Industry Veteran Scheron Briones Joins Color Broadband as Solutions Architect.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2003

In a move that adds depth to its technology team, Color Broadband, Inc., Southern California's leading wireless broadband provider, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Scheron Briones to the new position of solutions architect.

Briones will be responsible for system design issues related to both of Color Broadband's lines of business: wireless broadband access and integrated networking solutions, encompassing WiFi hot zones. He brings more than 17 years of information technology experience, including service in technical sales, systems engineering and customer support in the areas of LAN/WAN/broadband, Internet technologies, data center co-location and disaster recovery.

Briones joins Color Broadband from his post as VP of Data Center Technology for SwiftComm, Inc. in Riverside, Calif., where he was responsible for sales, marketing, strategic alliances, risk analysis, system engineering and project implementation. In just a year's time, Briones stimulated broad interest in SwiftComm's data center and wireless broadband solutions set in the Inland Empire, providing disaster recovery and connectivity solutions to organizations and governments throughout Riverside, Los Angeles and Orange counties.

"Scheron brings to Color Broadband extensive domain knowledge and vast real-world experience on the frontlines of wireless broadband technology," said Fran McGrath, CEO, Color Broadband. "His leadership abilities, accomplishments and strategic marketing skills well position him as a key player in helping us continue our momentum as a leader in the design, deployment, integration, and operation of broadband wireless networks."

"From a technology point of view, Color Broadband's network architecture is a major competitive differentiator," Briones said. "Even more compelling, the company's business model speaks to the extraordinary potential of both fixed wireless and integrated hot zones on the national stage, and in time, globally."

Prior to SwiftComm, Briones was director of network technology for Exodus Communications' Western Region. During his three years at Exodus, he built the Southern California System Engineering team, which provided technical sales support to more than 30 sales representatives during the dot.com boom. Ultimately, Briones's responsibilities spanned 14 data centers supporting more than 80 sales representatives, engineers and professional service resources. He created strategic alliances with major hardware vendors including Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, F5 Networks, Alteon Systems and Captus Networks.

Before joining Exodus, Briones spent more than seven years as a senior systems engineer for Cisco Systems and Cabletron Systems. He supported several sales and project teams by designing and implementing large-scale campus and enterprise networks.

Briones began his technical career as an IBM mainframe analyst for Rockwell International, supporting thousands of end-users working on space shuttle operations contracts. He received the Rockwell Space Division "Inventors Award" for designing and implementing a multi-communications print-switch.

ABOUT COLOR BROADBAND, INC.

Based in Long Beach, Calif., Color Broadband is a leading provider of business-class wireless broadband and integrated networking solutions to the small and medium size enterprise. Color Broadband is dedicated to providing a reliable, cost-effective alternative to traditional access technologies through its point to multipoint networks, which function in the unlicensed bands and are currently deployed in Southern California. Color Broadband also provides information technology consultation and network provisioning. As it pioneers its business model, Color Broadband will serve the telecommunications needs of businesses throughout the Americas.