BigMachines.com Attracts Top Talent To Expand Its Management Team; Industrial Machinery Veterans To Grow BigMachines.com Globally.Business/High-Tech Editors FOSTER CITY, Calif. and MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 BigMachines.com(TM), revolutionizing the buying and selling of industrial machinery via the Internet, today announced two strategic additions to its executive management team. John Conner, Vice President of Sales, and Dr. Gernot Kraemer, Vorstand of BigMachines.com AG (Vice President European Corporate Operations and Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. ) will serve key strategic roles in the U.S. and Europe, respectively providing the leadership and strategic direction necessary to grow the company through its next stage of development. Founded in January 1, 2000, BigMachines.com is the leading provider of eBusiness for Engineered Systems (EES See Skipjack algorithm. ) in the industrial machinery sector, offering the technology to streamline application engineering, partner collaboration and selling processes online. BigMachines.com provides its customers both the Internet configuration technology and online sales channel required to dramatically increase their worldwide presence and selling efficiency. For sellers of industrial machinery, the BigMachines.com Internet Sales Channel(TM) includes a direct eSales portal with private branding, the BigMachines.com Marketplace(TM), and a single connection to multiple exchanges and eProcurement platforms. Buyers can simultaneously select and configure machinery from multiple manufacturers, thereby optimizing performance and life-cycle costs. "John Conner and Dr. Kraemer bring a unique mixture of deep domain expertise and global eBusiness knowledge to BigMachines.com," said Godard Abel, co-founder 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. of BigMachines.com. "In a market where attracting top talent is a difficult, yet crucial element in startup success, BigMachines.com has been successful in bringing together a talented and experienced team -- combining top Silicon Valley software engineers with mechanical engineers to create a complete eBusiness solution." New Executives John Conner, Vice Present of Sales John brings 28 years of experience selling and servicing industrial machinery, including many years as Vice President of Sales of Goulds Pumps, the largest pump brand in the U.S. At Goulds Pumps, John led a global sales and service organization of over 450 professionals and grew the company to more than $350 million in sales. More recently, John was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Deublin Company, a manufacturer of engineered seals, where he grew sales over 60% in five years. John brings a wealth of sales and industrial machinery expertise, as well as extensive machinery industry relationships with suppliers and buyers. He is quickly building an industry sales team to serve customers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . John holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Marine and Electrical Engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the Merchant Marine Academy. Dr. Gernot Kraemer, Vice President of European Operations Dr. Gernot Kraemer has joined BigMachines.com as Vorstand (Vice President of European Operations) and will be responsible for building the BigMachines.com AG European Operations. He will also oversee implementation of the BigMachines.com solutions for European customers. Previously, Gernot was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where he provided consulting for global machinery and automotive companies on their operations and eBusiness strategies. Gernot holds a Diploma and PhD from RWTH-Aachen, where he studied and conducted research in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. About BigMachines.com, Inc. and BigMachines.com AG As the leader in eBusiness for Engineered Systems (EES), BigMachines.com is revolutionizing the buying and selling of industrial machinery via the Internet, taking B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business commerce beyond commodities and standard catalog items. BigMachines.com provides Internet technology to select and configure industrial machinery based on engineering requirements integrated with an end-to-end eBusiness engine. BigMachines.com is a global company, incorporated in the U.S. as BigMachines.com Inc. and in Europe as BigMachines.com AG. The company has brought together a unique combination of Internet software developers and machinery engineers from around the world, with locations in Silicon Valley, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago and Munich. BigMachines.com's customers are leading fluid machinery companies, including KSB KSB Kogod School of Business (American University) KSB Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) KSB Kantonsschule Am Brühl St. AG, Europe's largest pump and valve manufacturer and ABEL Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Roper Industries (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ROP (1) (Raster Operation) An instruction that manipulates the bits of a bitmapped image in some manner. (2) (RISC Operation) An instruction in a RISC processor. ). BigMachines.com also has strategic alliances with leading technology companies, including Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ARBA). For more information about BigMachines.com, visit the Web site at www.bigmachines.com. BigMachines.com, the BigMachines.com logo, the BigMachines.com Internet Sales Channel and the BigMachines.com Marketplace are trademarks of BigMachines.com, Inc. 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