Powerwave Technologies Inc.

Moiz M. Beguwala, age 62, has been a director since June 2002. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless Communications business unit of Conexant from January 1999 to June 2002. Prior to Conexant s spin-off from Rockwell International Corporation, Mr. Beguwala served as Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Communications Division, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Inc. from October 1998 to December 1998; Vice President and General Manager Personal Computing Division, Rockwell Semiconductor SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. PROXY STATEMENT

Carl W. Neun. Mr. Neun became a Director of the Company in December 2000. From March 1993 to January 2000, Mr. Neun was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tektronix, Inc., a test and measurement company. From September 1987 through March 1993 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Conner Peripherals, Inc., a disk drive company. Mr. Neun is Chairman of the Board of Powerwave Technologies, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Radisys Corporation. He served as Chairman of the Board of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. until January 2007, when the Company was acquired. Mr. Neun has a bachelor s degree from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Age 45. Mr. Avis has been a director of IMPAC since February 1998. Mr. Avis is a Managing Partner of Summit Partners, L.P., a private equity and investment firm, where he has been employed since the firm s founding in 1984. Currently, Mr. Avis also serves as a director of Ditech Communications Corporation, a telecommunications equipment company and Powerwave Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of radio frequency power amplifiers for wireless communications applications. Mr. Avis holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School and a B.A. degree in Political Economy from Williams College.

J. Marvin MaGee, 56, is presently Chief Operating Officer of Powerwave. Mr. MaGee joined the Company in May 2007 as Senior Vice President, Operations and became Chief Operating Officer in December 2007. Mr. MaGee was employed by Celestica, Inc., a Toronto-based contract manufacturing service provider from 1997 through 2006, and was Executive Vice President of the World Wide Operations from 2005 through 2006 and from 2000 through 2002. Between 2002 and 2005, Mr. MaGee was Chief Operating Officer and President for Celestica. Mr. MaGee also served as Celestica’s Senior Vice President of North American Operations between 1997 and 1999. Prior to joining Celestica, Mr. MaGee was employed by IBM for 18 years in various management roles in Canada and the United States.

Kevin T. Michaels, 50, is presently Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Powerwave. Mr. Michaels joined the Company in June 1996 as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Secretary in June 1996. Mr. Michaels was named Senior Vice President, Finance in February 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Michaels worked for AST Research, Inc. for eight years, most recently as Vice President, Treasurer from October 1995 to June 1996. From July 1991 to October 1995, Mr. Michaels was Treasurer of AST Research, Inc. and from June 1988 to June 1991, he was Assistant Treasurer.

Khurram P. Sheikh, 36, is presently Chief Product and Development Officer of Powerwave. Mr. Sheikh joined the company in August 2007 in his current capacity. Mr. Sheikh was employed by Time Warner Cable from August 2005 through August 2007, as Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Development. Between 2000 and 2005, Mr. Sheikh was Chief Technology Advisor, Senior Director, for various divisions within Sprint, including the Broadband Wireless Group, Mass Markets Business Group and the Technology Development group.

Basem Anshasi, 42, is presently the Vice President of Worldwide Sales of Powerwave and has held this position since December 2008. Mr. Anshasi joined the Company in July 2006 as Senior Director for Global OEM Sales, and was later named Vice President of Global OEM Sales in January 2007. Prior to joining Powerwave, Mr. Anshasi was employed by ADC Telecommunications, Inc. from January 1991 through July 2006, where he held several management positions in Sales, Engineering and Operations and was most recently Director of Sales, Wireless. Mr. Anshasi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

David L. George, 55, has been a member of Powerwave's Board of Directors since November 1995. Since August 2007, he has been President of Prime Radio Products, a manufacturer of commercial radio accessories for public safety equipment. From January 2005 to August 2007, he served as Executive Vice President Operations of the Land Mobile Division of Vertex Standard Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and sells communications equipment for commercial land mobile, amateur radio and general aviation applications. From April 2002 to June 2004, Mr. George served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technical Officer and President of the Wireless Communications Division of Bizcom U.S.A., Inc., a public company specializing in emergency management software solutions and wireless communications systems. Prior to joining Bizcom, Mr. George was in private practice providing consulting services to participants in the wireless industry. From June 2000 to June 2001, he was Executive Vice President of Operations for Securicor Wireless, Inc., a large mobile radio network provider. Mr. George was the co-founder and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of ComSpace Corporation, formerly known as Unique Technologies, International, L.L.C., a wireless technology development company from February 1994 to June 2000. From November 1983 to February 1994, Mr. George served as Vice President, Director of Operations, and Commercial Communications Division of Uniden America. A member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers for more than 22 years, he holds several patents relating to wireless technology and networks.

Eugene L. Goda, 69, has been a member of Powerwave's Board of Directors since November 1995. From June 1997 to March 2000, Mr. Goda served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Objectshare Inc., a software company. From October 1991 to October 1995, Mr. Goda served as Chief Executive Officer of Simulation Sciences, Inc., a software company. From July 1989 to September 1991, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Software Systems.

John L. Clendenin , 74, was the Lead Director of Powerwave from February 2005 to October 2007. Mr. Clendenin was non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Powerwave from January 3, 1999 to February 2005 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 1998. Mr. Clendenin is a Chairman Emeritus of BellSouth Corporation, a telecommunications holding company. He served as Chairman of the Board of BellSouth until December 31, 1997 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 until his retirement at the end of 1996. Prior to BellSouth, Mr. Clendenin was President of Southern Bell from April 1981 to December 1983. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Acuity Brands, Inc., and his recently retired from the Boards of Equifax, Inc., The Kroger Company and The Home Depot, Inc.

Ronald J. Buschur, 45, became Chief Executive Officer of Powerwave and a member of the Board of Directors in February 2005. Mr. Buschur joined the Company in June 2001 as Chief Operating Officer. In May 2004, Mr. Buschur became President of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Buschur held various positions at HMT Technology/Komag, an independent supplier of thin-film disks, including President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2000, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Quality Assurance from 1997 to 1999 and Vice President of Quality Assurance from 1994 to 1997. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Buschur was Director of Quality at Maxtor, a disk drive company. Mr. Buschur held various managerial positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, a computer manufacturer from 1987 to 1993.