ORANGE COUNTY

Calay Systems Inc., an Irvine electronics maker, has named John Virtue to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Virtue, a member of the Calay board of directors since the company’s founding in August, 1982, will be responsible for the firm’s daily operations. He will report to Richard A. Finn, Calay’s president and chief executive.

Prior to his involvement with Calay, Virtue was the founding executive of Advanced Control Corp. in Santa Ana. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Newport Electronics in Santa Ana and Interlink Computer Sciences in Fremont.