New CIO Joins Echelon Corporation(Sunnyvale, CA - November 14, 2000) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced today that Dick Carlson has joined Echelon as vice president and chief information officer. Jim Kasson, who previously was CIO, will assume the new role of vice president of engineering standards, representing Echelon in various standards committees. Mr. Carlson was most recently director of IT engineering for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and director of Fireman's Fund's Year 2000 Program. Prior to Fireman's Fund, Mr. Carlson had an interesting and varied career with the U. S. Coast Guard where he attained the rank of Captain. In his last assignment Mr. Carlson was responsible for all Coast Guard telecommunications, electronics, computer systems, and voice and data networks for the West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii and the throughout the Pacific region. Mr. Carlson has a BS degree from the U.S Merchant Marine Academy and MSEE and E. Eng. (Electrical Engineer) degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has also completed the course work in communications engineering, computer science and electro physics for a D. Sc. in Electrical Engineering at George Washington University. "We are delighted to welcome Dick to Echelon. His diverse background makes him ideally suited to be our new CIO," said Ken Oshman, Echelon's chairman, president and CEO. "Dick's experience in managing, defining and implementing information technology is perfect as both Echelon and our IT infrastructure grow to meet the demands of a rapidly changing environment in voice, video, data and controls. Plus, we are extremely fortunate that Jim has agreed to take on an important new role representing Echelon in our standards efforts. Jim was highly respected as the leader of EIA 709 by all participants and will continue to make major contributions to our future success in the standards arena." About Echelon Corporation Echelon is based in Sunnyvale, California with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information can be found at http://www.echelon.com. ### Echelon, LonWorks, LONMARK, the LONMARK logo, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Bringing the Internet to Life is a trademark of Echelon Corporation. Other marks belong to their respective holders. Contact Information
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