Daktronics, Inc. announced the retirement of James Morgan from the Board of Directors at the end of his current term, effective September 7, 2022. He has been a Director of the Company since 1984 and has served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since October 2016, including as its Chair since June 2020, and on the Audit Committee from 2016 to 2021. He also served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 through his retirement from those positions effective on September 1, 2013.
Prior to that, he served as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Engineering. He originally joined the Company in 1969. Director Lance Bultena has been named the chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Daktronics, Inc. is engaged in designing and manufacturing electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial and transportation applications. The Company's segments include Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International. Its Commercial segment primarily consists of sales of its integrated video display systems, digital billboards, Galaxy and Fuelight product lines, and dynamic messaging systems to resellers (primarily sign companies), out-of-home (OOH) companies, national retailers, quick-serve restaurants, casinos, shopping centers, cruise ships, commercial building owners, and petroleum retailers. Its Live Events segment primarily consists of sales of integrated scoring and video display systems to college and professional sports facilities and convention centers and sales of its mobile display technology to video rental organizations and other live event type venues.