TestQuest Names Fred Ketcho Vice President of Sales; Ketcho to Oversee Company's Worldwide Sales...

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001

TestQuest, Inc., the leader in automated, non-intrusive product testing for computer and embedded systems, today announced that Fred Ketcho has joined the company as vice president of sales.

Ketcho will oversee TestQuest's worldwide sales force, accelerating the company's sales efforts in North America, Europe and Asia.

Ketcho brings more than 18 years of high-tech sales and sales management experience to TestQuest. He previously was global director of industrial solutions for Honeywell, where he managed a staff of 175 and successfully launched and grew the company's global solutions business from zero to $60 million in revenues within two years. Prior to that, Ketcho held various sales management positions with Honeywell, including North American director of industrial sales.

"We are excited to have Fred join our team," said Martin Hahn, president and chief executive officer of TestQuest. "TestQuest is expecting significant revenue growth in the coming year through overseas expansion and the addition of new automated testing products and services. Fred's vast experience in high-tech sales and sales management will help make that happen."

TestQuest provides automated testing solutions that help clients reduce time to market, improve product quality and cut product development costs, a value proposition so strong in today's economic environment that TestQuest more than doubled its revenues from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2001.

"TestQuest is extremely well positioned within the market," said Ketcho. "I am very excited to join the company and be a part of its inevitable long term success."

Ketcho holds a master's degree in science from the University of California and a bachelor of science degree from Lehigh University.

About TestQuest, Inc.

TestQuest (www.testquest.com) is the leader in automated, non-intrusive product testing for computer and embedded systems. As the only company providing an automated alternative to the manual testing of handheld/wireless devices, interactive television, and general computing, TestQuest enables customers to reduce time to market and improve product quality. Since launching its TestQuest Pro product in 1999, TestQuest has installed test automation solutions and helped reduce product development costs for companies including Motorola, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Micron, Liberate, Scientific Atlanta, Sony, Palm, Handspring and Wyse Technology, among others. Headquartered in Minneapolis, TestQuest markets and sells its products and services in North America, Europe and Asia.

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