Mr. Phillip R. Bell

Phillip R. Bell45 Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Support

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PHILLIP R. BELL will serve as our Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Support beginning January 15 , 2001.With more than 20 years experience , Bell comes to Crossroads from Dell Computer Corporation where he served from November 1999 to December 2000 as Vice President of Sales for Large Corporate Accounts and as Director of Sales & Service for the Internet Partner Division.From February 1999 to November 1999 , Mr. Bell served as an independent consultant for Lucent's new venture group and Bell Labs on a planned independent venture.From December 1997 to February 1999 , Mr. Bell served as Vice President , Worldwide Sales & Service with Integrated Systems , Inc..Prior to this , he held a number of vice president and management positions at Structural Dynamics and with AT&T.He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Rutgers College.

Phillip R. Bell

Vice President of Worldwide Sales

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All shares of common stock indicated as owned by Mr. Bell are issuable upon the exercise of stock options.

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(5) Mr. Bell joined us as our Vice President of Worldwide Sales in January 2001 and served us in that capacity until December 31, 2001.

(6) Represents sales commissions we paid to Mr. Bell.

(7) Represents amounts we paid as a signing bonus upon hiring Mr. Bell.

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Austin, TX - January 16, 2001 - Crossroads Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS), a leading provider of connectivity for storage networking solutions, today announced the appointment of Phillip (Randy) Bell as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Support.In his new position, Bell will draw on more than 20 years of experience in sales, product marketing and strategic program development with both national and global companies.
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Prior to joining Crossroads Systems, Bell was Vice President of Sales for Large Corporate Accounts at Dell Computer Corporation, where he was responsible for meeting a more than $2 billion annual revenue goal.Bell also served as Director of Sales and Service for the Internet Partner Division of Dell where he established and managed customer relationships with leading Internet service and infrastructure partners.Bell has held vice president of sales and marketing positions at such companies as AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR), Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, and Integrated Systems.