360i Promotes John Ragals to COO.

NEW YORK -- Search-focused agency 360i today announced that it has promoted Jonathan W. Ragals from Senior Vice President & Managing Director to Chief Operating Officer, effective today.

John joined 360i in January 2006 to lead day-to-day operations, helping further bolster the firm as it brought on new blue-chip clients including NBC Universal, JC Penney and Saks Fifth Avenue, while managing the operations of the company's multiple US offices. Since joining the firm, Mr. Ragals oversaw the growth in client media spend by more than 300%, concurrently doubling the staff of highly-trained, experienced personnel to support that growth from new and existing clients.

"When you experience the kind of growth that we have over the past year, you need to have the right people at the top ensuring that we have the structure, people and operations in place to support that growth without sacrificing an ounce of quality, client service or technology. Recruiting John when we did was one of the best decisions we've made as a firm, and he's more than earned this promotion," said Bryan Wiener, CEO of 360i.

John brings more than 15 years of experience within the media industry to the firm. Before joining 360i, John was Senior Vice President and Group Account Director at Beyond Interactive with P&L and operational responsibility for Beyond's relationships with Fortune 500 clients such as Cendant, Western Union and 3M. Mr. Ragals oversaw a cross-functional team and led the agency team in key new business wins. Before joining Beyond, Mr. Ragals held senior positions at webloyalty.com, a leading online direct marketer of membership clubs, and Modem Media, a pioneering interactive marketing strategy and services firm (now part of Digitas). He holds an MBA in Marketing and International Business from NYU and a BA in economics from Duke University.

About 360i

Using Search Informed Marketing(sm), 360i produces integrated digital marketing campaigns for large brand advertisers with a foundation in search marketing. Understanding and analyzing search behavior provides the insights to engage and attract 360i's clients' target audience. This allows 360i to implement the most effective campaigns across auction-based media and search engine optimization. 360i also gleans insights from consumer search behavior to deliver Search Informed Media(SM) solutions, including display media on auction-based media networks and advanced off-site search engine optimization strategies across social and emerging media. 360i maintains a select group of premier clients such as NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Scripps Networks, Office Depot, and H&R Block, employing a combination of strategy, service and technology to ensure return on media investment. For more information, please visit www.360i.com.