KDPaine & Partners Expands, Adds Research, Sales and Marketing Staff

Market Wire, January, 2009

KDPaine & Partners, a New Hampshire-based research consultancy that provides measurement and accountability for corporations, non-profits and government agencies world wide, recently added new staff to its research and sales and marketing efforts. "Despite the economy, we've seen tremendous growth and change in communications in the last year, and so we've hired new staff to help us adapt to changing market requirements," said Katie Paine, CEO of KDPaine & Partners.

In September, Angela Olesen was named Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Ms. Olesen has over 15 years of experience building and executing profitable sales and marketing strategies for small and medium organizations, as well as Fortune 500 firms in the IT, television and retail industries. She has a proven track record for consistently exceeding goals and eclipsing sales records while exceeding customer expectations.

Under Angela's leadership, she and her teams have directed more than 400 new sales, marketing, product programs and process improvement programs which, in the past 6 years, have resulted in an incremental $2 million of gross profit.

"We're thrilled to bring Angela on board," said Paine. "She's got a proven track record not just for sales, but for implementing out-of-the-box solutions to sales and marketing initiatives." Ms. Olesen joins KDPaine & Partners from PC Connection, a leading direct marketer of information technology (IT) products and services, where most recently she managed three of the firm's top six manufacturer partnerships, including IBM, HP and Sony. Before that, she held positions in sales, marketing, product and program management at Comcast, GreenPages and Amherst Technologies.

In December, KDPaine & Partners also named Chris Near to be its new Director of Research. Chris has a Master's degree in Communications from Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, UT. He studied under the tutelage of Dr. Brad Rawlins, one of the country's most preeminent PR and Communications measurement experts. He will be relocating to Berlin in January and will take on responsibility for all research development, methodology and quality assurance.

Other recent additions include Amanda Becker, who joined the firm in December as a Sales & Marketing Assistant, and media analysts Samantha Amero, Suzanne Dupont, Heather Markeveitz, Daniel Rossingol and Dawn Prince. Ms. Prince is better known as the author of the SureWoman website and community: www.surewoman.com .

For more information contact Angela Olesen at aolesen@kdpaine.com .

About KDPaine & Partners

KDPaine & Partners is a Berlin, New Hampshire-based consultancy that provides plans, products and services that help Public Affairs and Marketing professionals measure their success and make better, more informed decisions for their organizations. For more information about KDPaine & Partners, go to http://www.kdpaine.com .

Contact: Katie Delahaye Paine 177 Main Street Berlin, NH 03570 Phone: 603.682.0735 Email Contact