Savi Technology Announces Key Staff Appointments; Professional Services, Software and E-commerce Marketing Professionals Fill Ranks of Fast-Growing Asset Tracking Company

Business Wire, May 2, 2000

Business Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000

Savi Technology, Inc., a provider of Commerce Visibility(TM) systems, today announced the addition of five new staff to its business management team, continuing an expansion of the company's competencies in B2B e-commerce solutions, marketing and software engineering.

The new staff members are: Herb Woodward, Vice President, Professional Services; Seeni Burli, Director of Industry Marketing/E-commerce; Abhijit Deshpande, Director of Software Development; Jeri Donn, Director of Commercial Software Systems; and Kathy Maag, Director of Marketing Communications.

"With the recent announcement of our Series B financing round, Savi is now accelerating deployment of systems and expanding commercial business marketing programs," said Vic Verma, president and chief executive officer of Savi. "We are continuing to add staff at all levels to build a complete, real-time information infrastructure that will power the supply chains of manufacturing and distribution industries."

Staff Responsibilities, Biographies

-- Herb Woodward, Vice President, Professional Services - A

recognized authority on project management, system

integration, software engineering and professional services,

Woodward has more than 25 years of experience in the software,

computer and telecommunications fields. Before joining Savi,

he served as Vice President of Professional Services for

Aspirian, Inc., Director of System Integration at Tandem

Computers, Inc. and as Advanced Systems Manager at TRW, Inc.

Woodward has a B.S. in engineering from MIT and a M.S. in

management from the University of Southern California.

-- Seeni Burli, Director of Industry Marketing/E-commerce - As a

manager in the consulting practice of KPMG, Burli developed

and implemented business-to-business e-commerce strategies,

with particular emphasis on supply chain and procurement

applications. Burli also held management positions at A.O.

Smith Automotive Products Company, Vickers Systems

International and Dowty Hydraulics. He holds an MBA from the

University of Chicago and an M.S. in engineering from the

University of Wisconsin.

-- Jeri Donn, Director of Commercial Software Systems - Brings a

strong background in project management for software

development projects to Savi. He previously was Director of

Engineering for Westinghouse Security Electronics, now part of

Honeywell, Inc. During seven years at Westinghouse, he also

directed software development teams and, as a senior software

engineer, was chief architect for Enterprise-class systems. He

holds a B.A. in physics from the University of Tennessee.

-- Abhijit Deshpande, Director of Software Development - With

more than 12 years of experience in applications development,

including design, architecture and program management,

Deshpande most recently directed Internet architecture and

development projects for @POS.com. He has developed software

applications for Oracle Corporation, Concentric, MBNA America

Bank, American Airlines Decision Technologies and Ohio

Automation Inc. He holds a M.S. in industrial and systems

engineering, and a M.S. in mathematics and computer science

from Ohio University.

-- Kathy Maag, Director of Marketing Communications -- Most

recently the Northern California/Hawaii Director of High Tech

Marketing for Deloitte & Touche, Maag was responsible for the

e-business initiative in the Big Five firm's Silicon Valley

office. She previously was Director of Communications for

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, was the founder/owner

of a Silicon Valley public relations firm, and has held

reporting and public relations staff positions for several

newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury News, the St.

Petersburg Times and The Florida Times-Union. Maag holds a

B.S. degree in journalism from the University of Kansas.

About Savi Technology

Savi Technology is a commerce service provider (CSP) building a global tracking service that provides real-time visibility into the movement of goods and assets throughout the supply chain.

Using proven Automatic Data Collection technologies and the Internet as an open, secure interface, the Savi Commerce Visibility system delivers real-time, accurate data on the identity, location and status of goods and assets as they move through global supply chains. The system uses wireless tags and other smart devices attached to totes, containers, pallets and trailers monitored by strategically positioned readers that automatically feed the asset data through local servers to the Savi Data Center. Users access accurate, real-time location and status information via any web browser.

Savi systems have been deployed in pilot and operational systems for U.S. and international customers, including major grocery, automotive and electronics companies, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service.

Savi is a privately held company, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. For additional information, visit www.savi.com, e-mail us at sales@savi.com or call 408/743-8000.