Madison, NJ , April 25, 2001

Reginald P. Best of Netilla Networks, Inc., has joined the Advisory Board of Fairleigh Dickinson University's Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies. He brings more than 18 years of experience in management, marketing and engineering as well as a wealth of entrepreneurial spirit to the Board.

Best's company, Netilla Networks, Inc. (www.netilla.com), is his third technology start-up, a service company that supplies secure Web access to office applications through solution providers. The company has strong financial backers, including the recently formed New Jersey Technology Council Venture Fund, which made its first investment in Netilla Networks.

His first entrepreneurial venture was the cofounding of Teleos Communications, a video-networking company that was acquired by Madge Networks. Best then founded AccessWorks Communications, an Internet and remote access company acquired by 3Com Corp. Post acquisition, he ran 3Com's $300M Remote Access Products business as vice president and general manager. Best earned his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

He joins eleven Board members who are charged with assisting the Institute in developing its strategic plans. "Our advisory board," said Leo J. Rogers, Jr., director of the Institute, "serves as both sounding board and rudder. We look to these experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders to keep us at the forefront of today's business environment so that we can continue to innovate new programs that fulfill our mission of fostering entrepreneurship."

The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, recently recognized as among the Top 50 entrepreneurship programs ranked by SUCCESS Magazine, has been serving the academic and business communities in support of entrepreneurship since 1989. The Institute's mission is to foster and support entrepreneurship, which it does through a variety of academic and outreach programs, the newest of which is a planned technology business incubator on FDU's Florham-Madison campus.

For information on the Institute's academic offerings as well as its various outreach programs for small business and family-owned businesses, contact 973.443.8842.

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Contact: James Barrood 973.443.8842