Recent Private Equity Financing Fuels LifeMap Communications' Aggressive National Expansion; Company Moves Corporate Headquarters, Opens Corporate Office, Regional Sales Offices

Business Wire, July 17, 2000

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

LifeMap Communications, Inc., a leading developer of knowledge-based software applications for human resources benefits communications, education, and training, made public today the details of the Company's aggressive nationwide expansion of its national sales efforts to accelerate the sales and support of the Company's award-winning employee self-service application.

LifeMap Communications has just completed relocating the Company headquarters based in Walnut Creek, Calif. to a spacious 8,000-foot facility to accommodate the Company's impressive growth. Simultaneously, the Company opened an additional corporate office in Plano, Texas, and opened regional sales offices in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia.

"This five-city expansion is a signal to the industry that LifeMap Communications is aggressively establishing a national presence based on the success of its flagship product, LifeMap, and the recent infusion of capital," said Brian A. Ambrose, president, chief operating officer, and cofounder of LifeMap Communications.

"The LifeMap product has enjoyed tremendous receptivity across the nation by organizations large and small," said Tom Brassil, vice president of sales, based in Walnut Creek. "Expanding the number of offices and sales team enables these professionals to meet face-to-face with people interested in LifeMap in the United States and Canada, and respond to the needs of the local market very quickly," said Brassil.

One of the three original Company cofounders and Vice President of Marketing Susan V. Shahon heads the corporate office based in Plano, Texas, located north of Dallas. Recent appointments include Robert Phaneuf as National Sales Manager of the Independent Broker Partner Program and the following regional managers: Kim Baldwin, based in Denver, Colo., who is responsible for the mountain states and south-central United States; Philadelphia-based Leo Cimini will oversee operations in the northeast and southeast; Dan McCarthy, based in the Chicago suburb of Westchester, will service the northern, north-central United States, and Canada; and Sevin Phillips recently joined the Company as northwest regional manager to cover California and the Pacific Northwest.

About LifeMap Communications

Founded in 1997, LifeMap Communications, Inc. is a leading developer of knowledge-based software applications for human resources benefits communications, education, and training. LifeMap(TM) leverages the most advanced database, multimedia, and Internet technologies to deliver Web-based ESS, knowledge management, and portal tools to organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Human Resource Executive magazine named the Company's landmark human resources software application, LifeMap, as one of the Top Ten Human Resource Products of 1999. In February 2000, LifeMap Communications announced a partnership with J.D. Edwards & Company in which the LifeMap application will be integrated with J.D. Edwards' human resources suite, and act as the gateway to J.D. Edwards' self-service applications.

For more information about LifeMap Communications, call 888/862-7733 (8-MAPPED) or visit the Web site at http://www.lifemapcom.com.

LifeMap is a pending patent and trademark of LifeMap Communications, Inc. All other product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.