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Amy Cappellanti-Wolf Joins Silver Spring Networks as Chief Human Resources Officer

Redwood City, CA, July 9, 2009 - Silver Spring Networks, a leading Smart Grid network solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Amy Cappellanti-Wolf to the role of Chief Human Resources Officer. Amy will be responsible for providing employee and leadership development at Silver Spring Networks and will play a key role in driving talent recruitment as the company continues its growth worldwide. Amy will report directly to Scott Lang, Chairman, CEO and President of the company.

"Silver Spring Networks is growing and scaling domestically and internationally and Amy's expertise in multiple aspects of human resources will help us continue to bring great people into the company while maintaining the core culture of innovation and teamwork that is at the heart of Silver Spring Networks," said Scott Lang. "With her deep knowledge of employee development and HR process and systems, we're very fortunate to have her as part of our team."

Amy brings broad, cross-industry experience from her human resources executive roles with Cisco, Sun, Disney and Frito-Lay. Most recently, she served as VP of Human Resources at Cisco Systems, Inc., where she designed cutting edge leadership development programs, talent identification and acquisition strategies and built the human resources roadmap for the company.

"It is exciting to join Silver Spring Networks at this stage in its growth," said Amy. "I look forward to working with the executive team to continue to develop the HR framework to meet the growth requirements of the company and to recruit the best and brightest innovators who will contribute to the important mission of helping to transform the utility industry."

About Silver Spring Networks

Silver Spring Networks is a leading Smart Grid network solutions provider that enables utilities to achieve operational efficiencies, reduce carbon emissions and offer their customers new ways to monitor and manage their energy consumption. SSN provides the hardware, software and services that allow utilities to deploy and run unlimited advanced applications, including Smart Metering, Demand Response, Distribution Automation and Distributed Generation, over a single, unified network. SSN’s Smart Energy Network is based on open, Internet Protocol (IP) standards, allowing continuous, two-way communication between the utility and every device on the grid. SSN has successful deployments with leading utilities in the US and abroad, including Florida Power & Light, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco Holdings, Inc., Jemena Electricity Networks Limited and United Energy Distribution, among others. In 2008, the World Economic Forum honored Silver Spring Networks as a Technology Pioneer. SSN also holds numerous patents in the area of utility network optimization. For additional information, please visit www.silverspringnetworks.com.

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Lisa Magnuson
Silver Spring Networks
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