Industrial Computer Source - MX8 Press Release Feb 20, 2004

Chassis Plans Announces Dan Barker Joins Team

Dan Barker joins Chassis Plans as Sales and Marketing Vice President.

San Diego, CA - Chassis Plans today announced that Dan Barker has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Barker will lead the activity of penetrating large national accounts and provide his expertise for management of major projects and contracts.

"I worked with Dan for over 2 years at ICS Advent (formally Industrial Computer Source) and saw Dan handle many difficult management positions where he performed flawlessly," said Mark Lovett, President of Chassis Plans. "Dan became the company troubleshooter and always managed to fix the problems while maintaining his fine sense of humor. I learned a lot watching Dan in action and was thrilled when he agreed to join Chassis Plans. Dan's skill set is perfectly matched to the travails of managing a rapidly growing company."

Mr. Barker has over 30 years of experience in various management positions with IBM in Canada, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Most recently, he returned from a 2 year contract with IBM in Sydney where he ran the off-lease program for Australia and New Zealand. In addition to his experience with IBM, he spent 2.5 years at ICS Advent (formerly Industrial Computer Source), where he held several executive positions. These included Sales, Human Resources, Custom Products and Technical Support.

A leading supplier of ruggedized and rack mount computer products, Chassis Plans offers unmatched custom product design to provide clients with solutions exactly tailored to their application requirements. The founding members and management team of Chassis Plans had previously founded Industrial Computer Source and grew that company to over $100M in sales before the company became ICS Advent. Chassis Plans offers an off-the-shelf line of industrial computer enclosures, single board computers and keyboard/LCD displays. Custom enclosure design and manufacturing has been the company specialty since it's founding in 1997. The Company has demonstrated 100% growth per year for the last three years and is on track for 200% this year. Information on Chassis Plans can be found at www.chassis-plans.com.