John G. Waclawsky Appointed Motorola Software Architect

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the goal of
bringing together Motorola''s software capabilities for driving Seamless
Mobility, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today appointed Dr. John G. Waclawsky
Motorola Software Architect. In this role, Dr. Waclawsky will provide the
leadership to drive coherent software development that delivers converged end-
to-end solutions in technology areas such as security, network management,
mobility, networking middleware, software agent and software development
environments. He reports to Anson Chen, corporate vice president, Motorola
Global Software.
    Dr. Waclawsky holds over thirty-six US patents with over a dozen pending,
and is a prolific author with more than thirty papers and articles. He
received a Master''s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the
University of Pennsylvania, and a Master''s Degree and Ph.D. in Computer
Science from the University of Maryland. Dr. Waclawsky was the Technical
Plenary Chair of the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum and is currently a member
of the Open Mobile Alliance board and editor of the WiMAX Network Working
Group. He was also awarded IBM''s top suggestion award in 1990.
    "John''s experience in software architectures for world-class companies is
a tremendous advantage to Motorola as we continue to build our software
practice," said Chen. "With more than 25 years of relevant knowledge, John has
a highly visible reputation in the industry as a respected technology leader.
His breadth and depth of experience in leveraging innovative technologies to
develop customer-focused solutions will be a valuable asset to Motorola."
    "Motorola has a clear and compelling vision for Seamless Mobility. It
will require a total company focus on a unified software architecture to
deliver reference design elements across all Motorola products," said
Waclawsky. "I am excited about the opportunity to create this unified software
architecture and to work closely with the Motorola businesses to streamline
the software development process. It is an exciting time for Motorola and I am
delighted to be a part of it."
    Dr. Waclawsky most recently served as a technical leader for the Mobile
Wireless Group at Cisco Systems, where he was responsible for the definition
of the mobile wireless architecture and the identification of solution
requirements and eco-system partners that supported the convergence of
wireless networks and the Internet.   Early at Cisco, he served as a key
member of the IOS software architecture team and he was a member of both IOS
and MWG patent review boards.
    Before joining Cisco, Dr. Waclawsky spent more than 20 years at IBM in a
number of technical and management leadership positions. His numerous
contributions included pioneering work that lead to the development of a
number of profitable services, including a Network Traffic Analysis expert
system still in commercial use today. He has in-depth experience specifying
networking and software architectures and served as a founder and member of
the IBM Consulting Board for the networking, application, database and the
systems management consulting practices.

    About Motorola
    Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides
seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems
and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in
between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people and the information
you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of
technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and
flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For
more information: http://www.motorola.com .
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