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To: DepyDog who wrote (7203)	3/13/2000 9:17:00 AM
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Echelon Appoints Jerry Rulli as Vice President of North American Sales ELON--BUSINESS WIRE - March 13, 2000 08:36 PALO ALTO, Calif., Mar 13, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Echelon Corp. (Nasdaq:ELON), the worldwide leader in networking everyday devices, is pleased to announce that Jerry Rulli has joined the company as its new vice president of North American sales. Rulli brings with him more than 20 years of sales experience from Internet software and other high-tech companies. His last position prior to joining Echelon was as vice president of sales for Framework Technologies, a leading provider of enterprise communication software for Web-based projects. Before that, Rulli was the vice president of sales at Bright Tiger Technologies, a company that manufactures software tools to create server infrastructures for intranet and Internet applications. Prior to Bright Tiger, Rulli was vice president of sales and business development at Banyan Systems where he played a key role in marketing Switchboard, Inc., Banyan's worldwide Internet subsidiary. Rulli has also held sales positions at Memorex Telex Inc. and Wahl & Wahl, Inc., an office automation dealer for Lanier Business Products. "We couldn't be more delighted to have Jerry join the Echelon team," said Ken Oshman, Echelon's president, CEO and chairman. "His wealth of experience, especially his Internet savvy, will be invaluable to us as we implement our aggressive sales strategy in North America. Jerry's Internet background, our i.LON(TM) 1000 Internet Server product, and Echelon's role in bringing the Internet to life make a potent combination." Rulli will be responsible for all of North America including Canada and Mexico, and will operate out of Wellesley, Mass. About Echelon Corp. Echelon Corp. is the developer of LONWORKS networks, recognized internationally as a standard for open, interoperable control networks. With thousands of application developers and millions of devices installed worldwide, LONWORKS is the leading cross-industry standard for networking everyday devices in building and home automation, industrial, transportation, and public utility applications. Echelon offers a full range of off-the-shelf hardware and software products to support the development, installation and management of intelligent, open and interoperable control networks. Products that have been verified to conform to Echelon's LONMARK interoperability guidelines are eligible to carry the LONMARK logo, an indicator that a product has been designed to interoperate over a LONWORKS network. Echelon is based in Palo Alto, with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Further information can be found at echelon.com. Further information about the LONMARK Interoperability Association can be found at lonmark.org. Note to Editors: Echelon, LONWORKS, LONMARK, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon Corp. registered in the United States and other countries. i.LON is a trademark of Echelon Corp. Other marks belong to their respective holders.