Carrier Access Expands Executive Management Team; Company Names Vice President of Engineering.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS), a leading provider of communications access technologies, today announced the appointment of Maureen Crozier as vice president of Engineering.

Crozier brings 24 years of successful research and development and executive management experience that encompasses leadership in a wide diversity of communications infrastructure and IP networking technologies. From 2002 to 2004, Crozier served as vice president of Engineering at Snowshore Networks where she provided technical strategy and executive management of the company's second-generation product development.

Prior to Snowshore Networks, Crozier was employed with Northern Telecom. In 1993, she became assistance vice president for the company's SONET Transport Developments where she managed 400 engineers between sites in Ottawa, London, Belfast, Tel Aviv and Bangalore. In 1996, she moved to assistance vice president of Public Data Networks where she led the access technology strategy that resulted in the acquisition of Aptis Communications, in which Crozier subsequently managed the research and development organization between four sites in North America and the United Kingdom. The Network Access division achieved 16 percent market share in three years and profitability in its first year. Crozier began her career at Bell Northern Research in systems engineering and software development roles.

"The exciting developments in wireless and VoIP technology underway at Carrier Access convinced me the company's strategic plan is right in line with current and future market drivers and therefore, that this move would be an excellent opportunity," Crozier said.

"We have always been proud of the breadth of experience of our management team, as the combined level of seniority and expertise benefits our customers, partners, employees and shareholders," said Roger Koenig, president, CEO and chairman, Carrier Access. "Maureen embodies the intelligence, experience and drive-to-success that is Carrier Access."

Crozier earned a M.Sc. from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and B.Sc. in Mathematics and Engineering from Queen's University, Ontario.

About Carrier Access Corporation

Carrier Access (NASDAQ: CACS) provides consolidated access technology designed to streamline the communication network operations of service providers, enterprises and government agencies. Carrier Access products enable customers to consolidate and upgrade access capacity, and implement converged IP services while lowering costs and accelerating service revenue. Carrier Access' technologies help our customers do more with less. For more information, visit www.carrieraccess.com.