BridgeGate Attracts Vice President Worldwide Sales to Enterprise Security Leader NeoScale Systems.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004

BridgeGate LLC, a Leading Executive Recruitment Firm,

Announced the Successful Completion of a Search to Identify the Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Enterprise Storage Security Solutions

Company NeoScale Systems Inc.

BridgeGate and client NeoScale Systems Inc. are pleased to announce the completion of a critical recruiting project to identify NeoScale's global head of sales. BridgeGate's Managing Director and Partner Joel May managed the search that led to the selection and appointment of Peter Dixon to the position of vice president, worldwide sales.

NeoScale Systems Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise storage security solutions that provides robust data security for networked and distributed storage. Dixon brings to NeoScale over 20 years expertise building world-class sales organizations for emerging companies in the enterprise storage market. Dixon hails most recently from SANCastle where he rebuilt the company's sales organization, expanded their relationship with IBM (NYSE:IBM) & Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), and facilitated SANCastle's acquisition by Lightsand. Prior to his role at SANcastle, Dixon spent 12 years at $400 million storage networking products and services company CNT (Nasdaq:CMNT) where he held the position of vice president, worldwide business development and strategic marketing.

Barbara Nelson, president and CEO of NeoScale commented, "BridgeGate led an exceptionally thorough search in a very competitive segment of the industry." Nelson continued, "Joel and his team demonstrated a detailed knowledge of the storage and security space and quickly developed an insightful understanding of NeoScale's business as well as our company's culture. They executed to a very high bar of expectations."

About BridgeGate LLC

BridgeGate has a history of more than 35 years building executive leadership teams. BridgeGate's team of experienced search consultants support leadership recruiting projects in technology sales, marketing, business development and software engineering. Additionally, BridgeGate works across industries: assisting companies identify leadership in functional areas including operations, accounting, finance, human resources and information technology. Some of BridgeGate's recent clients include Mercury Interactive (Nasdaq:MERQ), Blade Logic and Vontu. Additionally, BridgeGate has recently conducted searches for Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW), Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM), and Stamps.com (Nasdaq:STMP).