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Terion Taps Transportation, Communications Industry Veterans

23 August 1999

Terion Taps Transportation, Communications Industry Veterans For Senior Management Positions
    MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 23 -- Terion, Inc., a rapidly expanding
mobile communications technology and services provider, has recently hired
four trucking and communications industry veterans to guide the company's
growth and customer acquisition.
    Tom Doyle will serve as Terion's vice president of marketing.  In this
capacity, Doyle will direct Terion's product development and specification
initiatives.  An 18-year veteran of the transportation industry, Doyle was
most recently vice president of marketing for Qualcomm's OmniTRACS division,
where he directed worldwide marketing and public relations initiatives for the
division.  Doyle also held posts in product development and management with
the company.  Prior to Qualcomm, Doyle served in sales, marketing and product
management capacities for GE Controls and Allied-Signal Heavy Vehicle Systems.
    Philip Jenquin is Terion's director of business development.  Responsible
for developing strategic partnerships with vendors and end-users, Jenquin has
more than 25 years of transportation industry experience.  Jenquin served a
lengthy tenure with Qualcomm, Inc. where he gained extensive experience in
development of new products and emerging markets.  He oversaw that company's
industry relations, international markets and international business
development initiatives.  Jenquin also served as both director and vice
president of marketing for Qualcomm's OmniTRACS product line.  In this
capacity, he oversaw that technology's initial product and service launch.
    Ken Cranston joins Terion as vice president of sales.  Cranston will
direct Terion's national and international field sales and commercial
initiatives.  Cranston was most recently senior vice president of sales and
marketing for Telespectrum Worldwide, Inc. where he developed key customer
relationships within the communications industry.  Prior to Telespectrum
Worldwide, Cranston was with Western Union Corporation as their national
account manager where he successfully secured numerous leading national
accounts.  Prior to Western Union, Cranston served as sales planning and
evaluation administrator with the National Broadcasting Company where he
forecasted sales and pricing for the TV stations division.
    Jim Webster is Terion's director of national account sales, focusing on
developing key corporate relationships.  Webster has 20 years of domestic and
international sales experience in the transportation industry.  He was most
recently director of sales and marketing for Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems'
Highway Transportation Electronics division.  Prior to that, Webster held
senior-level domestic and international sales management positions with
Innovative Computing Corp. and Comdata Holding Corp.  Webster was twice
appointed Suppliers chair for the Truckload Carriers Association and is a
member of the American Trucking Association and the Institute of Directors,
London, England.
    This management team brings a high level of industry experience and
expertise to Terion's process of introducing a mobile communications system
that combines the simplicity of email, the reliability of FM radio and the
sophistication of digital high frequency (DHF) technology to offer a highly
effective information management solution.
    Terion, Inc. was founded with a mission to become the leading provider of
mobile information solutions using proprietary two-way wireless
communications.  The assets of the company include patents and other
intellectual property originally developed by Harris Corporation for the U.S.
Government.  Terion has adapted the technology to commercial application, and
is currently focusing its product development and business strategy toward
meeting the needs of transportation customers.  Originally incorporated in
1994 as "Flash Comm, Inc.", the company is headquartered in Melbourne,
Florida.  Additional information on Terion's system and products is available
on the company's website at http://www.terion.com