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SAN MATEO, California — March 27, 2002 — Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), The Internet Performance Authority®, today announced that Mr. Mohan Gyani, president and CEO of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services, and Dr. Deborah Rieman, former president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc., have recently joined its board of directors. Mr. Gyani and Dr. Rieman will replace Mr. Leo Hindery, Jr. and Mr. Mark Leslie, who will be retiring from Keynote's board of directors prior to the upcoming annual stockholders' meeting on April 23rd.
Mr. Gyani has served as president and CEO of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services since March 2000. From June 1999 to September 1999 he served as the head of strategy and corporate development and a member of the board of directors of Vodafone AirTouch Plc., a mobile telecommunications network company. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AirTouch from September 1995 to June 1999, prior to its merger with Vodafone. Mr. Gyani holds an M.B.A. degree and a B.A. degree in business administration from San Francisco State University.
Dr. Rieman has managed a private investment fund since June 1999. Since August 1999 Dr. Rieman has also served as an entrepreneur-in-residence with U.S. Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. From July 1995 to June 1999 Dr. Rieman was the president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc., an Internet security software company. Prior to joining Check Point, Dr. Rieman held various executive and marketing positions with Adobe Systems, Sun Microsystems and Xerox Corp. Dr. Rieman also serves as a director of Altera Corp, Corning Inc., and Tumbleweed Communications Inc., and two private companies. Dr. Rieman holds a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Columbia University and a B.A. degree in mathematics from Sarah Lawrence College.
"I am extremely pleased and excited to be joining the recognized market leader in e-business performance services, said Mr. Gyani. "Keynote continues to advance the technology businesses require to benchmark, test, diagnose, and manage their e-business applications. As a new member of the board, I look forward to building on the established success of Keynote, and help the company grow to its full potential."
"I'm delighted to be joining Keynote's board at this time, as Keynote's new products position the company to broaden its market and substantially expand its value to enterprise customers with increased diagnostics and operational functionality," said Dr. Rieman. "Keynote's approach of providing testing and application performance management solutions with services is a far easier to use and more cost-effective solution than software for most enterprises."
"Mohan Gyani and Deborah Reiman bring a wealth of experience to Keynote's board of directors," said Umang Gupta, chairman and CEO of Keynote. "Their contributions to the successful growth of enterprise companies and combined years of experience will be invaluable to Keynote's success as we continue on the path to transforming ourselves from the leading provider of e-business performance benchmarking services into a leading provider of e-business performance testing and application performance management services as well."
About Keynote
Keynote Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq "KEYN"), The Internet Performance Authority®, is the global leader in Internet performance management and testing services that improve the quality of e-business. Keynote's services enable corporate enterprises to benchmark, diagnose, test and manage their e-business systems both inside and outside the firewall. More than 2,300 corporate IT departments and 16,000 individual subscribers rely on the Company's easy-to-use and cost-effective services to optimize revenue and reduce downtime costs without requiring additional complex and costly software implementations.
Keynote Systems, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The Company can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 650-403-2400.
© 2002 Keynote Systems, Inc. The Internet Performance Authority is a registered trademark of Keynote Systems, Inc. Keynote is a trademark of Keynote Systems, Inc.
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