Barry Graubart Joins Alacra, Inc.; Industry Veteran Hired to Lead Alacra Product Management

Business Wire, Dec 14, 2005

NEW YORK -- Alacra, Inc., a leading provider of online business information solutions, announced today that Barry Graubart, formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Leadership Directories, Inc. has joined the Alacra Management team as Vice President of Product Management.

Mr. Graubart brings a great deal of insight and skill, as well as a fresh perspective, to this role. Barry will be responsible for Alacra's product management team and will report to Alacra CEO, Steve Goldstein. "I am pleased to announce the addition of Barry Graubart to Alacra's senior management team. Barry brings with him a tremendous amount of valuable content and technology experience," said Steven Goldstein, Alacra's Chief Executive Officer. "His breadth of knowledge will be a key advantage for us as we prepare to release a number of new products in 2006."

Prior to joining Alacra, Barry served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories where he was responsible for sales, marketing, product strategy and business development. Mr. Graubart brings more than twenty years experience in applying technology to content. Before joining Leadership Directories, Mr. Graubart served as Vice President, Business Development for ClearForest Corp., an enterprise software company providing text analytics. He previously served as Vice President for Kaplan Professional, a division of the Washington Post and held various general management and product and business development positions within Primedia, Nelson Information and McClatchy Company.

Mr. Graubart holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany and is the author of the Content Matters blog (www.ContentMatters.info).

About Alacra

Alacra is a leading global provider of business and financial information and solutions. A privately held company founded in 1996, Alacra is headquartered in New York. The company provides a diverse portfolio of authoritative databases along with proprietary solutions that enable users to quickly find, analyze, package and present mission-critical business information.

Alacra customers include more than 700 leading financial institutions, professional service firms, consulting, law and accounting firms and corporations throughout the world. For more information about Alacra, visit the company's Web site http://www.alacra.com or call customer service at (212) 363-9620.