Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 27, 2009, the Board of Directors of Westell Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Martin Hernandez to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Hernandez will serve on the board's audit committee.

Mr. Hernandez, 51, is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Kineto Wireless, Inc. ("Kineto"), an innovator and leading supplier of solutions that enable the delivery of mobile services over broadband. He has served in this position since July 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Hernandez served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMKR), a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions, from September 2000 to March 2005 and as Rainmaker's Chief Financial Officer beginning in October 1999. Prior to Rainmaker, he held senior financial and operations roles with Silicon Graphics and Meris Laboratories.

Mr. Hernandez is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in marketing, as well as an MBA from San Jose State University.

While Mr. Hernandez was Chief Financial Officer of Kineto, the Company entered into a Software License Agreement with Kineto, dated June 26, 2008, for a renewable license to use Kineto's UMA/GAN client software and for related porting and maintenance support. In connection with the license agreement, the Company paid approximately $300,000 to Kineto, including a license fee of $150,000, a porting fee of $93,600 and a follow-on client service fee of $49,000. In addition, Kineto is eligible to receive ongoing royalties. Mr. Hernandez currently holds vested stock options for approximately 0.60% of Kineto's outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis.

Upon joining the board, Mr. Hernandez received an award of 20,000 shares of restricted stock, with 25% vesting on each of the first four anniversary dates of the grant.

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