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Scientific Atlanta Announces Management Changes

Atlanta, GA/October 6, 2003/Satnews/ Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE:SFA) today announced the retirement of executive vice-president Conrad Wredberg and the assignment of new positions and additional duties to several executives.

Conrad Wredberg joined Scientific-Atlanta in 1995 as corporate vice-president and president of the Transmission Systems division. He subsequently served as the company뭩 chief operating officer. In 2001, he was appointed to the role of executive vice-president of international markets and focused on integrating BarcoNet into Scientific-Atlanta.

Wally Haislip has been appointed to the role of senior vice-president of finance and operations, reporting to Jim McDonald, Scientific-Atlanta chairman, president and CEO. Mr. Haislip will be responsible for all operational aspects of the company on a worldwide basis. He will have direct responsibility for business services and worldwide manufacturing. He also will continue to focus on strategic financial matters and will continue to be a spokesperson for the corporation to the investment community.

Mr. Haislip joined Scientific-Atlanta in 1989 and has held a number of key finance and operations positions including vice-president of finance for the company뭩 Broadband Communications group, president of worldwide services, and vice-president of business services. He also has served as vice-president of procurement and vice-president of high-volume manufacturing and played a lead role in the planning and start-up of the company뭩 Juarez, Mexico manufacturing facility.

Mr. Haislip was promoted to senior vice-president ?finance, CFO, and treasurer in 1998. Before joining Scientific-Atlanta, he spent 17 years in various financial management positions with General Electric. Mr. Haislip has a degree in mathematics education from Old Dominion University and graduated from the General Electric financial management program.

Julian Eidson has been appointed to the position of senior vice-president, CFO, and treasurer, reporting jointly to Mr. McDonald and Mr. Haislip. He will have overall company-wide finance and accounting responsibilities, including controllership of company assets, responsibility for maintaining business relationships with banking institutions, and financial interaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, he will interact closely with the Scientific-Atlanta board of directors on financial matters and, along with the audit committee, will jointly manage the internal audit function.

Mr. Eidson joined Scientific-Atlanta in 1973, has served as the corporate controller since 1978 and most recently held the position of vice-president, controller, and principal accounting officer. He has been a key member of the management team over a long period of time. Mr. Eidson has a degree in physics and mathematics from North Georgia College and masters degrees in business and accounting from Georgia State University.

Steve Boyd has been promoted to vice-president, controller, and principal accounting officer, reporting to Mr. Eidson. He will have worldwide responsibility for general accounting, tax accounting, and cost accounting. He also will be responsible for SEC document preparation and for ensuring that company contracts comply with all applicable accounting requirements.

Mr. Boyd joined the company in 1990 and has held a variety of financial and accounting roles in worldwide accounting, financial planning and analysis, business services, and worldwide manufacturing. He has 22 years of finance and accounting experience, including public audit experience at Touche Ross & Company, a predecessor to Deloitte and Touche. Mr. Boyd received his bachelor's  degree in accounting from the University of North Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ward Dickson has been promoted to the position of vice-president, worldwide financial operations, reporting to Mr. Eidson. He will be responsible for all sector and region financial oversight and support. In addition, he will continue to be responsible for financial analysis and reporting and will be responsible for financial contract and margin analysis for the company.

Mr. Dickson joined Scientific-Atlanta in 1991 and has held key finance positions supporting the company's  Subscriber and Transmission businesses and its sales and manufacturing functions. In addition, he has had responsibility for treasury and financial planning and analysis. Prior to joining the company, he spent seven years at General Electric. He earned a bachelors degree in business with a concentration in finance from Indiana University and is a graduate of the General Electric financial management program.
 

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