ONE TOUCH Systems Names Don Thornton Vice President of Marketing and Customer Services

Business Wire, Sept 20, 1999

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--

ONE TOUCH Systems, Inc., the world's leading provider of end-to-end interactive distance learning (IDL) solutions, has named industry veteran Don Thornton as Vice President of Marketing and Customer Services.

Thornton will oversee all operations in product marketing, marketing communications, customer service, professional services, and training. The move strengthens ONE TOUCH's management team as the company extends its product line to the internet, expands into a service-based business, and focuses on enhanced customer satisfaction.

"ONE TOUCH is building the vision, technology, and leadership to deliver a comprehensive enterprise solution for online distance learning," said Katherine Leary, ONE TOUCH's President and CEO. "Don brings experience in large scale network operations, establishing global support operations, and developing leading network applications. I know our customers and employees will enjoy working with him as much as I have over the last few months."

Before joining ONE TOUCH, Thornton was Vice President of Global Customer Operations at Knight-Ridder Financial, responsible for delivering real-time financial news and information. There he directed a staff spanning over 35 countries. Previously, Thornton was Vice President of Customer Services at Convergent Media Systems, a supplier of satellite-delivered Business Television services. He has also held marketing management positions at United Satellite Communications, Inc. and SONY Corporation of America.

"ONE TOUCH is one of the most respected companies in the emerging online learning industry," said Thornton. "I look forward to working with its pioneering customers and the entire ONE TOUCH team to provide the next generation of learning tools and services."

Thornton received his MBA from the Babson College Graduate School of Management and his Bachelor of Science degree from Stonehill College in Massachusetts.

About ONE TOUCH Systems

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., ONE TOUCH Systems is the world's leading provider of IDL solutions that are fully integrated, enterprise-wide, and scalable, capable of reaching networked classrooms and personal computers. ONE TOUCH IDL enjoys an installed base of 28,000 sites in 55 countries. Customers rely on the ONE TOUCH solution, with more than 150,000 IDL seats installed worldwide, to train an estimated 1.5 million employees annually. ONE TOUCH's patented, interactive technology enables individual experts to communicate and collaborate in real time with participants at multiple locations anywhere in the world. With the recent addition of content to its end-to-end IDL offering, ONE TOUCH is poised to exploit a distance learning and education market that is expected to exceed $5 billion within five years. Additional information about ONE TOUCH Systems can be found at http://www.onetouch.com.

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