360 Group Announces Senior Management Appointments.

Business Editors

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2002

360 Group, a full service direct marketing company based in San Rafael, Calif., today announced the appointment of Scott Waltz as vice president client services and Andrew Chang, director analytic services.

Waltz joins 360 Group from AllBusiness, a San Francisco-based small business internet company, where he served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. In this position, Waltz helped the company grow into a successful small business resource to more than 2 million entrepreneurs nationwide. He was also the executive lead for marketing, product planning, customer care, and corporate and business development.

Prior to this Waltz was vice president client services with Miller/Huber Relationship Marketing, a leading business-to-business and technology marketing firm in San Francisco where he directed major accounts including British Airways, Cisco, Oracle and Gateway. Earlier he was the founding vice president, marketing of C/NET in San Francisco and held a number of management positions with major advertising agencies including BBDO, Anderson & Lembke and NW Ayer.

Waltz earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing from San Jose State University. He resides in Mill Valley.

Chang joined 360 Group from Providian Financial in San Francisco where he served most recently as vice president, market management. In this position he was responsible for all analytical work for new account acquisition. This included statistical response modeling, test analysis, decision support, hardware evaluation and vendor management.

Chang began his eight-year association with Providian Financial as a marketing analyst in which his database acumen yielded substantial increases in the growth rate of credit card outstandings. In progressing through several more management positions with increasing responsibilities, he also served as director, portfolio retention with responsibilities for the development of programs to counteract balance and account attrition; and vice president, e-commerce marketing involved in new customer acquisition marketing efforts and new product development.

Chang earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematical and computational sciences from Stanford University. He resides in San Francisco.

360 Group is a full service direct marketing company that develops and executes programs for business-to-business and business-to-consumer clients. The company's range of services includes strategic planning, targeted media and list planning and buying, creative and production services, response management, custom database development and management, and analytic services. Current clients include Cricket Communications, Chela Financial, Peet's Coffee and Tea, Score! Educational Centers, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Wells Fargo Bank. For more information, visit the firm's Web site at www.360Group.com.