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New Vice Presidents to Guide Frame Processing Company Through Next Stage of Growth  FREMONT, Calif., September 24, 2002 Ample Communications, pioneer of Frame Processing silicon for data communications, today announced it has enhanced its management team in preparation for wide acceptance of its Frame Processing silicon solutions and anticipation of the Company's next stage of growth. To meet these demands, Ample Communications has added David Bridgeford as vice president of finance and controller, and has promoted Marek Tlalka to vice president of marketing and Ravi Baddam to vice president of information technology. The Company also has named Jagdish Rao as managing director of its Ample India Design Center located in Bangalore, India. Ample Communications develops merchant silicon solutions that enable data communications system developers to deliver products that make efficient use of existing carrier infrastructure. The Company is shipping two devices in volume and begins sampling its new Blackbird device this fall. Early adopter customers are currently incorporating the Blackbird device into system line cards. The device is ideal for applications that will initially offer multi-port 10 Gigabit SONET solutions and facilitates a smooth migration to 40 Gigabit transmission simply by changing the optics on the line card. The company has received $38 million in two rounds of venture financing and employs more than 85 people in the United States and at its design facility in India. "We are building a company that holds value for its customers, its employees and its investors, and I am confident that these additions to our executive staff will address both external market requirements and internal needs as we grow the company to its next level, " said Vish Akella, co-founder and CEO of Ample Communications. "Marek Tlalka has driven the marketing and sales effort from zero to our current position as the leading provider of Frame Processing merchant silicon solutions for data communications system developers. Ravi Baddam has been director of IT for Ample Communications since its inception, and was responsible for setting up our design centers in Fremont and Sacramento, Calif. and in Bangalore, India." Bridgeford, 49, served as controller at Level One from 1996 to 2002. During his tenure at Level One, he was responsible for all aspects of financial management and reporting. After Level One was acquired by Intel Corp. in 1999, he remained as controller until its integration into Intel was completed. Bridgeford has more than 20 years of financial management experience with communications, banking and manufacturing organizations. Prior to Level One, he was CFO for BHP Products. He has managed financial organizations in all phases of the business cycle from start-up to acquisition. Bridgeford received his MBA and BA Pre-Law from the University of Puget Sound in 1977 and 1976 respectively. Prior to joining Ample Communications, Marek Tlalka, 39, was director of marketing for SONET/SDH products at Mindspeed Technologies, a subsidiary of Conexant Systems, where he was responsible for the SONET/SDH product line and brought to market leading SONET framing and mapping products including OC-192 and OC-48 framers. Before joining Mindspeed, Tlalka held various development and marketing positions at Applied Digital Access (subsequently acquired by Acterna) in San Diego, Calif., where he was involved in the development of SONET add/drop multiplexer and network testing systems. Prior to Applied Digital Access, Tlalka was with AG Communication Systems in Phoenix, Ariz. Tlalka holds an MBA from San Diego State University, 1998, and a BSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, 1986. Ravi Baddam, 46, has more than 18 years of experience in the IT industry. Before joining Ample Communications, Baddam was with Hitachi Ltd. For 11 years, where he was responsible for departmental IT operations. At Hitachi he successfully implemented global design centers for various microprocessor product families in China, England, India, and Japan. He also managed the IT aspect of the merger of Hitachi Micro Systems and Hitachi Semiconductor of America and headed Hitachi's network security joint projects with Microsoft and SGS-Thompson. Baddam also has held various management positions with Rolm-Milspec Computers and Valid Logic Systems. He earned his MS in Computer Science from Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas in 1984. Jagdish Rao, 40, has more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Before joining Ample Communications, Rao co-founded Future Integrated Systems (FIS) in 1994, which was acquired by National Semiconductor in 1997. At National, Rao played a vital role in integrating FIS technology into the company's PC on a Chip product line. As executive vice president of FIS, Rao forged successful partnerships with NEC and Oki Semiconductor that resulted in the world's first 16 Megabyte integrated DRAM graphic controller. Prior to FIS, Rao held management and development positions at Cirrus Logic. He earned his BSEE from J.N.T. University, Hyderabad, India in 1983 and MSEE from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in 1986. About Ample Communications Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Ample Communications develops highly integrated merchant silicon solutions that enable equipment vendors to achieve faster time to market with products that deliver increased speed and density and decreased power consumption and footprint. Founded in 2000, Ample is privately held and has secured $38 million in two rounds of funding. For more information visit www.amplecomm.com Editor Contacts: Marek Tlalka Ample Communications 510-657-1500 x106 mtlalka@amplecomm.com Bev Barnett Lux Communications 408-378-6823 bev@luxpr.com |
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