Software Industry Veteran Christopher Stone Joins Courion's Board of Directors

Business Wire, April 23, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

Former Novell Executive and Current Tilion CEO to Bring Security,

Systems and Service Experience to Self-Service Identity Management

Leader

Courion(R) Corporation, a leading provider of self-service identity management software, today announced that it has appointed Christopher Stone to its Board of Directors. Stone is a noted technology visionary, with more than twenty years of experience leading enterprise software industry innovation. He is currently the president and CEO of Tilion, Inc., a provider of on-demand supply chain visibility and intelligence solutions, and sits on the Boards of Directors of RadView Software, Ltd., a publicly-traded provider of e-business application performance management software, and Entrust Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded security management software firm.

Before founding Tilion, Stone was executive vice president of corporate strategy and development at Novell, where he reported directly to Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO, and played a key role in Novell's resurgence. Stone is also well known for founding the Object Management Group (OMG), the largest software development standardization group of its kind. During his tenure as CEO of the OMG, Stone created CORBA and numerous other object technology and interoperability standards. Stone began his technology career at Data General Corporation, where he spent ten years in various roles leading up to his role as the director of software products.

"Chris Stone has a wealth of experience building successful software organizations, opening new markets, driving standards, and delivering e-business infrastructure management software," said Chris Zannetos, CEO, Courion. "With Courion emerging as the leader in the identity management software category, Chris' broad cross-industry insight and counsel will be invaluable as we manage our growth in this explosive market."

"Electronic identities are the building blocks for enterprise computing and Internet commerce, and Courion's solutions provide the self-service infrastructure needed to manage these keys to user access and authentication," said Stone. "With solutions that offer a clear ROI, fast payback, and demonstrable improvements in security and service quality, Courion has a bright future, and I look forward to helping them define and lead the identity management market."

Stone will sit on the Courion Board of Directors with Harry Gruner, partner, JMI Equity; Tom Hitchner, partner, Questmark Investments; Ken Daley, partner, Citizens Capital; Chris Zannetos, CEO, Courion Corporation; and Brian Milas, CTO, Courion Corporation.

About Courion

Courion Corporation provides self-service identity management software for security, support, and customer service organizations challenged with managing authentication, access control, and administration for an ever-growing population of intranet, extranet, and Internet users. Courion's PasswordCourier and ProfileBuilder products enforce service desk and security procedures and provide 24X7 access methods that delegate password, profile, and account administration to non-technical end users. Courion's solutions eliminate service desk calls, slash support costs, enforce security, protect user privacy, and improve service quality for many Fortune 1000 customers including Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., The Boeing Company, Cummins, Inc., The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Raymond James Financial, and Target Corporation.

Courion, based in Framingham, MA, was founded in 1996 and is backed by leading venture capital firms and private investors. For more information about Courion, call 508-879-8400, send e-mail to info@courion.com or visit http://www.courion.com.