John O'Farrell Joins Silver Spring Networks as Executive Vice President of Business...

John O'Farrell Joins Silver Spring Networks as Executive Vice President of Business Development

Experienced Executive to Lead Silver Spring Networks New Business
Development Drive
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Silver Spring Networks, a leading provider of Smart Energy
Networks, announced today that John O'Farrell has joined the company
as Executive Vice President of Business Development. In this role,
John will be responsible for cultivating new opportunities in the
areas of energy efficiency and smart grid networking and will report
to Scott Lang, President and CEO.

"John's experience in the area of corporate and business
development as well as his past strategic, operational and
international roles in the software and networking industries will
have an immediate impact as we expand," said Scott Lang, President and
CEO of Silver Spring Networks. "On a global level, the utility
industry is facing enormous challenges and is ready to embrace change.
John will lead our charge to evangelize our vision of the 'plug and
play' IP-based Smart Energy Network. John will be focused on smart
grid partnerships and transactions that demonstrate our commitment to
increasing the efficiency of the current grid," continued Scott. "As
Silver Spring Networks expands internationally, John's experience
abroad will also be invaluable."

John is a senior executive with over 20 years of US and
international experience. Most recently, John was Executive Vice
President, Business Development, at Opsware. During his tenure at
Opsware, John was responsible for four successful acquisitions, major
strategic partnerships with EDS and Cisco, and other strategic
transactions culminating in the sale of Opsware to HP (HPQ) for $1.65
Billion in September 2007. Prior to Opsware, John was Executive Vice
President, International, for Excite@Home, where he founded the
international division and grew it to $70M in annual revenues. Earlier
in his career, John held positions of increasing responsibility in the
United States and Europe with organizations including MediaOne
Group/US West, Booz Allen and Hamilton, Telecom Ireland and the
European Commission.

"Joining a team that is leading the way to an IP-based Smart Grid,
with its tremendous potential impact on climate change, is a great fit
for me," stated John. "I am excited about contributing to Silver
Spring Networks' continued growth, and working with existing and new
partners to develop new products and markets in the area of energy
efficiency."

About Silver Spring Networks

Silver Spring Networks creates the critical networking
infrastructure for the Smart Grid, known as a Smart Energy Network.
Based on the Internet Protocol (IP) suite, it addresses the challenges
of running multiple applications and devices on the same network and
dramatically improves efficiency, lowers costs and ensures the
reliable delivery of services. This smarter, more efficient grid could
cut the growth rate of worldwide energy consumption by more than half
over the next 15 years and drastically reduce carbon emissions. Silver
Spring Networks is the recent recipient of GoingGreen and Brilliant
Innovation and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2008 Awards and
is currently working with the top 10 IOUs in North America. The
company also holds numerous patents in the area of utility network
optimization. For additional information, visit us at
www.silverspringnetworks.com.

Silver Spring Networks
Lisa Magnuson, 415-531-9199
lisamag@silverspringnet.com

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