Sequoia Communications Ramps Up Development with New Hire

Scott Walley joins Sequoia Communications as

Vice President of Systems Engineering

San Diego, Calif. – May 10, 2005  – Sequoia Communications, the RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multi-mode design and integration, today announced that industry veteran Scott Walley has joined the company as vice president of systems engineering where he will lead the team in the advancement of multi-mode RF transceivers. Dr. Walley has over 20 years of experience in the wireless semiconductor industry and is respected for his innovative work with architecture and systems design for wireless chipset solutions.

“Scott Walley brings valuable expertise to Sequoia Communications in 3G systems and solutions,” said CEO Dave Shepard. “He will lead our systems development effort for Sequoia Communications as we prepare to launch the industry’s first single-chip, multi-mode UMTS RF transceiver.”  

Prior to joining Sequoia Communications, Dr. Walley was vice president of engineering at Morpho Technologies, a start-up company focused on software defined radio solutions for 3G/4G standards. Here he oversaw engineering and led activities for their next generation wireless products.

“My decision to join Sequoia Communications was driven by its innovative RF technology, the team of experienced leaders and the quality of the investors,” said Walley. “I look forward to helping the company further develop highly integrated RF systems for multi-mode communications.”

Before Morpho Technologies, Dr. Walley held a number of key management roles at Skyworks Solutions (formerly Conexant) including his most recent role as director for 3G, where he oversaw all system solution concept and development activities. During his tenure at Skyworks, Dr. Walley successfully led architecture and systems activities for system chipset solutions for PHS, IS95, Edge, GPS, CDMA2000, and WCDMA. At Skyworks, he established a successful CDMA mixed signal product line with customers including Samsung, Nokia and LG; led DSP and GSM SW activities during a key platform expansion and launch of their first GPRS system solution.

Dr. Walley received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1995 from the University of California at Irvine.

About Sequoia Communications

Sequoia Communications enables wireless handset manufacturers to accelerate their time to market by shortening the RF design cycle of integrated multi-mode solutions. The company uniquely integrates different modes using a common architecture on a single chip enabling effective communications across multiple wireless standards including GSM/GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, GPS, WLAN and more. Single-chip RF transceivers developed using Sequoia Communications’ innovative approach and common architecture will set new industry benchmarks in chip cost, component count, PCB size and power consumption. Founded in 2000, Sequoia Communications is headquartered in San Diego.  For more information, please visit www.sequoiacommunications.com.