AppGenesys Supplements Leadership Team With the Appointment of New Executive Vice President of Global Sales.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000

AppGenesys Names Former Lucent Technologies Executive

Keith Zaky as Executive Vice President of Global Sales

Continuing a progressive aggregation of top talent, AppGenesys, the leading MSP for Global 2000 companies, today announced the appointment of Keith Zaky as AppGenesys's Executive Vice President of Global Sales. In his new position, Zaky will supervise the domestic and international sales strategy and organizational build out for AppGenesys.

Zaky brings over 15 years experience in hi-tech sales and general management to the AppGenesys team. Most recently Zaky was the vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific for Lucent Technologies, Octel Messaging Division. Zaky was responsible for establishing Octel's headquarters in Singapore and expanding their presence throughout Asia. During this three year assignment, Zaky developed the Asia Pacific region into a significant contributor to Octel's international business; substantially growing both revenues and profits year over year.

"Keith Zaky's experience and understanding of global sales, especially with Global 2000 customers, will significantly expand and strengthen our sales arm," said Benjamin Chen, Chairman and CTO of AppGenesys, "Also, Keith possesses the special combination of personality, leadership and balanced business judgment that will contribute not only to our sales staff but to the entire company."

"With AppGenesys's value proposition of deploying and scaling global eBusiness initiatives, Keith's tenure as an executive with international experience will be invaluable," said Brad Feld, Principle Managing Director, Softbank Venture Capital, "As the Internet matures and continues on it's path to become the primary business channel for Global commerce, decision-makers want to know that there are people in the infrastructure sector that have been there and done that. Zaky represents that key senior interface that will give clients confidence in the entire AppGenesys organization."

Progressing professionally with Octel Communications, Zaky held numerous sales and management positions. Prior to his move to Asia, Zaky directed Octel's U.S. field operations focused on the network service providers and helped this business unit grow from 5 million to 200 million over seven years. During his fifteen years with Octel, Zaky consistently surpassed revenue goals by building strong organizations and forming key relationships with corporate decision makers that were responsible for enterprise packages and applications.

About AppGenesys

AppGenesys, the leading Management Services Provider for Global 2000 eBusiness, focuses on the complex process of staging, testing, tuning, deploying, monitoring and scaling Web applications for clients. The company offers a scaleable suite of standardized hardware, software and applications management solutions that accelerate implementation and improve site performance. AppGenesys manages clients' Internet infrastructure operations through a global framework that ensures speed, reliability and scalability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., AppGenesys has secured $50 million of first-round funding from Chase Capital Partners, DynaFund Ventures, Flatiron Partners, Inktomi Corporation, Intel Capital, iXL, Kelso & Company, NeoCarta Ventures and Softbank Venture Capital.