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Atrua Technologies, Inc. Names New Vice President of Engineering

Campbell, Calif., Dec. 2, 2003 - - Atrua Technologies, Inc., a privately held company and leading provider of fingerprint recognition technology for mobile devices, announced today the appointment of mobile phone industry veteran Dave Weigand to lead its next generation product development as its new vice president of engineering.

Mr. Weigand brings to Atrua over eighteen years of technical and engineering management experience focused on the development of advanced mobile phones and wireless technologies. Most recently, he led National Semiconductor's cellular chipset development as the director of Cellular Chipset Architecture and Engineering Group. In this role, he managed global design teams in chipset architecture along with hardware and software systems engineering resulting in the worlds' most highly integrated GSM/GPRS system chipset, which was introduced earlier this year. Prior to National Semiconductor, Mr. Weigand was with Motorola's Cellular Subscriber Group where he was responsible for the design and development of cellular architectures for GSM and Japanese cellular handsets.

"Dave brings a wealth of experience, both at the system and semiconductor level," said Anthony Gioeli, Atrua's president and chief executive officer. "His proven technical leadership in developing system solutions for high volume mobile phones and in integrating them into major manufacturer's handsets is invaluable to Atrua as we address the next stage of our growth."

Atrua delivers innovative natural user interface solutions based on fingerprint imaging technology that are optimized for the rigorous demands of the mobile device market - namely high accuracy with outstanding efficiency, including power consumption, CPU cycles and memory. Founded in 2000, the company's financial backers include Nokia Venture Partners, Ericsson Venture Partners, Acer Technology Ventures and Intel Capital. The management team consists of leaders who have extensive experience delivering very high volume components and sub-systems to leading device manufacturers on a worldwide scale. Atrua's state of the art technology is backed by a strong patent portfolio.

"I am very impressed by Atrua's technology, system expertise and customer traction," said Mr. Weigand. "I look forward to leveraging our existing product and technology foundation and leading this pioneering team's development of innovative solutions that will revolutionize mobile devices."

About Atrua: Atrua Technologies, Inc. develops and markets innovative natural user interface solutions that enhance the usability of mobile devices. The company's leading finger imaging sensors and superior fingerprint recognition algorithms are developed and optimized specifically for the unique requirements of mobile devices including cellular phones, PDAs and mobile PCs. Founded in 2000 by recognized pioneers in fingerprint recognition technology, Atrua is headquartered in Silicon Valley. Its backers include Nokia Venture Partners, Ericsson Venture Partners, Acer Technology Ventures, mc3 Ventures, Osprey Ventures, and Intel Capital. For more information, visit www.atrua.com.

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