as zagg 2 industry consumer electronics accessories founded salt lake city utah united states headquarters 910 west legacy center way suite 500 midvale utah key people randall hales ceo and president products screen protectors mobile phone accessories revenue 264.4 million in 2012 1q 2013 51.5 million number of employees 250 subsidiaries ifrogz 3 4 mophie 5 website zagg.com zagg inc nasdaq zagg is a publicly traded company based in south salt lake utah . it is best known for its line of protective coverings for consumer electronics and hand held devices under the brand name invisibleshield . 2 6 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company s flagship product the invisibleshield was created by phillip chipping who then formed protective solutions inc. in march 2005 7 and started selling the invisibleshield product online and in locally owned gadget retailers . the company began in a back yard shed selling 200 worth of goods per day . 8 a few months later in september 2005 two weeks after apple inc. had released the first ipod nano original research the company sent out a press release 9 announcing their concept of offering full body gadget protection with a patented clear protective film as a new alternative to bulky cases . due to the high level of response the company began designing full body invisibleshields for many different types of electronic gadgets . 10 11 in january 2006 chipping brought in robert g. pedersen ii a friend and mentor who previously acted in an advisory capacity as a partner with the title of ceo while chipping retained the title of president and founder . later that year after buying out chipping pedersen became the largest shareholder . in 2010 he was also named the ernst & young s entrepreneur of the year . 12 in august 2012 pedersen stepped down as ceo and chairman following a margin call and randall hales previously president and coo became interim ceo . in december 2012 hales was named ceo by the board of directors . as of june 2013 the company has over 250 employees . 2 13 the company changed names to become shieldzone corporation in march 2006 and then again to zagg inc in july 2007 . the most recent name change coincided with a reverse merger that made zagg a publicly traded company on the otc bulletin board exchange with zagg as its stock symbol . 9 on november 10 2009 ; it was listed on the nasdaq market . 14 in 2011 the company acquired ifrogz . 3 4 products edit the invisibleshield is the flagship product of the company . and is now sold in many countries . in 2008 it started selling its products in well known retailers such as best buy 15 and carphone warehouse . 16 it is currently available in all four major wireless retailers at & t 17 verizon wireless 18 sprint 19 and t mobile . 20 in november 2008 the company launched a new audio product line zaggaudio . it currently contains two types in ear headphones zaggsmartbuds and zaggaquabuds . their former product zbuds won a 2009 ces innovations design and engineering showcase honors award . 2 21 in 2011 the company launched the zaggmate a dual purpose case for the apple ipad that also serves as a wireless bluetooth keyboard . the product won the macworld 2011 best of show and was named an honoree at the ces innovations 2011 . 22 23 later that year the company announced a licensing and distribution agreement with logitech . 24 and also released two other ipad bluetooth keyboards for the ipad 2 and new ipad . 25 references edit dosier sean 2012 01 21 . zagg tablet cases price comparison report and official company profile . 1 . retrieved 2012 04 04 . external link in publisher help a b c d zubasti mohammed 2011 12 21 . zagg stock falls on unusually high volume zagg . thestreet.com . retrieved 2012 01 05 . a b huskinson scott 2011 03 22 . zagg acquires ifrogz . business wire . retrieved 2012 04 04 . a b oberbeck steven 2011 06 04 . investors like zagg s acquisition of utah s ifrogz . the salt lake tribune . retrieved 2012 04 04 . http investors.zagg.com file index keyfile 32776513 . missing or empty title help wallerius serra 2011 12 12 . zagg invisibleshield installation challenge . tekgoblin . retrieved 2012 01 05 . wallace bruce 2005 12 20 . firm seeks a scratch free world . deseret news . retrieved 2012 04 04 . clark emily 2011 12 29 . made in america zagg . abc news 4 . archived from the original on 2013 09 06 . retrieved 2012 04 04 . a b http www.allbusiness.com electronics consumer household electronics portable 5071175 1.html review invisibleshield for ipod . http www.webwire.com viewpressrel.asp aid 4966 http utahpulse.com featured article zagg ceo robert g pedersen ii named ernst young s 2010 entrepreneur of the year http www.corporateinformation.com company snapshot.aspx cusip 98884u108 http www.businesswire.com news home 20091110005968 en zagg listed nasdaq global market invisibleshield tm to be available in best buy stores nationwide . reuters . 2008 07 09 . http www.tmcnet.com ce articles 29489 zaggs invisibleshield now available the carphone warehouse.htm http investors.zagg.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 482964 http americangrowthstocks.blogspot.com 2011 01 zagg nasdaq zagg penetrates verizon.html http investors.zagg.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 576215 http www.businesswire.com news home 20110720005306 en zagg announces distribution t mobile usa stores nationwide http news.cnet.com 8301 17938 105 10105264 1.html http investors.zagg.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 546445 http investors.zagg.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 528830 http investors.zagg.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 563245 http www.zagg.com keyboards ipad keyboard case external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zagg & oldid 742797365 categories manufacturing companies based in utahcompanies listed on nasdaqsouth salt lake utahhidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles that may contain original researcharticles that may contain original research from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 21 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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