Avatier Appoints Software Pioneer Seymour Rubinstein as Director of Business Development; Rubinstein Brings 40 Years of Technology Expertise to Leading Identity Management Company.

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Avatier Corporation, a leading provider of identity management solutions, today announced the appointment of Seymour I. Rubinstein as Director of Business Development. Rubinstein joins Avatier with an impressive reputation in all aspects of business and product development and operations. At Avatier, Rubinstein will provide strategic and tactical leadership for the company's business and corporate development, working directly with the President and Chief Executive Officer.

"Clearly, Rubinstein is a man with great experience and knowledge of the industry. His accomplishments with large corporations highlight his ability to produce results," says Nelson Cicchitto, president and CEO of Avatier. "Rubinstein's skills and proven leadership will be essential as Avatier continues to grow."

A distinguished luminary in the field of microcomputer software, Rubinstein is best known for founding MicroPro International Corporation. There he designed and sold 7 million copies of WordStar, the first commercially successful word-processing program operating on a microcomputer, setting a new standard against the standalone word processors in use at the time. Most recently, Rubinstein served as President of Prompt Software, where he secured four international software patents for text research and provided support for numerous collegiate research projects. He also holds directorships with several large corporations, including IMSI, InterTrust Technologies and Prompt Software.

In 1986, Rubinstein founded, Surpass Software Systems which was sold to Borland International who renamed the product QuattroPro. Previously, as vice president of marketing at IMSAI Manufacturing Corp., Rubinstein tripled the company's revenues in one year, and wrote and signed the first contract with Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft and Gary Kildall of Digital Research for CP/M.

Rubinstein holds a B.S. from City University of New York, and a M.B.A. from Baruch School of Business.

About Avatier Corporation

Avatier is a leading provider of identity management software for the global enterprise. Avatier's end-to-end identity management and Single Sign On products improve operational efficiency, mitigate security risks and ensure corporate governance and regulatory compliance while lowering help desks calls and IT administrative costs. As the only identity management software vendor to consistently prove an ROI in three to six months, Avatier's thousands of customers worldwide include industry leaders such as BBC, ESPN, Delta Airlines, ING Direct, Rockwell Collins and Sprint Canada. Avatier is headquartered in San Ramon, Calif. and can be reached at www.avatier.com or [phone].

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