MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) today announced that Kenneth E. Millard has joined the company's board of directors, raising the number of board members to seven. The board elected Millard at its regular meeting Friday, October 1, to serve until Digi's annual meeting on January 26, 2000, when he will be considered for re-election to a three-year term.

Millard, currently president and CEO of Telular Corporation of Vernon Hills, Ill., has 27 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including ten years with Ameritech Corporation and ten years with AT&T and affiliates. For the past three years heading up Telular, Ken has built revenues at this wireless local loop startup to $50 million from $17 million. Prior to that, he spent three years at Bethesda, Md.-based Oncor Communications as president and COO, focused on turning around, integrating and taking private a combination of three telecommunications companies with total revenues of $250 million. Millard increased revenues and earnings through cost controls and then implemented a disciplined growth program.

Said John Schinas, Digi's Interim CEO and Chairman: "Complementing Ken Millard's impressive industry background is his experience with large companies and entrepreneurial startups. We're pleased to welcome such an accomplished executive to our board and look forward to having him apply his broad-based knowledge to Digi."

Millard has an undergraduate degree in business and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. He worked at Wisconsin Bell and AT&T as a staff attorney, prior to joining Ameritech as senior vice president and general counsel and later becoming senior vice president of corporate strategy. Millard then joined Michigan Bell as president and CEO when it was nearly a $3 billion company.

Currently Millard also serves on the boards of Omnitech, Milwaukee, Wis., and Telular Corporation, Vernon Hills, Ill.

Digi International, based in Minneapolis, is a leading worldwide provider of voice and data communications hardware and software that delivers seamless connectivity solutions for open systems, server-based remote access and LAN markets. The company markets its products through a global network of distributors and resellers, system integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For more information, visit Digi's Web site at http://www.digi.com or call 800-344-4273 (U.S.) or 612-912-3444 (International).

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