Liquid Machines Names Stuart E. Goodnick Vice President of Professional Services and Support

Market Wire, December, 2005

Liquid Machines®, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions, today announced the appointment of Stuart E. Goodnick as Vice President of Professional Services and Support. Goodnick joins Liquid Machines' senior management team to accommodate the company's rapidly expanding customer base and partner network. Goodnick will oversee professional services, custom consulting, and solution implementation services for Liquid Machines' market-leading Enterprise Rights Management solutions including its Microsoft® Windows® RMS, BlackBerry® Gateway, and Documentum Gateway products.

Goodnick brings more than 18 years of experience in engineering and operational management in technology product development to Liquid Machines. Since joining Liquid Machines in 2004 as part of the company's acquisition of Omniva Policy Systems, Goodnick has served as Liquid Machines Director of Technical Services.

Prior to Liquid Machines, Goodnick held executive positions at Omniva Policy Systems and the Compumotor division of Parker Hannifin. At Omniva Policy Systems, Goodnick was Vice President of Support and Customer Solutions. He was also responsible for leading the initial development of Omniva Policy Manager, an enterprise platform for central management of secure messaging. At Parker Compumotor, Goodnick managed multiple product and development teams.

"In 2006 we will deliver to our customers and partners the most scalable and easy-to-use enterprise rights management solution available, and support their investment in Liquid Machines with unparalleled service," said Michael Ruffolo, president and CEO of Liquid Machines, Inc. "Stuart is an accomplished industry veteran who understands enterprise software deployments and is an expert in the areas of data classification, policy definition, and workflow integration. I am confident he will establish a scalable professional services and support business that will ensure customer success and become a model for our industry."

Goodnick earned an undergraduate degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology and a Masters in physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

About Liquid Machines

Liquid Machines is the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions that persistently protect critical business content and audit usage while enabling collaboration. Liquid Machines' Document Control and Email Control solutions allow companies in the consulting, financial services, government, manufacturing, and healthcare industries to share information securely, within any application, wherever it goes, throughout its lifecycle. Liquid Machines ERM solutions help enterprises satisfy today's ever-increasing information security regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, NASD 2711, HIPAA and others, as well as implement and practice internal mandates for intellectual property security, product version control, or clinical data protection.

Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Liquid Machines is privately held and is backed by Atlas Venture, Masthead Venture Partners, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. For more information on the company and our vision, The Freedom of Security(TM), visit us at www.liquidmachines.com.

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