8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 24, 2005

RADISYS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oregon
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 0-26844
(Commission
File Number) 93-0945232
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

5445 NE Dawson Creek Drive
Hillsboro, Oregon
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 97124
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (503) 615-1100

No Change
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On January 24, 2005, the Board of Directors of RadiSys Corporation voted to elect Lorene K. Steffes to serve as a director of the Company with a term expiring at the Company’s 2005 annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Steffes is an independent business advisor and currently a director on the board of PNC Financial Services Corporation and PNC Bank, N.A. Ms. Steffes will not serve on any committees of the Board of Directors of the Company before new committee assignments are determined in connection with the Company’s 2005 annual meeting of shareholders.

     A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Steffes to the RadiSys Corporation Board of Directors is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

     The following exhibits are furnished with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated January 25, 2005

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	RADISYS CORPORATION an Oregon corporation
Date: January 27, 2005	By:	/s/ Julia Harper
		Name:	Julia Harper
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance
			and Administration, and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated January 25, 2005

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

IR Contacts:
Julia Harper
Chief Financial Officer
1-503-615-1250
julia.harper@radisys.com

Brian Bronson
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
RadiSys Corporation
1-503-615-1281
brian.bronson@radisys.com

RADISYS ELECTS FORMER IBM EXEC LORENE K. STEFFES
TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     HILLSBORO, Oreg. – January 25, 2005 - RadiSys Corporation (Nasdaq: RSYS), a leading global provider of advanced embedded systems, today announced Lorene K. Steffes has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective January 24, 2005. Steffes is an independent business advisor and currently a director on the board of PNC Financial Services Corporation and PNC Bank, NA. She has also served as a trustee on the Carlow College Board of Trustees, a member of the Pittsburgh Technology Council Board, and on the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board, among others.

     An industry veteran with 24 years experience in the telecommunications and information technology sectors, Steffes has held executive positions in a number of leading technology companies including IBM, Ameritech and AT&T. As vice president and general manager at IBM she headed the company’s multi-billion dollar, global electronics industry business and was credited with growing the solutions business in Asia across the telecommunications, media and entertainment, and energy and utilities industries. She was also president and CEO at Transarc Corporation, a software development company that achieved impressive growth under her direction. Steffes received a BS in mathematics and an MS in computer science from Northern Illinois University.

     “We are delighted to have Lorene Steffes join our board of directors,” said Scott Grout, RadiSys President and CEO. “Her international executive experience combined with her insights into software-rich, turnkey solutions will be valuable to RadiSys’ expanding position as a leading global provider of modular platforms for equipment makers.”

About RadiSys

     RadiSys (Nasdaq: RSYS) is the leading provider of advanced embedded solutions for the commercial, enterprise, and service provider systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration and combining innovative technologies and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs bring

better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, platforms and systems, which are used in today’s complex computing, processing and network intensive applications.

     RadiSys is a registered trademark of RadiSys Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

     For more information, contact RadiSys at info@radisys.com or http://www.radisys.com or call 800-950-0044 or 503-615-1100. For press information only: Lyn Pangares, RadiSys Corporation, 503-615-1220.