Harmonic Appoints New Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Date:

Monday, June 10, 2013

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that George Stromeyer has been appointed as the company's new senior vice president of worldwide sales. Leading Harmonic's global sales network, Stromeyer will develop and implement a clear-cut strategy for driving additional revenue opportunities within the broadcast, cable, satellite, telco, media, and postproduction markets.

George brings a strong track record of leading high-performing sales organizations and driving profitable growth, which are central to accelerating Harmonic's global growth strategy, said Patrick Harshman, CEO and president at Harmonic. George is the third executive to join Harmonic's senior leadership team from a world-class company in the past year. Strengthening our management team ensures that Harmonic can quickly respond to changing market needs while providing outstanding next-generation video infrastructure solutions.

Prior to joining Harmonic, Stromeyer most recently headed worldwide sales efforts for Cisco's $2 billion information security business. During his career at Cisco, Stromeyer also led the company's European cable, digital media, and IPTV service provider sales division through a strong growth period. Before that he served as the managing director of Scientific Atlanta's successful Latin America business.

Stromeyer has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. In 2005 he was acknowledged for his leadership and contribution to the cable industry as one of Digital TV Europe's Euro 50 Leaders in broadband and pay TV.

Stromeyer will be based at Harmonic's San Jose, Calif., headquarters and will report directly to Harshman.

Further information about Harmonic and the company's products is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

About Harmonic

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) is the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure for emerging television and video services. The company's production-ready innovation enables content and service providers to efficiently create, prepare, and deliver differentiated services for television and new media video platforms. More information is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those describing Harmonic's future plans and the expectations of management that a stated result or condition will occur. Any statement addressing future events or conditions necessarily involves inherent risk and uncertainty. Actual results can differ materially from those anticipated by management at the time of writing due to many factors, the majority of which are beyond the control of Harmonic and its management.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, such as those more fully described in Harmonic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec.31, 2012, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Harmonic as of the date hereof, and Harmonic disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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