Gigabit Ethernet technology leader hires Symbios Logic director of product management to head intellectual property business unit.

SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1997--Former director at Symbios Logic, Bob Jones, has joined Packet Engines Incorporated as director of the intellectual property business unit for the company.

"We are delighted that Bob has decided to lead our IP business efforts," said Bernard Daines, president and founder of Packet Engines. "Bob has a very strong product management reputation in this industry, and we are very happy to welcome him aboard to help us fulfill our corporate growth plan."

Jones previously served as director of product management for the largest business unit in the company at the Fort Collins, Colorado-based Symbios Logic. Prior to that he served as director of engineering, and as business unit director for the start-up LAN business at NCR Microelectronics in Fort Collins. He also worked in semiconductor product development at Teletype Corporation in Skokie, Ill.

Packet Engines is a networking systems company focused on the Gigabit Ethernet market. The company has been licensing its Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) technology, and will introduce its first products, the FDR12 Gigabit Ethernet full-duplex repeater and G-NIC (network interface card), at the Networld+Interop show in Las Vegas early in May.

"Packet Engines provides the kind of opportunity and challenge upon which I thrive," said Jones. "At Symbios Logic I managed the semiconductor product development in several target markets, with responsibility for the largest business unit in the company."

At Packet Engines Jones will have responsibility for developing the intellectual property licensing business division to further position Gigabit Ethernet technology within the industry.

"My initial focus at Packet Engines will be to capitalize upon the existing strong reputation this company has developed with Gigabit Ethernet, and then to promote this leading edge technology to partners throughout the industry who need innovative high-speed solutions," Jones explained.

Jones holds an M.S. and a B.S. degree in engineering physics from Ohio State University, and completed the Mini MBA program in Global Business at Pennsylvania State University.

Jones began work at Packet Engines March 31, 1997.

Packet Engines Incorporated, a privately-held company with corporate headquarters in Spokane, was founded by Daines in 1994. The company initiated industry efforts to standardize Gigabit Ethernet, and is now developing leading-edge products based on that technology. The products are supplied in the form of computer networking devices such as switches, hubs, network interface cards, and intellectual property licenses. Additional information about Packet Engines may be found at http://www.packetengines.com .

CONTACT: Packet Engines Incorporated, Spokane

Nancy Goodspeed, 509/922-9190