Gopal Ramakrishnan Joins TasmanAve, Inc.  Board of Directors

Services Startup CEO Brings Services and Operational Management Expertise to Board
 

San Jose, California, February 15, 2006 -- TasmanAve Inc., today announced the addition of Gopal Ramakrishnan to its board of directors. Currently, CEO of Bayside Design, Inc., Ramakrishnan brings 20 years of execution, solution/services, and management expertise to TasmanAve, Inc.
 

Prior to coming to the valley, Ramakrishnan worked for leading Indian Computer companies such as WIPRO, DCM Dataproducts. After receiving his M.S Degree  from University of Missouri, Ramakrishnan worked for National Semiconductor Corp, Advanced Micro Devices, Digi International (MiLAN division),  Xaqti Corp (acquired by Vitesse Semiconductor Corp )  and Velio Communications Inc in various roles ranging from Applications Engineer to Director of Technology & Dir. Of Applications Engg./ Reference Systems.  Ramakrishnan was a co-founder of Xaqti corp. Ramakrishnan also managed Giraffe Network Systems as a sole proprietary business  for more than 10  years providing software and hardware design solutions to different vendors. Ramakrishnan represented National Semiconductor Corp and AMD at ANSI (FDDI) Committee (technical) meetings. Currently, Gopal Ramakrishnan is the CEO / President of Bayside Design Inc, a startup service company in the area of high speed interconnect.

“TasmanAve has garnered considerable attention in a short period of time, which is a testament to the strength of their vision and their expertise in SOA,” said Ramakrishnan. “This is an ideal situation to apply the experience I gained working with companies at various stages of growth to help move TasmanAve forward.”

“It was crucial for us to grow our board with Gopal’s level of industry services experience,” said Naresh Apte, TasmanAve Founder and CEO. “Gopal has a tremendous breadth and depth of experience in the high tech industry. His successes at Velio and Bayside Design are indicative of his ability to build strong organizations while offering innovative technology and services. His keen understanding of offering solutions and services will be increasingly valuable as TasmanAve continues to generate revenue through its unparalled industry expertise in SOA solutions and services He will be a valuable asset as TasmanAve brings its technology and expertise to the market.”

About TasmanAve, Inc.

About TasmanAve, Inc.

TasmanAve, Inc. (www.tasmanave.com) is dedicated to providing strategic and implementation consulting services at the intersection where interoperability, process integration, and SOA technologies meet. TasmanAve strives to make its customers successful in their journey to become more agile and interoperable with its team experienced in architecting, developing, and sustaining mission critical solutions. TasmanAve delivers to this vision in several enterprise application areas such as Business-to-Business (B2B), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), and Service portal solutions. For more information about TasmanAve, visit our Web site at www.tasmanave.com.

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