TIMBERCON EXPANDS SALES FORCE WITH THE ADDITION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES ACCOUNT MANAGER

PORTLAND, OR – Aug. 6, 2004 – Timbercon, Inc. sales force expands with the hire of Mr. Kelly Daniels to the position of Account Manager for the Telecommunication and Network Industries. Mr. Daniels will be charged with business development, industry opportunity assessment, customer diversification, and market share growth in these industries.

Mr. Daniels brings to Timbercon, over eighteen years of experience in communication carrier network engineering and an additional three years in R&D manufacturing for communication carrier (Metro and Access) fiber optic equipment. Mr. Daniels has deployed fiber in Cable TV Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (CATV HFC) networks, Telco long-haul, as well as access and inter-network trunks. Mr. Daniel’s work in R&D manufacturing focused on optical drop & insert multiplexers and passive optical network equipment using FSAN technology.

“Kelly’s technical expertise, industry knowledge, and experience will provide Timbercon with a strong resource for expansion and diversification in the telecommunications markets. His expertise in engineering and installing equipment using QAM, SONET, ATM, Ethernet, and Course/Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM/DWDM) will provide an additional level of expertise to our sales force.,” said John Lee Jr., Vice President of Sales for Timbercon, Inc. “Kelly is a great addition to the Timbercon team. He will certainly become an influential player in the development of future opportunities for our company.

Most recently, Mr. Daniels held an engineering position at NEC Public Networks Group R&D lab in Hillsboro, Oregon.  Previously, Mr. Daniels held Network Development & Design Engineering positions at Novus Communications, GST Telecom, and Telco Planning.

About Timbercon, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Timbercon, Inc. is a fiber optic products manufacturing company providing a vast array of connectivity solutions to the data storage, OEM, military, avionics, and networking industries. In addition to optical test products, standard fiber optic patch cords and attenuated test cables, Timbercon has pioneered multiple new proprietary products, many of which are now considered to be an industry benchmark. Additional company information can be accessed via www.timbercon.com.

Timbercon Contact
Sean Gitt
(P) 503.827.8141