Sarnoff CEO James Carnes Joins SRI International Board Of Directors

Menlo Park, Calif. (April 15, 1998) -- SRI International has elected James Carnes to serve on its Board of Directors. Carnes is President and CEO of Sarnoff Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SRI.

Carnes presently serves on the the boards of Sarnoff Corporation, Nova Corporation (NYSE: NIS) and Sarnoff technology venture companies including Sensar, Orchid Biocomputer, Sarif, and Sarnoff Digital Communications.

His professional experience includes more than 29 years of combined service with Sarnoff and its predecessor, the RCA Laboratories. Carnes became president of Sarnoff in 1990. He is an expert in the field of charge-coupled devices and has played a major role in the development of High Definition Television (HDTV).

Carnes has been issued nine patents and is the author of more than 100 papers and presentations. He has received numerous awards including the David Sarnoff Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. Carnes is an IEEE Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Distinguished Alumnus from Pennsylvania State University.

Silicon Valley-based SRI International is one of the nation's largest research, technology development and consulting organizations. SRI provides corporations, governments and organizations worldwide with the resources needed to compete effectively in today's changing global environment.

Sarnoff Corporation, a subsidiary of SRI International, creates and commercializes electronic, biomedical and information technology. Sarnoff conducts industry and government-sponsored research and development in such areas as digital HDTV, solid state lasers, integrated circuits, flat panel displays, drug discovery tools and drug delivery systems. Sarnoff Corporation is located in Princeton, New Jersey.