answerthink Expands San Francisco Office With Four Senior Industry Executives.

Business & High-Tech Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000

answerthink, inc. (Nasdaq: ANSR), a leading eBusiness services company, announced today the hire of four senior executives who will manage the rapid expansion of the Company's San Francisco office. The Bay Area office specializes in interactive marketing and Web development for local, national and international clients.

David Stevenson joins as executive creative director. Susan MacKay joins as director of business services. Christine Schultz joins as the engagement leader for large client projects. Raquel Skidmore joins as executive producer.

"These four outstanding senior executives bring the management and technical expertise necessary for us to continue to meet increasing client demands in the Bay Area, as well as globally," said Randy Shumway, managing director at answerthink.

Before joining answerthink, Stevenson was vice president, group creative director at Highway One. He has held executive positions at McCann-Erickson, Grey Advertising, Backer Spielvogel Bates, Ted Bates and Pentagram Studies. Stevenson currently teaches at the Academy of Art College, with six years experience teaching at the Portfolio Center and Creative Circus. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the entire creative service group, including design, content, and user-experience architecture.

"I came to answerthink for the opportunity to grow the business, to do truly progressive work, and to be a pioneer in defining how consumers and brands embrace new technologies," said Stevenson.

Before joining answerthink, MacKay was a co-founder of Mainstreet USA, an online shopping portal. Previously, she held key management positions at Safeway where she initiated and headed up the company's entry into on-line commerce and ran highly successful large-scale re-engineering projects. MacKay has also worked at Gemini Consulting, Kraft, and HBO. Susan holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern. At answerthink, her new role includes running the business services practice based in the San Francisco office, in addition to overseeing the marketing of the company in the Bay Area.

At Jupiter Communications, Schultz was responsible for the creation and implementation of the company's internet strategy. Once employed by THINK New Ideas, the interactive marketing firm that merged with answerthink, inc. in July of 1999, Schultz served as vice president of production and creative services in the Company's New York office. She has also worked for Modem Media, DiMassimo, Frankfurt Balkind Partners and MTV. At answerthink, she will serve as a director, responsible for leading large client engagements.

At Digitas, Skidmore was responsible for the development of the company's Bay Area production discipline. Prior to that, she spent seven years as the director of new media, advertising and design for the National Football League (NFL). During Skidmore's tenure at the NFL she helped lead the successful launch of NFL.com and the complete integration of all their online initiatives. Skidmore has also held executive positions at Regis McKenna and Design Group 401. At answerthink, she will be responsible for leading the production group.

About answerthink, inc.

answerthink, inc. (www.answerthink.com) provides comprehensive eBusiness strategy, marketing and technology-enabled solutions focused on the emerging Internet-driven marketplace. As an eBusiness leader, the Company offers a wide range of integrated solutions, including best practices benchmarking, eBusiness strategy and architecture, branding, interactive marketing, web design and implementation, and technology integration. These solutions span multi-entity functional areas and include supply chain, sales and marketing, customer support, finance, human resources, information technology and procurement as well as a line of business specialty markets such as retail, healthcare and automotive.