Kent L. Hansen named CEO of Code Corporation

Data company Code Corporation has named Kent L. Hansen as its new CEO. Mr. Hansen brings more than 30 years of leadership experience within the technology industry to help guide Code’s brands, products, and technology.

“Our key criteria was to find an individual who will provide the leadership to build Code into a world-class organization,” said Code Board of Directors Chairman Barclay McFadden III. “Kent has demonstrated the ability to do just that throughout his career. We also sought an individual whose management style encourages a collaborative working environment. Kent brings strong product management, sales, OEM, contract manufacturing, and financial expertise to Code.”

Mr. Hansen comes to Code from CA Engineering, where he was partner and President, overseeing growth and strategic direction. Under his leadership, the business’ profitable revenue increased by more than 700 percent, and it developed a range of domestic and global strategic partnerships relationships. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Director at computer network company 3Com.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join this amazing team of incredibly talented and smart individuals who make up the Code family–including our extended family of distributors and resellers,” said Mr. Hansen. “Together we will continue to offer customers not only the most innovative data capture technology available but also the most creative product solutions the industry has ever seen. I am happy to champion the Code brands in this new chapter and look forward to many more years of not only business success, but exceeding our customer’s expectations.”

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Code Corporation Adds Justin Mckelvy to Lead Data and Infrastructure Team

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Code Corporation, a global leader in barcode scanning and data capture technologies, today announced it has hired Justin McKelvy as Sr. Manager of Data & Infrastructure. He will be a key player in the company’s drive toward data transformation and big data while also heading up the IT department. “Code Corporation has been a leader in data acquisition technology for 20 years,” said Kent Hansen, CEO of Code Corporation. “We are extending our expertise into new platforms and processes to enhance how our customers use and benefit from data to optimize their efforts. Justin will be a key player in forging the pathways to enable our big data ambitions, and we welcome him to the team.” McKelvy will help drive the data transformation effort at Code. This will begin with data automation, across platforms and departments. These efforts will help elevate staff out of conducting time-consuming data work and into higher analysis and innovation. This starts by introducing scalable data lake and data warehouse architecture within AWS and by building out robust data pipelines that allow for a reliable source of truth metrics to drive business insights with greater detail and speed than the company has before. McKelvy said, “Our Data transformation efforts will set the foundation for several technologies to begin layering on our collected device data, such as machine learning, which can help drive product enhancement, operational forecasts, and customer analysis.” Prior to Code, McKelvy served as the VP of Technology for ETTMA. He has an extensive background in data analysis and system architecture. About Code Corporation For more than 20 years, Code Corporation has been an industry pioneer, leader, and champion for data capture innovation and has garnered more than 100 patents. By crafting and continuing to perfect its unique decoding algorithms, Code and its line of image-based scanning and decoding technology consistently deliver unparalleled performance companies around the world depend on every day. Code designs and manufactures a complete line of market-leading hardware and software data capture solutions. Code products are not only valued for providing a consistent level of workflow efficiency year after year, but also for their ergonomic design, durability, ease of customization, and seamless integration. Code is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah with offices in Boston and Amsterdam. For more, please visit www.codecorp.com. Contacts Tim Rush Springboard5 801-208-1100 tim.rush@springboard5.com

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Code Corporation Adds Blake Christensen as New VP of Finance

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2021--Code Corporation, a global leader in barcode scanning and data capture technologies, today announced it has hired industry veteran Blake Christensen as its new vice president of finance. “We are pleased to welcome Blake as a significant member of our leadership team,” said Kent Hansen, CEO of Code Corporation. “His successful track record and extensive experience in leading the financial operations of technology and life science businesses are proof points of his skillset. We look forward to his strategic input and impact as we manage global market challenges and position Code for the future.” Christensen comes to Code with more than 20 years of strategic finance and accounting experience, most recently servicing companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. As the VP of Finance, Christensen will lead Code’s finance strategy as it capitalizes on the forecasted rapid growth and expands into new markets and opportunities. Furthermore, because of his technical background and leadership, the IT team at Code will report to him as well. Christensen launched his career in public accounting spending four years with two regional CPA firms in Salt Lake City, Utah after earning two Bachelors of Arts degrees in Finance and Accounting and a Master’s Degree of Professional Accountancy from the University of Utah. From there, he went on to secure senior finance positions with technology companies including SaaS and Enterprise software companies in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Data Analytics, and Online Backup/Storage. From there, he transitioned to the pharmaceutical and medical device space where, for the last few years, he has focused on corporate controllership and strategic planning.

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