Vettro Announces Former EDS Executive and Leading Telecom Authority Join Advisory Board; Toby Tobaccowala and John J. Keller Sign On to Leading Wireless Solutions Provider

Business Wire, May 14, 2001

Business Editors/Hi Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001

Vettro (www.vettro.com), an end-to-end wireless integrator between enterprises and carriers, today announced the appointment of two industry leaders to its advisory board, Toby Tobaccowala and John J. Keller.

Toby Tobaccowala was most recently Executive VP at AppNet where he completed nine acquisitions in nine months and worked with management to take the company public. Prior to that Toby was CEO, Commerce Direct International (CDI), where he raised capital for the company as well as closed a joint venture and various strategic alliances.

Before joining CDI, Toby was Strategic Business Unit (SBU) President of the Media Industry Group at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). As SBU President, Toby increased revenue over 1,650% from $15 million in 1990 to $250 million in five years. Toby worked at EDS for 23 years where he started out in engineering. Toby holds an MBA from the Bajaj Institute of Management in India and a BS, EE from Maharaja Shivajiroa University, India.

John J. Keller is currently the Managing Director of Spencer Stuart's North American Communications Practice and a leading authority on the global telecom, datacom and high technology markets. Before joining Spencer Stuart, John spent nine years as a reporter and news editor at The Wall Street Journal where he led the publication's coverage of telecommunications and technology. Prior to the Journal, John spent four years at BusinessWeek magazine and was a founding editor of CommunicationsWeek, since renamed InternetWeek.

John has won numerous top awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and he was nominated by the Journal's editors for the Pulitzer Prize. John is a graduate of Baruch College in New York.

"Toby and John bring complimentary capabilities to Vettro," said Rodger Desai, CEO, Vettro. "Toby's extensive experience with the operational and financial attributes of successful technology companies paired with John's wide range of industry expertise provides Vettro with the knowledge and guidance necessary to continue our rapid expansion in the mobile market."

About Vettro

Vettro is an end-to-end wireless integrator between enterprises and carriers. Vettro develops strategic roadmaps and builds and implements customized mobile solutions using a combination of both partnered and proprietary technology. Vettro's solutions contain the strategies, proprietary tools, and robust methodology necessary to navigate and integrate a complex set of platform and interoperability software, hardware and network components. Vettro is a privately held company backed by investors including Greylock, Sigma Partners and New Things. For additional information, please visit www.vettro.com or contact Jeanette Volpi at 212-204-7218 or via email at jvolpi@vettro.com.