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	Management Team

Management Team

Executive Officers

Charles R. Kenmore
President & CEO

As president and CEO of ANDA Networks, Charles R. Kenmore leads the Silicon Valley-based low-cost provider of application-specific access products for carriers and service providers. A telecom industry veteran with more than 30 years of progressive responsibilities in senior executive and general management roles, nineteen of which were as CEO, President or Vice President / GM, Mr. Kenmore has directed domestic and international business, marketing, sales, engineering, customer support, finance and operations functions. He has established four start-up businesses within larger companies and has successfully managed companies during prosperity and economic downturns.

Prior to joining ANDA Networks, Mr. Kenmore's most recent responsibilities included president of ADC International; vice president and general manager of the international division of the information systems group at Motorola; founding head of Sprint International; and vice-president and general manager of the international systems integration division at Comsat. He is a frequent speaker at investment banking and institutional investor conferences. Mr. Kenmore also serves on the board of TechNet and is a member of CEO Council of TIA.

Greg S. Gum
Vice President of Marketing & Business Development

As the Vice President - Marketing & Business Development, Greg Gum manages ANDA's overall product strategy, marketing and development plans, marketing communications, PR, and business development activities including channel development, OEM relationships and strategic partnerships.

Mr. Gum brings over 20+ years of product marketing and business development expertise in both start-up and Fortune 500 companies. Before joining ANDA, Mr. Gum was the Owner & founder of Tsunami Ventures International a consulting and early stage investment firm focused on networking and software companies. Prior to his investment firm, Mr. Gum was the Vice President of Business Development at Ishoni Networks a $65M communications semiconductor start-up (acquired by Philips). Formerly an Executive Director at USWEST (acquired by QWEST), Mr. Gum managed corporate investments for the Telco's Internet Investment Fund and held several management positions including: ADSL, Frame Relay, ATM, Private line, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) product management and corporate strategic planning functions. Mr. Gum holds a BA/MAPREP degree in Sociology & Statistics from the University of Minnesota and has completed the Wharton School of Business Executive Program.

Frank Y. Ou
Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Ou is an accomplished leader of engineering teams with over 15 years of experience in hardware and software design, system analysis, system and architecture design, and engineering management. At ANDA he directs the engineering team that developed & enhanced the EtherTone™ and UAP platforms, as well as optimized and leveraged ANDA platform strengths to provide exceptional value for key telecommunication applications.

Prior to joining ANDA, Mr. Ou was Hardware Manager at Verilink Corp., where among other accomplishments, he successfully managed, architected and contributed to the design of the HDSL CSU and channelized DS3 CSU for the AS2000 platform. Previously, Mr. Ou had designed PowerPC and multiprocessor systems at Parallan Computer, Inc, and had helped develop fault-tolerant computers at Everex Systems, Inc.

Robert Tick
Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Mr. Tick is responsible for finance, accounting, information technology and legal related activities.

Mr. Tick has more than 15 years of accounting and finance experience in both public accounting and start-up companies. Before joining ANDA, he was the Corporate Controller of Zambeel, Inc., an enterprise-class network-attached storage start-up and T-RAM Semiconductor Inc., a fabless semiconductor start-up. Prior to Zambeel, he held various senior financial management positions at WaferTech, a $1.2 billion joint venture semiconductor foundry manufacturing start-up subsequently acquired by TSMC. Mr. Tick began his career in public accounting and has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance and an M.B.A.

Keith Zalenski
Vice President of Global Sales

Mr. Zalenski manages ANDA Networks' worldwide sales teams focused on top-tier global carrier customers. With over 16 years of telecommunications sales and business development experience, he has led ANDA's sales efforts to double digit growth with several large Tier 1 carriers such as Verizon and Bell Canada to establish ANDA's leadership position in the Ethernet Access market.

Mr. Zalenski began his professional career at Motorola where he developed a multi-million dollar transnational business with Motorola de Mexico. Prior to joining ANDA Networks, Mr. Zalenski held Sales Management positions with Verilink Corporation and Proteon. Mr. Zalenski is a graduate of the University of Georgia and has a bachelor's degree in business administration.

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Key Management

Brian Friedland
Director of Quality & Configuration Validation Testing Groups

As Director of Quality of ANDA Networks, Brian Friedland oversees the quality programs throughout the company. As Director of the Configuration Validation Group, he maintains complete visibility of all facets of quality and product functionality: Hardware, Software, and Manufacturing.

Mr. Friedland developed in-depth telecommunications test engineering expertise while working for Telco Systems and Verilink Corporation. In addition to his activities at ANDA, he serves as a Major in the United States Army Reserves.

Qin Yi
General Manager of ANDA Wuhan

As General Manager of ANDA Wuhan, Qin Yi directs the activities of ANDA's Wuhan, China operation, managing the engineering staff that performs bench-level circuit design and product development, including prototypes.

Prior to joining ANDA Networks, Mr. Qin was the Chairman of the Board of Wuhan Snow City Communication, the premier optical research company in China, which ANDA acquired the research and development team and intellectual properties in December, 2000. Mr. Qin has over 18 years of experience in the design and development of optical communication systems and previously headed the SDH research section at the Wuhan Research Institute.

Li-Peng Chou
Director of Software Engineering

Li Peng-Chou, Director, SW Engineering brings to ANDA over 31 years of experience in the telecommunications software and networking industries. Prior to working at ANDA, Li-Peng was a senior manager with Lucent Technologies developing software for their Octel VM messaging platforms. Prior to Lucent, he was at Bell Labs/Bell Northern Research as a Member of Technical Staff and at Sperry Univac as a Design Engineer. Li-Peng completed his BS Mathematics from Tunghai University, Taiwan and his MS Computer Science from the University of Kansas.

Dennis Lau
Senior Director of Operations

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