Kevin Melia Joins Vette Corp Board of Directors

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Vette Corp, a leading global provider of thermal management solutions, announced today that Kevin Melia has joined Vette's board of directors as its Non-executive Chairman. Mr. Melia has extensive experience in leading rapidly growing, global high-tech companies at both the executive and board levels.

Vette Corp specializes in solving the thermal and energy challenges facing IT equipment manufacturers and data center owners at the component and system levels. In addition, Vette delivers best-in-class cooling solutions and services for mid to high-density server, storage, and communications equipment deployments, designed to significantly improve efficiency and lower cost.

"Vette has a compelling value proposition that it is bringing to the data center and communications services markets. Driving down energy costs, providing significant increases in IT efficiency and reducing carbon footprint are all critical issues in today's environment of growing demands and skyrocketing energy costs," said Mr. Melia. "I am excited to be joining the Board of a company that is using its thermal solutions to bring significant value to its customers."

Mr. Melia has extensive experience as Chairman of both public and private boards and has worked with both private equity and Wall Street in raising capital; he has taken companies public on the New York, London, and Dublin stock exchanges. Currently, he is a member of the Boards of Radisys Corporation, Analogic Corporation, Greatbatch Corp, DCC PLC, and C&S Wholesale Grocers, the twelfth largest private company in the U.S. His prior experience includes co-founding Manufacturers' Services Ltd. in 1994, where he served as its Chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, MLS grew to be the sixth largest EMS firm worldwide and went public in 2000. Mr. Melia has also held several senior executive positions at Sun Microsystems including Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP of Operations and President of Sun Microsystems Computer Company. Mr. Melia began his career at Digital Equipment Corp. where over a seventeen year career he held a number of senior operational positions, his final position as Corporate Vice President of Supply Chain Management. Mr. Melia is a Chartered Accountant (FCMA) of the U.K. and Ireland, and holds a JDIPMA from Accounting Institutes of U.K. and Ireland.

"Kevin brings an impressive track record of success to Vette. His entrepreneurial history in building an early stage business into a successful large-scale public company, combined with his leadership in operational and strategic areas, will prove invaluable to Vette as we expand our presence in the market," said George Dannecker, CEO and president.

"With the addition of Mr. Melia, Vette's board of directors now includes an impressive breadth of talent and experience to help Vette take a leadership position as a green IT company in the thermal solutions space," continued Mr. Dannecker.

Vette's board of directors includes,

• Kevin Melia, Non-executive Chairman
• Bill Zeitler - Former senior vice president and group executive of IBM Systems and Technology Group
• Phil Koen - CEO, Savvis, Inc.
• Doug Mook - Founder and president, The Aptec Group
• Dave Furneaux - Founder and managing partner, Kodiak Venture Partners
• John Simon - Managing director, General Catalyst Partners
• George Dannecker - CEO, Vette Corp

About Vette Corp

Vette Corp is a global thermal management solutions provider specializing in solving thermal challenges for sustainable data center and communications services facilities, as well as for OEM's of computer, communications and industrial electronic equipment. Vette Corp is privately held and headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. For additional information about Vette Corp, please visit www.vettecorp.com or contact Vette at +1 508.283.4114.

Vette Corp
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