CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Berkana(R) Wireless Inc., a provider of highly integrated CMOS RF solutions for cellular and other multi-mode wireless connectivity, today announced the appointments of Robert Fan as vice president of marketing and product management, Mike Choi as vice president of operations, and Shari VanLoo as acting chief financial officer.

"Robert's proven product management and marketing track record with wireless ICs, Mike's 25 years of semiconductor design and production experience, and Shari's experience as CFO for several successful venture-backed startups will all be invaluable to Berkana," said David Tahmassebi, president and CEO of Berkana Wireless. "Berkana now has the well-rounded and experienced management team to ready our quad-band GSM/GPRS transceiver for customer design-ins and production ramp."

In addition to Mr. Fan, Mr. Choi and Ms. VanLoo, the Berkana Wireless executive management team consists of co-founders Dr. Beomsup Kim and Dr. Cormac Conroy, both recognized experts in communications ICs. (Dr. Kim is CTO and vice president of engineering and Dr. Conroy is vice president of strategic marketing and business development.) President and CEO David Tahmassebi was previously with RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and was also CEO/president and co-founder of Resonext Communications Inc., an 802.11 fabless semiconductor company acquired by RFMD in 2002. Berkana's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Sam Nakib, was previously a senior vice president of business development and tactical marketing at Cypress Semiconductors, Timing Technology Division.

Robert Fan is a 17-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, most recently responsible for driving the WLAN chipset marketing efforts at RFMD and serving as vice president of marketing and product management at Resonext where he defined and commercialized the world's first 802.11a chipset using a Zero IF CMOS transceiver. Previously, he spent more than nine years at Intel in applications, sales, marketing and management positions, including driving Intel's mobile business in the Asia Pacific region and marketing key mobile platform initiatives for 802.11, Bluetooth(TM) wireless technology and mobile CPU/core logic products. Mr. Fan holds B.S. Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S.E.E. from the University of Santa Clara.

Mike Choi joined Berkana as director of operations and quality in 2002, responsible for managing wafer foundry and assembly/test subcontractors, evaluation/test of RF devices and tape-out/packaging engineering support. As vice president of operations he will take on the additional responsibility for production ramp, device qualification, cost reduction and quality/reliability control. Mr. Choi has more than 25 years of semiconductor experience, most recently as director of product/test engineering in Cypress Semiconductor's Timing Technology Division. Previously, he was director of operations at IC Works where he was credited for ramping up the clock chip production to a 100Mu annual run rate. Mr. Choi also has held design and engineering management positions with Samsung Semiconductor USA and Intel. Mr. Choi earned a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Portland State University.

Shari VanLoo, a certified public accountant, has 17 years experience in financial management with companies in all stages of development, from startups through multi-billion-dollar global operations. Previously, Ms. VanLoo served as CFO for several private technology companies, including Reconnex Corporation, Virtela Communications and Resonext Communications. She played an instrumental role in the merger of Resonext with RFMD and in the IPO for Legato Systems as their corporate controller. Ms Van Loo has also held management positions with National Semiconductor and Ernst & Young/ Arthur Young & Co. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Western Michigan University, Summa Cum Laude.

Berkäna Wireless Inc.