Alloptic Names Shane Eleniak Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Alloptic, Inc., a global leader in the design and development of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (GEPONs), the most widely deployed next generation access network solution, announced today the addition of Shane Eleniak as Alloptic's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

"I'm delighted to welcome Shane to our executive team, especially at this stage in the company's growth. His industry experience and background in Marketing and Business Development further strengthens our management team," said Ric Johnsen, President and CEO of Alloptic. "With his extensive knowledge of the domestic and worldwide telecommunication markets, Shane will play a key part in Alloptic's achieving our next stage of growth."

Prior to Alloptic, Shane was Senior Vice President of Business Development for Corente, a privately held security and application management company, where he guided product and corporate strategy and developed several key channel relationships. Prior to Corente, Shane was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Corrigent Systems, the leader in packetized metro transport. He was responsible for creating Corrigent's marketing vision, developing their industry leading product strategy, managing worldwide customer and channel relationships, and growing the company from conception to $100M in revenue. Shane has previously held several key management positions in marketing, strategy, business development, and engineering at such industry leaders as Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Newbridge Networks, and Telus Corporation.

"The access market is ripe for rapid growth," says Shane Eleniak, VP of Marketing and Business Development for Alloptic. "The access portion of the communications network remains the last section of the network to be modernized. With rapidly growing demand for broadband Ethernet based services, Alloptic's product portfolio is well positioned."

Alloptic is an industry leader in the development and deployment of IEEE Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) technology. Alloptic's access network solution has been deployed around the world and offers the only GEPON solution with four years of field hardened, operational history. The Alloptic solution leverages a standard ITU PON architecture

while delivering a gigabit of bandwidth. With a native ability to support traditional TDM voice over an Ethernet-based platform, Alloptic is able to provide today's worry free telephone services while seamlessly supporting next generation services like IP HDTV.

About Alloptic Inc.

Alloptic delivers proven, standards-based, passive optical access equipment for fiber-to-the-home, business, and multi-dwelling units that simplifies fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) deployment. Alloptic enables ultra fast Internet, state-of-the-art cable TV and worry-free telephone service connected affordably, reliably and efficiently at the speed-of-light. Alloptic's unique, flexible technology enables service providers to deploy true triple-play services, including voice (TDM and IP), video (RF and IP), and data. Alloptic's network access equipment serves communities, telecommunications carriers, and cable providers in the U.S. and around the world.

Founded in 1999, Alloptic is privately held and based in Livermore, California. Alloptic continues to seek exceptional candidates for positions in all functional areas to support our on-going growth. For more information, please visit www.alloptic.com.