James Walker Named President/CEO of Alara(TM), Inc.

James Walker Named President/CEO of Alara(TM), Inc. 


FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 28  /PRNewswire/ -- Alara, Incorporated, a manufacturer
of medical, dental and non-destructive testing filmless x-ray imaging systems,
announces the appointment of James M. Walker as President and Chief Executive
officer.   Mr. Walker replaces Charles W. Cantoni, who has retired from the
company.  Mr. Walker, previously Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alara,
has been associated with the company for the past ten years.  "We're very
pleased to have someone with Jim's experience and knowledge about the company
at the helm," said Henry Gauthier, newly elected Chairman of the Board of
Alara.

Mr. Walker joined the company in 1994 as a director and was elected Chairman of
the Board in 1995.   Prior to assuming this new position, Jim Walker was Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of AlphaSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALSM)
and before that was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.   Mr. Walker received a BA degree in
Mathematics from San Jose State University and an MBA degree from Santa Clara
University.

"I'm pleased to assume the position of President and CEO of Alara at this
time," said Walker. "The company has a stable business in dental, medical and
non-destructive testing and is poised to develop products which will take it
into new markets, which should provide significant growth in revenues and
profitability in the near future."

Alara, Inc. is a privately held medical technology company that designs,
manufactures and markets high quality imaging products based on storage
phosphor technology.  For more information on the company, visit
http://www.alara.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Alara, Inc.



CONTACT:  Denise Baldanzi of Alara, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.alara.com/ 

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