Harmonic Appoints Patrick Harshman President and Chief Executive Officer

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 8, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq:HLIT) has appointed Dr. Patrick Harshman as company president and chief executive officer by the board of directors.

The appointment, effective immediately, is the result of an on-going succession planning process that included a comprehensive external search. Dr. Harshman, 41, succeeds Anthony Ley, 67, who has led Harmonic's growth and development for 18 years.

Ley is retiring from active, full-time service with the company, but will continue as the non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Harshman has also been elected to a position on the board.

Dr. Harshman joined Harmonic in 1993 and has held key leadership positions in marketing, international sales, and research and development. In December 2005, he was appointed executive vice president responsible for the majority of the company's operational functions, including the unified digital video and broadband optical networking divisions as well as global manufacturing.

Prior to the consolidation of the company's product divisions, Dr. Harshman held the position of president of the Convergent Systems division and, for more than four years, was president of the Broadband Access Networks division. Before that, as the vice president of Marketing, he is credited with building Harmonic into a globally respected brand within the broadband video and communications industry.

Dr. Harshman earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and completed an Executive Management Program at Stanford University.