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Successful Technology Entrepreneur and Tacit Knowledge Expert Joins Kamoon Board as Strategic Addition.


Business Editors

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002

Kamoon Inc., a leader in Enterprise Expertise Management, today announced the strategic observer seat appointment to its Board of Directors of Dennis Bennie Dennis Bennie is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of XDL Capital Corporation, a venture capital firm focusing on Internet software.

In the late 1980s, Bennie was the CEO at Carolian Systems International, which was a firm that made business software for
, leading pioneer, entrepreneur and innovator in the technology industry.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Bennie has had a successful career in identifying and developing the emerging market for tacit knowledge The concept of tacit knowing comes from scientist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. It is important to understand that he wrote about a process (hence tacit knowing) and not a form of .  technology and his entrepreneurial management has powered Mission Electronics, Ingram Canada and Delrina.

"We are certainly pleased that our Board continues to expand with such senior technology entrepreneurs and industry leaders," said Yali Harari, President 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. , Kamoon Inc. "Dennis Bennie brings valuable experience, insight and strategy from a successful 20-year track record of entrepreneurial management and development of innovative tacit knowledge technology companies."

Mr. Bennie, co-founder, heads XDL (language) XDL - An object-oriented extension to ITU-T's SDL.

["XDL: An Object-Oriented Extension to SDL", S.J. Ochuodho et al].
 Intervest Capital Corp., a successor to XDL Capital Corp., also founded by him. He is an expert in identifying and developing successful technology and marketing based businesses, development of distribution strategies, negotiation of major contracts, development of distribution strategies, acquisition and disposition of product lines and technologies, companies, merging of companies, and the negotiation and execution of private placements and public offerings.

"Kamoon is pioneering the much needed technology of Enterprise Expertise Management and its solutions allow companies to finally leverage their collective knowledge capital," said Dennis Bennie, co-founder of XDL Intervest Capital Corp. "Fully enabling the right interactions and information capture is crucial in successful tacit knowledge technology, and Kamoon will become a leader."

From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Bennie was CEO of Delrina Corporation, an independent software developer and publisher, which forged the new software categories of electronic forms and PC fax communications. Under Mr. Bennie's leadership, Delrina pioneered the development of PC fax software called WinFax and became a world leader in the communication software market with annual sales revenue exceeding $130 million. Listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 and 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
, Delrina cultivated a reputation for leadership, growth and profitability, and completed several public offerings. In November 1995, the company was successfully sold to Symantec Corporation for share consideration valued at $560 million. In 1997, he founded and managed the original XDL Ventures Fund, focusing on information technology opportunities. The $25 million fund is now fully invested and has yielded exceptional returns to date. One of its most noteworthy investments was a 1997 start-up, Delano Technology Corporation (NASD NASD

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DTEC Development Test and Evaluation Center
).

Mr. Bennie entered the world of technology in 1979, when he co-founded Mission Electronics. He drove the expansion of this leading British audio equipment manufacturer to become a dominant force in the high-end stereo market. In 1982 he sold his interest in Mission Electronics and founded Aviva Software, an independent, mass-market software developer. Under his direction, the company expanded its scope to include software distribution and merged with Ingram Micro Inc. in 1986 to become Canada's largest software distributor. Mr. Bennie is also a Director of and advisor to, the following companies: CompanyDNA (formerly iRecognize Inc.), Delano Technology Corporation, Entercept Security Technologies, (formerly ClickNet Software), MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics
MGI Modular Gateway Interface
MGI McKinsey Global Institute
MGI Military Geographic Information
MGI Marine Geological Institute
MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) 
 Software Corp, Novator Systems Ltd., The Protege Group, and Tucows Inc.

About Kamoon Inc.

Kamoon Inc., a leader in Enterprise Expertise Management(TM), drives increased productivity for sales forces, service professionals, channel partners, and employees across the enterprise by enabling them to find and interact with the right person who can deliver critical information when it is needed most. Kamoon's EEM EEM Electronic Engineers Master (commodity codes)
EEM Energy Efficient Mortgage
EEM external elastic membrane (cardiology)
EEM Enterprise Energy Management
(TM) technology matches inquires to the right expert, facilitates the right interaction process through its action-oriented workflow, captures the questions and answers in a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) A group of commonly asked questions about a subject along with the answers. Vendors often display them on their Web sites for use as troubleshooting guidelines.  database, and provides measurement tools for enhancing the entire question & answer process.
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