FindWhat.com, Inc. Appoints Dr. Andrew Ressler, PhD Vice President & General Manager of Search and Directory.FORT MYERS Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially , Fla. -- FindWhat.com, 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 : FWHT), the leading independent provider of performance marketing and commerce enabling services, today announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Ressler, PhD, as Vice President and General Manager of Search and Directory Services for FindWhat.com. The appointment is effective immediately. Dr. Ressler has been a member of FindWhat.com's management team since December 2004. As Vice President and General Manager of Search and Directory Services, Dr. Ressler is charged with developing uniquely relevant search solutions for FindWhat.com distribution partners in diverse markets worldwide. "Dr. Ressler is a proven innovator in identifying and developing technologies that address market opportunities," said Craig Pisaris-Henderson, chairman 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 FindWhat.com. "As a global company, we recognize that a one-size-fits all search solution does not address the linguistic, geographic and audience-specific needs of our distribution partners and their end-users. Under Dr. Ressler's leadership, we intend to become the provider of choice for algorithmic web search for web site publishers." Dr. Ressler brings to FindWhat.com a 19-year legacy of technology innovation and achievement, including most recently being the chief architect of the HotBot Desktop Search Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the for Terra Lycos. In 2000, he founded MicroOutsource.com, a web-based task management application service provider. In 1995, he founded Radnet, Inc. where he pioneered WebShare, the first web-based document sharing See data conferencing. application akin to Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. . In 1991, Dr. Ressler founded By the Bay Software, a provider of a productivity and workflow application which was successfully sold to Lotus Corporation. While at Lotus, Dr. Ressler played an instrumental role in researching and communicating emerging technologies. Dr. Ressler attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , where he received a BSCS BSCS Biological Sciences Curriculum Study BSCS Bachelor of Science in Computer Science BSCS Business Support & Control System BSCS Black Sea Coastal States (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine) , BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering , MS and PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Ressler has served as Chief Scientist at the Army Artificial Intelligence Center and as a consultant to GE Capital, Accenture and NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers . About FindWhat.com, Inc.(R) FindWhat.com creates and offers proprietary performance-based marketing and commerce enabling services that help businesses of all sizes throughout the business cycle in reaching prospects, converting prospects to customers and then retaining those customers. Its marketing division creates online marketplaces where buyers are introduced to sellers at exactly the right moment, when they are searching for products and services on the Internet; this introduction is based on a bid-for-position, Pay-Per-Click or Pay-Per-Call (US only), keyword-targeted advertising service. FindWhat.com offers this service directly to advertisers through the FindWhat.com Network(TM) in the U.S., the Espotting Network in Europe and offers a private label version of this service to large companies and portals worldwide, including Lycos and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. FindWhat.com also operates a merchant services division which includes Miva(R), a leading online platform of software and services for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With its easy-to-use, highly customizable and integrated browser-based point and click business creation software and a vast partner network, Miva is focused on helping to create and enhance online business and marketing services for SMEs. Additionally, FindWhat.com has a primary traffic division, currently offered through Comet Systems, a leading provider of connected desktop consumer software. More information about FindWhat.com is available on the Company's website at http://www.FindWhat.com. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Words or expressions such as "plan," "intend," "believe" or "expect'" or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Key risks are described in FindWhat.com's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2004, and the most recently filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Readers should note that these statements may be impacted by several factors, including economic changes and changes in the Internet industry generally and, accordingly, FindWhat.com's actual performance and results may vary from those stated herein, and FindWhat.com undertakes no obligation to update the information contained herein. (R)Registered trademark of FindWhat.com, Inc. (TM)Trademark of FindWhat.com, Inc. All other trademarks property of their respective owners. |
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