Planet America Inc. - PNTC - Welcomes Two Former IBM Employees as the Newest Members of its Management Team

Business Wire, Feb 17, 1999

BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999--Planet America Inc. (OTC BB:PNTC) announced today that two former employees of International Business Machines (IBM) have joined the Senior Management of Pla.net.

Peter Palijenko and Emmanuel Casalino fill the roles of Vice President Business Strategy and Development and Vice President of Marketing, respectively.

Palijenko, a former senior consultant in IBM e-business(TM), brings to Pla.net 17 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. Throughout his career he has played an active role in applying leading-edge technology to company business problems. At IBM, Palijenko specialized in emerging trends in the Internet marketplace and advised clients on strategies for developing e-business(TM). He has also held various management positions at Bell Canada, relating to strategic technology planning and the development of mission critical solutions. He holds an Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA.

Emmanuel Casalino was formerly an e-business(TM) Solutions Advisor at IBM. He has had 4 years Internet Sales experience. Casalino has specialized in the area of Internet/Lotus Domino based professional services -- particularly in the Government and Health Care related industries and high growth firms. At IBM, he contributed to the development of IBM's World Wide Services Offering and was responsible for the first implementation of a world-wide solution offering within North America. In 1998, he received the IBM Top Achiever Award. Casalino holds a degree in Business Administration.

Both Palijenko and Casalino were members of the IBM team that worked on Pla.net's Local Area Web(TM) software development. Over many months working closely with Pla.net, Palijenko and Casalino began to realize the great potential that Pla.net had with its Local Area Web(TM) technology.

"I am very pleased that these gentlemen have decided to join Pla.net," says Sinclair Stevens, CEO and President of Planet America Inc. "Now that they're with us, I believe Pla.net is in a much stronger position to realize success."

With Senior Management in place and 50 sites developing rapidly, Planet America plans a dramatic 1999.

For more information please contact Attila Lewis Lendvai, VP StratCom at 888/666-3821 or eplanet@ibm.net.

This release contains forward-looking statements which may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Planet America's actual results and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future results or performance suggested by these statements.