Cardiac Pathways Names Eldon M. Bullington Chief Financial Officer and Sandra Miller Vice President of Operations.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 17, 1999--

Both Appointments to Contribute to Comprehensive

Company Growth Initiative

Cardiac Pathways Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWY) today announced that Eldon M. Bullington has been named chief financial officer and Sandra Miller has been named vice president of Operations effective Jan. 3, 2000.

As CFO, Bullington will direct the overall financial management of the company. Bullington will also be responsible for developing key relationships with investors, analysts, and financial advisors. As vice president of Operations, Sandra Miller will oversee manufacturing, quality, and sourcing activities and cost effectively expand capacity to meet the growing demand for company products.

As members of the executive leadership team, both Bullington and Miller will contribute to issues of strategy and direction while ensuring successful implementation of Cardiac Pathways operating plans.

"We are delighted to have such experienced and well respected professionals such as Eldon and Sandra joining the Cardiac Pathways Team," said Thomas M. Prescott, president and CEO.

"Both of these individuals' respective backgrounds, expertise, and results-orientation will serve as critical elements in the successful execution of our strategic plans. This, in turn, will lead to commercial viability and will enable Cardiac Pathways to achieve our vision of becoming the leader in advanced mapping and ablation of complex tachyarrhythmias."

Eldon Bullington brings over 24 years of corporate financial management and public accounting experience to Cardiac Pathways. Prior to joining Cardiac Pathways, Bullington was vice president of Finance and CFO of Saraide, Inc. where he was responsible for developing, establishing and managing all aspects of the finance organization.

Prior to that, Bullington was a vice president and Corporate Controller for Verifone Corporation, a $500 million provider of wide area networking solutions. Bullington was a member of the leadership team that doubled and tripled market capitalization resulting in a $1.2 billion acquisition by Ascend Corporation. Bullington earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University at Long Beach.

Sandra Miller has served as vice president of Operations, in both start-up firms and established organizations, for a number of medical device companies in the California area, including Medtronic and AneuRx.

Prior to that, Miller had served in a number of manufacturing management, product development management, and research roles for leading medical technology firms including Ventritex/St Jude, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Cordis Corporation. Miller earned a Master of Science in Physics from Purdue University; and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Guilford College.

Cardiac Pathways develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive systems to diagnose and treat cardiac tachyarrhythmias (abnormally rapid heart rhythms). The company is a pioneer and leader in the development of complete integrated mapping and ablation systems for the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances.

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