Dejima Names David Brooks Vice President of Engineering.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001

Dejima, Inc. announced today the appointment of David Brooks to Vice President of Engineering. Brooks, a 20-year engineering veteran, will lead and direct development of Dejima's acclaimed natural interaction technology.

Brooks will be responsible for all engineering and performance aspects of Dejima's Natural Interaction software development kit (SDK). The SDK, based on Dejima's patented agent-oriented software engineering platform, consists of four tools that enable application developers to improve customers' experience with their products. Customers that adopt a system enhanced with a Dejima Natural Interaction Interface can allow their end users to operate any computer-operated device or application using the same language they use in everyday human-to-human interaction.

Brooks joins Dejima from inViso, Inc. where he held executive positions during his tenure, including vice president of business development, vice president of product development and vice president and general manager of handheld products.

"David's extensive background in engineering solutions that improve user interaction with complicated technologies makes him an excellent addition to the Dejima team," Babak Hodjat, Dejima Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, said. "His business experience and technical experience will allow us to offer our customers advanced products and services they need to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty in the highly competitive technology marketplace."

Prior to inViso, Brooks founded Websonic Inc., a thin client software firm. As president and chief executive officer he was responsible for WebSonic's vision and day to day operations. Brooks also raised more than $5 million in funding, set up operations, built a team of 20 employees, and negotiated the technical license contracts with five separate partners.

"I am excited about my position with Dejima and look forward to helping develop the world's premier user interaction technology -- technology that I believe will forever improve the way we interact with complex technologies," said Brooks.

Brooks holds a MSEE and a BSEE from Auburn University. He also completed an executive marketing program from the University of Western Ontario's Western Business School.

About Dejima, Inc.

Dejima is a privately held global company founded in 1998 with offices in San Jose (headquarters), London and Tokyo. Dejima's patented software enables companies to provide end users easy ways to interact with technology.

Dejima's Natural Interaction solution enables developers and solution integrators to create a natural user interface -- a bridge between what end users want and the sophisticated applications and databases they are trying to access. The basis of Dejima's patented technology is an agent-oriented software engineering methodology that breaks up complex software into a community of simpler, collaborating, message-driven components. Interface solutions built with Dejima's Natural Interaction (DNI) technology are more successful because they focus on the user's intent, not on input accuracy or grammar compliance. For more information go to http://www.dejima.com.