EXHIBIT 99.1

                      CONSENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

     I, Carl L. Wood, do hereby consent to being named as Chief Financial 
Officer of Cumetrix Data Systems Corp., a California corporation (the 
"Company"), in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the 
"Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (the "Commission"). I understand that the Registration Statement 
is being filed with the Commission in connection with the Company's initial 
public offering of Common Stock.

Date: February 5, 1997                 /s/ CARL L. WOOD
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                                           Carl L. Wood