BSQUARE Vice-President Carey Butler to Present 'Best Practices of Embedded Software Development' At ESC West Silicon Valley; Technical Session will Focus on Software Development Methodologies for Globally Distributed Engineering Teams

Business Wire, March 29, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- BSQUARE, (Nasdaq:BSQR) experts in smart device development, today announced Carey Butler, Vice-President of Professional Engineering Services, BSQUARE, will present "Best Practices of Embedded Software Development" as part of the Technical Program at Embedded System Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley on April 4, 2006, in San Jose, California. ESC Silicon Valley is the largest embedded systems design event in North America. Ms. Butler was selected to present the session based on her expertise in project management, development methodology, requirements definition, architecture and design and testing. She will illustrate best practices with examples taken from BSQUARE's Professional Engineering Services group which has development centers in North America, Taiwan and India and enables the success of customers such as Intel, Microsoft, Palm, and Samsung. To attend Ms. Butler's presentation, register at http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv/techprg/esc/

Ms. Butler has spent her 25-year career in the software engineering and professional services industries. In addition to running BSQUARE's Professional Engineering Services division, Ms. Butler is on the Technical Advisory Board of Microsoft WinHEC. Her article, "Offshoring Confidential" will be published in the April 2006 edition of Embedded Systems Design Magazine.

About BSQUARE

BSQUARE is a software solution provider to the global embedded device community. Committed to delivering quality, lowering project risk and time to market, our teams collaborate with smart device makers at any stage in their device development. Our solution portfolio includes software and hardware development, systems integration services, reference designs, board support packages, middleware, and applications. As a full service provider, device makers can also license best-in-class software products and operating systems. Since 1994, BSQUARE has completed hundreds of successful projects and has become a trusted partner to smart device makers worldwide. For more information about BSQUARE, visit its website at www.bsquare.com.