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ADDING MULTIMEDIA SecureInfo Appoints Christopher Fountain President and CEO; New Leadership to Capitalize on Success and Take Company to Next Level.


MCLEAN, Va. -- SecureInfo(R) Corporation, a San Antonio-based company and leading provider of information security solutions, today announced the appointment of Christopher Fountain as president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Mr. Fountain is responsible for strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.  and execution, corporate leadership, and taking SecureInfo to the next level of growth and success. Under the new leadership, the company opened up a new corporate office in McLean, Virginia McLean is an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. A small geographic area along Chain Bridge Road in Arlington County has a 22101 zip code and is also part of McLean.  to further increase its presence in the Washington, D.C. area.

Mr. Fountain has a significant track record of leading and growing companies with 20 years' experience in the information technology industry, including security, compliance, infrastructure, and application software and services companies. Most recently, Mr. Fountain served as SecureInfo's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 where he was responsible for running overall operations. Mr. Fountain's prior experience includes raising capital to accelerate revenue growth, taking a company public and completing successful mergers and acquisitions. He has run global operations for companies headquartered in the United States and the United Kingdom where he lived in 2004 and 2005.

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 grew revenues and achieved profitability. As president and CEO of Digital Paper, Mr. Fountain tripled the company's gross margins and dramatically improved cash flows, leading to an acquisition by ePlus, Inc. As executive vice president of worldwide operations at POMS POMS Program Operations Manual System (Social Security Administration)
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 Corporation, revenues grew by over 300 percent and the value of the company increased more than 1,300 percent, culminating in an acquisition by Honeywell Corporation. Mr. Fountain was also an executive at Datalogix International, which completed an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard.  under his sales leadership.

"I'm extremely pleased to be part of the SecureInfo team," said Fountain. "SecureInfo has world class customers who rely on us to secure mission critical information systems, protect sensitive data, and achieve and sustain compliance with government regulations and internal policies. We have talented employees and solid momentum in the information security and compliance market. My goal is to provide the strategic direction and leadership required to aggressively grow the company by leveraging our success to-date, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction. It is a very exciting time at SecureInfo."

"Chris' focus on delivering value for customers, as well as shareholders makes him a perfect fit for SecureInfo," said John Linton, executive vice president of corporate development and interim CEO of SecureInfo. "I am confident he will lead us to the next level of success."

About SecureInfo

SecureInfo Corporation, Inc. is a leading provider of information security solutions, including professional and managed services, and compliance and policy software products. Organizations rely on SecureInfo's solutions to achieve, sustain and measure IT compliance, protect sensitive data and critical IT assets, and mitigate risk more effectively. The company has designed, built and managed enterprise security operations centers and enterprise-wide compliance and policy solutions across Federal government agencies and commercial companies. Customers include Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
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Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S.
, US Treasury and Nortel Networks. Further information can be found at www.secureinfo.com.

SecureInfo is a registered trademark of SecureInfo Corporate. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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