SiliconSystems Names Edward Meek Vice President
of Operations

Twenty-Five Year Industry Veteran Brings Global Expertise to SiliconSystems

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., January 10, 2005 — SiliconSystems, Inc., the world leader in storage technology engineered exclusively for the enterprise system OEM market, today announced that Edward Meek has joined the company as vice president of operations. In this position, Meek heads SiliconSystems’ global operations, contract manufacturing operations, supply-chain management, capacity planning, production control and logistics.


“Ed is an excellent addition to our senior management team because of his global perspective and extensive knowledge from a successful career working for industry leaders such as SanDisk and Lexar as they experienced unprecedented growth,” said Michael Hajeck, CEO for SiliconSystems. “We are pleased to welcome Ed at this time of tremendous growth for SiliconSystems, and are confident that his expertise will strengthen our position as the industry leader for storage technology in the enterprise system OEM market.”


“Having managed operations for companies from young start-ups to industry giants, I am excited to join SiliconSystems at such a dynamic time in its history,” said Ed Meek. “I will use my knowledge and experience in operations management to efficiently meet the exacting standards of the company’s rapidly expanding list of tier one OEM customers.”


Meek joins SiliconSystems with more than 25 years of storage industry experience. Most recently he was senior director of worldwide planning and procurement at SanDisk Corporation. Prior to SanDisk, he held operations and global supply chain management positions at Lexar Media, Maxtor, Exabyte and Shugart Corporation.


About SiliconSystems
SiliconSystems is the world leader in storage technology engineered exclusively for the high performance, high reliability, multi-year product lifecycle requirements of the Enterprise System OEM market. The company’s patented and patent-pending SiliconDrive™ technology meets the rigorous demands of applications in the netcom, military, industrial, interactive kiosk and medical markets. SiliconSystems is based in Aliso Viejo, California. Additional company and product information is available on the company’s website at www.siliconsystems.com.


Agency Contact:
Annette Keller
Keller Communication
(949) 640-4811
annettekeller@sbcglobal.net


Company Contact:
Gary Drossel
SiliconSystems, Inc.
(949) 900-9414
gdrossel@siliconsystems.com