EXHIBIT 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Westell Technologies, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I
hereby certify that, to my knowledge and in my capacity as Chief Executive
Officer and based upon a review of the portions of the Report with respect to
which I or a person under my supervision are responsible for and have provided
or reviewed information, financial or otherwise, for inclusion in the Report:

                  1) the portions of the Report which I have reviewed and for
         which I am responsible do not contain any untrue statement of material
         fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
         statements made, in light of the circumstances under which statements
         were made, not misleading; and

                  2) the information contained in the portions of the Report
         which I have reviewed and for which I have responsibility, present, in
         all material respects, the financial condition and results of
         operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in the
         Report.



/s/ E. Van Cullens
E. Van Cullens
Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002