Verio Forms New Marketing & Communications Team; Announces Additions of Senior Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Marketing

Business Wire,  June 24, 2008  

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Senior Talent to Aid in Addressing Evolving SMB Solutions Marketplace

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Verio, a leading provider of online business solutions, including hosting, application, and managed services, today announced that Wendy St. Clair Pearson has joined the company as senior director of marketing and communications and Kenneth Giffin has joined as director of marketing. Pearson and Giffin will work from the company's corporate headquarter in Centennial, CO., and will lead the relaunch of Verio's global marketing strategy.

"As the online business sector continues to grow and evolve, Verio is working to become the provider that small businesses everywhere turn to for guidance implementing smart and scalable web-based business applications," said Steve Renda, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Verio. "Wendy and Ken bring outstanding leadership and experience in web based business solutions that support the expansion of Verio's hosting and SaaS initiatives worldwide."

With more than 15 years of strategic marketing experience in the business-to business, hosting and technology arena, Wendy Pearson will immediately assume responsibility for all aspects of Verio's marketing and communications initiatives, leveraging her expertise to further establish the company as a global leader in hosting, applications and managed services for small and midsized businesses.

Pearson joins Verio from Breakthrough Management Group International, (BMGI) a global Lean Six Sigma consulting firm, where she led the company's marketing, branding and communications efforts since 2003. Prior to BMGI, she served as director of marketing and communications for hosting and colocation provider ViaWest, and as marketing manager at Rocky Mountain Internet, solidifying her expertise in marketing communications for the online business solutions industry. Pearson holds a Bachelor of Science, Journalism, from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.

In his role at Verio, Ken Giffin will use his more than 15 years of B2B and technology marketing experience to further enhance Verio's new team. As director of marketing, Giffin will hold overall marketing responsibility for the Via Verio reseller program and leading the company's product marketing.

Giffin joins Verio from Quark, where he served as vice president of marketing. Prior to Quark, he held several marketing leadership positions in General Electric's Access Distribution division, involving corporation marketing and communications, customer loyalty and demand generation. As an expert in developing high-performance programs and teams, Giffin has helped companies such as 3Com, American Express and Sun Microsystems navigate significant global, distribution, technology, and marketing changes. Giffin has a BA in Journalism/Business from Indiana University, Bloomington and a MA in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

About Verio

Verio Inc. enables companies to conduct business online, through hosting, applications and managed services serving the business needs of SMB companies and partners worldwide. A subsidiary of the global telecommunications company NTT Communications, Verio focuses on helping companies and partners achieve their business goals with functional hosting solutions, applications and services that enable them to drive success online. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications Global IP Network, and provides business solutions to customers and partners in more than 146 countries. More information can be found at www.verio.com.

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