http://www.ridgerun.com/pr/2001/07/09/0001/
Jun 24, 2002
 RidgeRun
Copyright ©2000-2002 RidgeRun, Inc.

Press Release

RidgeRun TM Appoints Cisco Executive, Peter Alexander, to Board of Directors

Boise, ID - July 9, 2001 - RidgeRun, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux ® software and tools for appliances using digital signal processing (DSP) components, announced today that Peter Alexander, an executive at Cisco Systems, Inc., has joined the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Alexander is currently Vice President, Marketing and Operations of Internet Systems Business Unit, which includes the company's Catalyst ® 6000 Family of switches and Cisco 7000 series routers.

"We are extremely pleased to have Peter join the RidgeRun board at this exciting time for our business," said Rudy Prince, RidgeRun Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "At Cisco, Peter is well recognized for his strategic vision and has built a reputation as one of the leading industry spokespersons on the future of the Internet and convergence. We believe his insights will greatly contribute to our DSPLinux TM software developments for empowering the next generation of Internet appliances."

Mr. Alexander added, "I view this as a great opportunity to work with a growing young company focused on advanced wireless, multimedia and networking appliances. By merging the strengths of Linux Open Source software with the computational power and efficiency of DSP components, RidgeRun is well positioned to deliver a leading software platform that brings advanced products to market faster, often with reduced development and component costs."

For the past five years, Mr. Alexander has helped to drive Cisco's data, voice, and video integration strategy and in September of 2000 was named one of the industry's "Top 50 Smartest People" by Sm@rt Partner. Mr. Alexander joined Cisco in 1996 when it acquired StrataCom, Inc., where he was Executive Director of Enterprise Marketing. Prior to StrataCom, Mr. Alexander held positions as Director of Sales and Operations in the Asia/Pacific region for Republic Telecom Systems as well as a variety of engineering and management positions at Entropic Speech, Inc. and ROLM Corporation. Mr. Alexander is an associate member of the British Institute of Electrical Engineers, and holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of California - Berkeley and a B.Eng. (Honors) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bradford in England.

About RidgeRun, Inc.

RidgeRun is exclusively focused on bringing the reliability and flexibility of Linux to embedded Internet appliances based on DSPs (digital signal processors). RidgeRun's DSPLinux ® leverages the power of Texas Instruments dual-core DSP architectures to deliver the performance-leading platform for wireless, broadband and multimedia appliances. RidgeRun can be reached at www.ridgerun.com or by e-mail to info@ridgerun.com.