MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Electronics Corporation (Amex: AND) announced today a reorganization of its Sales and Marketing team, mobilizing an effort to advance the Company's acoustic and digital audio interface market strategy. As part of the reorganization, Andrea Electronics has appointed Dominick Monaco as Senior Vice President/Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, and has redesigned its sales force infrastructure through the immediate addition of seven seasoned sales representatives, each with an average of ten or more years of experience. These individuals will each be located throughout the world and will be primarily responsible for specific local geographic locations. In addition, the Company has made several additions to its domestic, in-house call center facility with the goal of expanding its base of direct purchase end users in the U.S. and Canada.

"We are pleased to announce the addition of high level sales talent with the drive and expertise to pursue an aggressive growth agenda," said Christopher P. Sauvigne, President and Chief Operating Officer of Andrea Electronics Corporation. "We are confident that these world class individuals will accelerate Andrea's efforts to forge new revenue-generating relationships across a broad range of industries."

As Senior Vice President/Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Dominick Monaco will be responsible for directing and managing sales, marketing, customer service and technical support for Andrea Electronics in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Monaco will work to position the Company for focused growth in key targeted markets, and advance the strategic development of branded sales and marketing concepts. He is a seasoned sales professional with over seventeen years of experience, handling accounts for Fortune 100 customers as well as managing sales forces in the computer hardware and software industries. Prior to joining Andrea Electronics, Mr. Monaco held the positions of Technology Sales Consultant and Manager of New Business Development with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Alex Leung, formerly Managing Director of Andrea Electronics' Hong Kong facility and bringing more than fifteen years of sales, DSP engineering and operations experience, will assume the position of Senior Vice President of Sales - Pacific Rim. In his new role, Mr. Leung will be responsible for accelerating business development activities in the Pacific Rim, as well as managing Andrea Electronics' existing customer base in the region. In his previous position at the Company, Mr. Leung was instrumental in establishing and maintaining key customer accounts such as IBM and RadioShack, among others.

John Lettieri has joined the Company at its New York headquarters as Vice President of Sales, bringing over ten years of sales experience. In his role, he will focus on specific key customer relationships as well as automotive telematics business development. Formerly a National Account Sales Manager and Technical Sales Consultant, Mr. Lettieri has an impressive background in establishing and maintaining customer relationships with Fortune 100 companies, as well as the hiring and training of high level sales personnel. He also brings several years of experience from his role as Senior Sales Executive at TSR, Inc., where he developed promotional and marketing campaigns and managed the Company's U.S. and foreign-based clientele.

With over thirteen years of sales experience, Julia Smith is joining Andrea Electronics as a regional sales representative. Most recently Senior Manager, IP Product Implementation at Qwest Communications, Ms. Smith has extensive experience in the information technology field and in managing sales operations, customer care, network engineering and network operations teams.

Richard Campbell, formerly National Sales Manager and Assistant Vice President of Sales at TeamCo International, is joining Andrea Electronics as a regional sales representative. Prior to TeamCo, Mr. Campbell held the positions of Manufacturers Representative for Professional Sports, Inc., Marketing Representative for Rivolta Development Corporation, Financial Consultant for Integrated Resources, Inc. and Account Executive with Government Securities Corporation. He brings over fourteen years of sales and marketing experience to his new role at Andrea Electronics.

With over thirteen years in the sales field, Eric Tateosian also joins Andrea Electronics as a regional sales representative. Previously, Eric was Technical Consultant, Senior Manager and Senior Customer Support Supervisor with Arthur Andersen LLP where, among other responsibilities, he managed a team of managers and technical support representatives. As manager, Mr. Tateosian provided post-sales support to over thirty critical clients, managed client support centers and oversaw the activities of fifty technical and product support representatives.

Noreen Williams brings over twenty years of sales management experience to her role as Manager of Call Center Sales at Andrea Electronics. She is responsible for prospecting, qualifying and closing new business as well as managing all sales and operations for the Company's in-house call center. Prior to joining Andrea Electronics, Ms. Williams held sales and management positions at Proginet Corporation, Safeguard Business Systems and Computer Language Research.

Robert Carton has joined Andrea Electronics as a sales representative for the Company's Aircraft Communication Systems business unit. He brings over sixteen years of business experience in sales, management and marketing. Mr. Carton has held sales positions at Vernitron Corporation, Microturbo North America and Wieble Tool Co., Inc.

About Andrea Electronics

Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies and equipment for enhancing applications that require high performance and high quality voice input. The Company's patented Active Noise Reduction (ANR READY(R)) earphone, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) near-field microphone, patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA(R)) and patent-pending Directional Finding and Tracking Array (DFTA(TM)) far-field microphone technologies enhance a wide range of audio products to eliminate background noise and ensure the optimum performance of voice applications. Applications for the Company's technologies include: speech recognition programs, Internet telephony, video/audio conferencing, automobile PCs, home automation systems, hand-held devices and multiplayer online games, among others. OEM and software publisher customers and strategic partners of Andrea Electronics' include: IBM Corporation, Intel Corporation, Donnelly Corporation, Symbol Technologies, Inc., Clarion Corporation of America, Microsoft Corporation, Lernout & Hauspie, ScreenFriends Corporation, Audio-Technica, U.S., Inc., J. D'Addario & Co., DeltaThree.com, Lotus Development Corporation, Fonix Corporation, HearMe, Centra Software, Inc., Logitech, Inc., Net2Phone, Inc., Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. and ZeroPlus.com, among others. Visit Andrea Electronics' websites at http://www.AndreaElectronics.com and http://www.AudioCommander.com or call 800-707-5779.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve matters that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors, that may affect the business and prospects of Andrea Electronics Corporation (the "Company"). The Company cautions investors about the following significant factors, which, among others, have in some cases affected the Company's actual results and are in the future likely to affect the Company's actual results and could cause them to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements: the rate at which Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea technologies are accepted in the marketplace; the competitiveness of Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea products in terms of technical specifications, quality, price, reliability and service; the sufficiency of the Company's funds for research and development, marketing and general and administrative expenses; infringement and other disputes relating to patents and other intellectual property rights held or licensed by the Company or third parties; and the Company's continuing ability to enter and maintain collaborative relationships with other manufacturers, software authoring and publishing companies, and distributors. No assurance can be given that the Company will achieve any material sales or profits from the products introduced in this release. These and other similar factors are discussed under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking statements" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's Annual Report to shareholders, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Andrea Anti-Noise," "ANR Ready," "DSDA," DSDA-PRO," "DFTA," "SuperBeam," "EchoStop," "PureAudio" and "Desktop Array" are trademarks of Andrea Electronics Corporation or an Andrea Electronics Corporation subsidiary.

SOURCE: Andrea Electronics Corporation

CONTACT: At Andrea Electronics - Richard A. Maue, Chief Financial Officer, or Lauren Smith, Marketing Communications Manager, 800-442-7787/