Piero Martinotti, Former Corporate Vice President of STMicroelectronics New Ventures Group is Nominated as Chairman of the Board of Sensitive Object

Sensitive Object(TM) (www.sensitive-object.com)
announces that Piero Martinotti has accepted the Chairmanship of the
Board of Sensitive Object.
Currently advisor to STMicroelectronics, board member in UPEK, and
Chairman of the Board of Media Lario Technologies, Piero Martinotti
brings Sensitive Object an outstanding business track record and
extensive experience across several industries.
"Having Piero Martinotti at Sensitive Object's Board of Directors
is our honor," said Herve Martin, CEO of Sensitive Object. "His
business acumen and decades of experience will serve to help Sensitive
Object in reinforcing our business strategies."
"Sensitive Object's technology opens the door to breakthrough
innovations far beyond multimedia applications!" declares Piero
Martinotti "Their clever solution for turning common objects into
interactive and sensitive objects makes Sensitive Object a company to
keep an eye on. I share their vision and look forward to contributing
to the company's growth."
Piero Martinotti began his working career at SGS. In 1968 he moved
to Motorola Semiconductors with the responsibility of Strategic
Marketing for Europe and, in 1975 he became Marketing Director for
Europe, a position that he held until 1979, when he joined Weber
Carburatori (Fiat Group) as Managing Director.
In March 1981, he came back to the semiconductor world and to SGS
where he became Corporate Director for Technology and Strategy in
1985.
In April 1986 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
Innovative Silicon Technology, a position he kept through the creation
of the SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (the merger of Thomson
Semiconducteurs and SGS Microelettronica).
In November 1990, Piero Martinotti was called back to the
Corporation, to take charge of Corporate Strategic Planning of
SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics, which changed its name to
STMicroelectronics in May 1998. In this position, he was at the heart
of the growth of the Group.
In April 1994, Piero Martinotti was appointed General Manager of
the New Ventures Group, a unit created to identify, evaluate, and
develop opportunities able to lead ST into new business segments.

About Sensitive Object

Sensitive Object(TM) was created in 2003 by scientists from CNRS
and University of Paris 7, to promote an innovative new technology
that can modify our comfort and convenience through the sense of
touch. ReserSys(TM) the company's patented technology is based on a
revolutionary process of "time reversal acoustics," which connects
inexpensive sensors to the audio input of a computer, in a way that
turns common objects into tactile screens, which are capable of
relaying information with a simple "tap".

www.sensitive-object.com