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MetaLINCS Appoints Industry Veterans in Key Positions to Grow E-Discovery Software Market
New CTO and VP of Sales Join Silicon Valley E-Discovery Software Pioneer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,—July 25, 2005—MetaLINCS™, a pioneer in Electronic Discovery software, today announced that Chuck Williams has joined MetaLINCS as chief technology officer and Mary Kay Roberto has joined the company as vice president of sales. MetaLINCS will draw upon Williams' entrepreneurial experience gained from founding and senior leadership roles in three highly successful technology startups and Roberto's proven sales and sales management track record, including recent success with email archiving solutions. Williams will be responsible for the expansion and further innovation of MetaLINCS' technology and Roberto will develop the company's distribution channel to expand its growing customer portfolio.

"The addition of Chuck Williams and Mary Kay Roberto adds strategic skill sets to our existing management team," said Ramon Nuñez, chief executive officer of MetaLINCS. "Chuck and Mary Kay bring extensive knowledge and experience building successful companies and directly relevant domain expertise to continue to expand our customer base and develop new technology solutions in the emerging E-Discovery software market.

"MetaLINCS has a unique opportunity to offer commercial software as a solution for Electronic Discovery, which has traditionally been conducted by using expensive labor-intensive services," said Richard Ling, general partner at Rembrandt Venture Partners and chairman of the board of MetaLINCS. "The company's E-Message Analysis software is a breakthrough. The addition of Chuck Williams and Mary Kay Roberto further strengthens the leadership team needed to fully take advantage of the tremendous opportunity to create the leading software company in the emerging E-Discovery market."

Williams is uniquely qualified to steer the expansion of MetaLINCS' innovative technology, having founded two market-leading companies and led a third. Most recently, Williams was president of InQuira, a market and technology leader in the natural language search and self-service space. Williams was founder and CEO of Brightware where he created the first eCRM packaged offering, pioneered web self-service and led the company to market leadership in email customer service. He was founder, EVP and CTO of Inference, where he created the first commercial artificial intelligence products and brought the first customer service problem resolution application to market, culminating in a successful IPO. He received an M.S. in information and computer science from the University of California at Irvine and a B.S. in computer science from the University of Southern California.

Mary Kay Roberto is an experienced sales executive, expert at bringing new products to market, as well as growing technical services and sales organizations. Most recently, as SVP and GM, she led the KVS North American operations, managing growth from inception with four employees achieving at least 150% growth every year. Prior to KVS, she was Sales Director for Forte Software where she successfully built a regional sales infrastructure and significantly exceeded quota during her three-year tenure. Roberto was a Regional Vice President at Brightware/Inference where she helped build their new business segment from inception to a multi-million dollar business. She grew her team from two to 35 salespeople and consultants. Earlier in her career, Roberto held sales and sales management positions at Computer Associates. She received her B.A. in mathematics from Augustana College.

The current MetaLINCS management team consists of accomplished business executives, successful entrepreneurs, technology innovators, and veteran marketing professionals.

Ramon A. Nuñez – Chief Executive Officer
Ramon Nuñez is an experienced executive with a successful 25-year career in the software, electronic design

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