GuideTech Team Rapidly Expanding.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004

GuideTech today announced the addition of several new team members joining the executive and technical staff.

Gary D. Conley joins GuideTech as its CEO. A 20 year ATE veteran, Conley turned EPRO around and created Kalos, helping to attract Credence to buy the company in 1993. He co-founded SEA semi equipment distributor Engage Electronics and resides on the Boards of Engage, FlyteComm, and GuideTech.

Also joining GuideTech is Eric Nagel as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Eric brings over 25 years of experience in engineering, marketing and sales in the semiconductor industry to GuideTech. Most recently, Eric was in charge of sales at Silicon Design Systems. Prior to SDS, Eric was VP of Sales for White Electronic Designs, Eric has also held sales management positions at Samsung, Intel, Mosel, Alliance Semiconductor, and US2.

GuideTech's new Chief Financial Officer, Bob Raybuck brings over 20 years of business, finance and operations experience to the company. Prior to GuideTech, Mr. Raybuck also served as Vice President of Finance and Operations at Ricoh Silicon Valley, a global leader in imaging and office automation technology.

Another recent addition to the GuideTech team is Kevin Miles, joining the company as a Director of Worldwide Sales. Previously, Kevin spent 19 years at Teradyne during which time he held positions as Account Manager, Sales Engineer, Regional Manager and Worldwide Account Manager.

David Chan, GuideTech's new Director of Engineering, has experience that spans over 20 years in the semiconductor and the telecom industries. Prior to joining GuideTech, he held positions as VP of Engineering at Flytecomm, Director of Software Engineering at Novtek, and Software manager at Credence.

Finally, Sassan Tabatabaei has also recently joined the company as GuideTech's first Chief Scientist. Before GuideTech, Sassan held the position as President of Avnik Technologies, Inc., in which he was responsible for overseeing the development of jitter analysis and characterization algorithms and methodologies using oscilloscopes, TIAs & BERT.

About GuideTech

GuideTech is the leading innovator in high-performance timing measurement instruments, providing semiconductor manufacturers with the solution they need to minimize timing-related component failure and to dramatically reduce production test costs through test-time reduction and increased ATE lifecycles. Based on patented Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA) technology, the company's Femto family of multi-channel timing test systems accomplishes this by substantially improving test throughput via fast measurement rate, increased parallelism and through critical, high-speed timing test coverage lacking in ATE systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and founded in 1988, the company is the first to deliver cost-effective, advanced timing measurement solutions that easily integrate onto any ATE platform. For more information, please visit the company's Website at http://www.guidetech.com, or contact Kelly Van Alstine at [phone] x8840.