk Corporation is the provider of patented solutions for reading and writing to flash memory cards, smart carformed to capitalize on the growth of digital applications. Its investors include Toshiba Corporation, Fischer and others. For more information, go to www.smartdisk.com.