WorldStream Names Tom Haug Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations.

Business/High Tech Editors

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

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WorldStream Communications, Inc. (www.worldstream.com) today named Tom Haug senior vice president of engineering and operations.

In his new role Haug will oversee WorldStream's product development, Q/A and networking groups.

"WorldStream has taken its proprietary software and built a hosted service delivery platform aimed squarely at the enterprise, now ripe to fully take advantage of streaming-related applications for corporate use," says WorldStream CEO Bill Malloy. "Tom's experience managing operations and delivering enterprise-class services is second to none and firmly positions us to take full advantage of this market potential," continued Malloy.

Previously, Haug was vice president, engineering and operations at Seattle-based FizzyLab Corporation, an Internet infrastructure company. While there, Haug oversaw the development of a hosted, artificial intelligence-based merchandising and contextual selling engine for large content and commerce sites.

From July 1997 through January 2000, Haug was vice president, engineering and CTO at DigitalXpress, LLC, a broadband satellite services provider spun off by Boeing Commercial Space Company. While there he was responsible for technical vision and development of the company's operational and service platform and delivery of the first U.S-based, direct-to-home digital broadcast satellite technology.

Prior to that, Haug was chief architect, DigitalXpress program at Boeing Commerce Space Company from 1994 through 1997, where he was a key member of the business development team that created the service concept and business plan for DigitalXpress.

Earlier in his career Haug held various assignments in research and engineering development spending a number of years in the Applied Research and Technology Group within Boeing's Shared Services division. While there he specialized in the development of networking and communications technologies deployed by Boeing Enterprise Network.

Haug holds a BSEE, 1978 from Southern Illinois University.

About WorldStream

Founded in 1998, WorldStream Communications, Inc. provides interactive communication services that let businesses create and deliver meetings, presentations, training and other events to the desktop. WorldStream combines streaming video and audio with the interactivity of PowerPoint(R) slides, group and private text-based chat, email, links, Q/A, and polling -- with extensive real time reporting that tracks user participation, email addresses, feedback, questions asked, quiz and poll results, and more. WorldStream is a privately held company with investors including Crosspoint Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and the company's founder, technology visionary and Sierra Online founder Ken Williams. For more information visit www.worldstream.com.