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 amendment to the Quarterly Report of Westell
Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending December
31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), I, E. Van Cullens, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, thaT:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.



/s/ E. Van Cullens
E. Van Cullens
Chief Executive Officer
May 23, 2003