DATARAM Dataram Contact: Investor Contact:
Mark Maddocks, Joe Zappulla
Vice President-Finance, CFO Wall Street Investor
Relations
PRESS RELEASE 609-799-0071 212-681-4100
info@ataram.com JZappulla@WallStreetIR.com
DATARAM ADDS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
PRINCETON, N.J. October 13, 2005 -- Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM), a
leading provider of server and workstation memory, today announced that it
has added two new members to its Board of Directors, increasing its board
membership to six. The new members joining Dataram's Board of Directors are
Rose Ann Giordano and John H. Freeman.
Ms. Giordano is currently president of Thomis Partners, which engages in
private investing and advisory service to early stage companies and non-
profit organizations. Prior to Thomis Partners, she served as vice president
of worldwide sales and marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation's $4.5
billion customer services division. Ms. Giordano also held a number of
worldwide general management positions for Digital Equipment Corporation
where she became the first female vice president and corporate officer of the
company. Prior to joining Digital, she held marketing and sales management
positions at Xerox Data Systems and was an associate member of the technical
staff at Bell Telephone laboratories. Ms. Giordano serves on the Board of
Directors of TimeTrade Inc., MIT Enterprise Forum/NE, the National
Association of Corporate Directors/ New England and Emerson Hospital. Ms.
Giordano is a summa cum laude graduate in mathematics from Marywood College
and a graduate of the Stanford University Business School Executive Program.
Mr. Freeman is currently chief operating officer for Taratec Development
Corporation, a leading life science consultancy that provides integrated
business, information technology and regulatory compliance services to the
world's largest and most successful life sciences companies. Prior to joining
Taratec, Mr. Freeman was employed by IBM for thirty years, where he held
positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and operations
management positions. He most recently was the executive in charge of IBM's
Worldwide Pharmaceutical Segment where he was responsible for sales to global
pharmaceutical companies. In this position, he was successful in driving
revenue growth and transforming the segment into an integrated services,
hardware and software business. Mr. Freeman holds a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Syracuse University and a master's degree in computer
science from Pennsylvania State University.
"Rose Ann Giordano and John Freeman bring a great wealth of executive, sales,
marketing and operations experience to our board, which should prove to be a
tremendous asset as we continue building long-term value for our
shareholders," said Robert Tarantino, Dataram's chairman, president and CEO.
ABOUT DATARAM CORPORATION
Dataram is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of high capacity,
reliable and innovative memory solutions. With over 38 years of experience,
Dataram provides customized memory solutions for OEMs and compatible memory
for leading brands including HP, Dell, IBM, SGI, Sun Microsystems and Intel.
For more information about Dataram, visit www.dataram.com.
The information provided in this press release may include forward-looking
statements relating to future events, such as the development of new
products, pricing and availability of raw materials or the future financial
performance of the Company. Actual results may differ from such projections
and are subject to certain risks including, without limitation, risks arising
from: changes in the price of memory chips, changes in the demand for memory
systems, increased competition in the memory systems industry, order
cancellations, delays in developing and commercializing new products and
other factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be
reviewed at http://www.sec.gov.