Agital, Inc. Fortifies Customer Engagement Team; New Additions to Executive Team and Board of Directors Enrich Company's Experience in Selling XML and Enterprise Solutions.

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BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001

Agital, Inc., a leading provider of Data Conditioning Solutions, announced today that it has expanded and strengthened its seasoned customer engagement team with the addition of Richard Kennewick, the new vice president of sales for Agital, and Phil Vachon, the company's newest board member.

"With the addition of two such powerful customer engagement executives to the Agital team, Agital is poised to expand quickly into new vertical and international markets," said Kim Mackay, Agital president and CEO. "Both Richard and Phil bring extensive experience in global 2000 e-business sales strategies, building worldwide sales teams and creating revenue through innovative distribution strategies. Their experience will be a valuable asset as we increase our focus on these areas in the fourth quarter of 2001 and beyond."

By connecting and transforming XML data as it is routed between applications, services and devices, Agital's Data Conditioning process improves the flexibility, profitability, and speed with which e-business initiatives are designed and delivered.

As the top Agital sales executive, Kennewick will work to expand the company's sales team to deliver Agital Data Conditioning Solutions to XML developers, e-business architects and the global 2000 businesses that employ their services.

"XML is how people will do business now and in the future," said Kennewick. "Agital is already shipping the XML-native solutions that others are just beginning to explore. Agital intends to build a highly effective domestic and international sales program to take full advantage of this market-leading opportunity."

Prior to joining the Agital executive team, Kennewick served as president and cofounder of Axxess Software, a provider of an XML business content management solution. Previous to his work with Axxess, Kennewick held a number of executive sales positions with Chilisoft Corporation, Saros, and FileNET Corporation. In addition, Kennewick served as the Northwest Sales Manager for Adobe Systems.

As the newest member of the Agital Board of Directors, Vachon will contribute to the development of customer engagement strategies, consult to the Agital executive team, and serve as an active voice for the customer in Agital board meetings.

"Agital is truly ahead of the game with their focus on XML-based integration as the key to unlocking eBusiness ROI for global 2000 companies," said Vachon. "As a member of the Agital Board of Directors I look forward to applying my past experience in leading customer engagement teams to help Agital realize continued success."

Vachon was formerly the senior vice president of sales for Liberate Technologies and was a founding member of Liberate's management team. During his tenure at Liberate, Phil was responsible for creating the company's revenue and distribution strategy and building a worldwide sales team that produced 15 successive quarters of sequential revenue growth. Prior to his employment at Liberate, Phil was employed for 6 years at Oracle Corporation, where he was most recently vice president of sales in the telecommunications vertical direct sales organization.

About Agital

Agital helps customers develop Data Conditioning Solutions that improve the flexibility and profitability of e-business initiatives. By helping companies to manage data instead of applications, Agital makes e-business work. For more information, call 425/492-1700 or visit www.agital.net.