Genius.com Appoints Michael Myers, Former MSN Lead Network Architect, As VP of Technical Operations

Business Wire, Jan 30, 2007

Genius.com Scales Operations and Customer Service to Support Growing Customer Base

SAN FRANCISCO -- Genius.com, the leading on-demand provider of 1-to-1 interactive marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, is expanding its network infrastructure to meet increased customer demand and announces the appointment of Michael Myers, formerly of Netli and Microsoft MSN, to lead the effort. Myers joins Genius.com as vice president of technical operations.

"Michael is a network-technology wizard who has scaled operations and built successful teams to support some of the Web's biggest brands," said David Thompson, CEO of Genius.com. "His experience and acumen will be invaluable as we grow to meet the high level of service and uptime our expanding customer base requires."

Myers joins Genius.com from Netli, the fastest growing service provider of network infrastructure, where he served as director of operations and was responsible for assembling their entire operations team and overseeing the deployment of 37 global datacenters. Prior to Netli, Myers served as senior director of network operations and lead architect at Microsoft MSN, where he managed a 67-person network operations team. While at Microsoft, Myers was responsible for developing MSN's network of nearly 16,000 servers, which processed more than 18 gigabits of content per second with better than 99.78% yearly availability.

Myers is also credited with building Microsoft's Hotmail network team and expanding the team to support MSN and all other Microsoft web properties. Previously, Myers has also held network and system management positions at Exodus Communications, Escalade, Inc. and Suntrips, Inc.

"Since launching their first on-demand service just nine months ago, Genius.com has already enjoyed huge customer success," said Michael Myers, vice president of technical operations at Genius.com. "I welcome the tremendous opportunity to scale the operations and service organization of a company with such huge growth potential, to ensure the high level of service that current and future customers expect."

About Genius.com[TM]

Genius.com, creator of SalesGenius, is the leading on-demand provider of real-time, 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, empowering them to connect with prospects and close deals through their corporate Web sites.

Genius[TM] solutions allow sales and marketing professionals to instantly qualify prospects, determine the success of marketing initiatives, and personalize customer service, all without requiring programming skills or IT involvement. The result is faster sales cycles, satisfied customers and more closed deals. Genius.com Incorporated is a privately held company, funded by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Emergence Capital and Walden International, with headquarters in San Mateo, CA. For more information about Genius.com Incorporated visit www.genius.com or e-mail info@genius.com.