NetCurrents (fka NTCS)

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NetCurrents Opens Three Regional Sales Offices in U.S. and Canada
Appoints Regional Directors
Field Sales Force Increased To Twelve Located In Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, New York, Toronto
BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000-- NetCurrents Inc. (Nasdaq:NTCS - news), ``The Premier Internet Intelligence Agency,'' today announced it has established regional sales offices in San Francisco, Cincinnati and Toronto to oversee all sales activities throughout the United States and Canada.

According to the announcement by NetCurrents Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Irwin Meyer, the company has appointed an experienced sales executive to fill the position of regional sales director in each of the three regional offices who will oversee all sales personnel in their respective geographic territories.

Each of the regional sales directors will report to NetCurrents Vice President of Sales Rebecca Callahan. NetCurrents has expanded its field sales force to 12 sales personnel reporting to their respective regional sales directors and operating out of Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Toronto.

``The creation of a regional sales organization is an important step in the expansion of our sales coverage in the U.S. and Canada,'' Meyer said. ``The addition of these three experienced sales executives with proven track records to fill the vital roles of Regional Sales Directors positions us to further expand and manage our sales team to take maximum advantage of the increasing interest and demand for our services.''

Western Region

Filling the post of Western Regional Sales Director is Susan J. Johnson who is located in San Francisco and responsible for the 11 western states and western Canada. Johnson brings to NetCurrents more than 9 years of sales and sales management accomplishment with her most recent position being regional sales manager for the Advanced Wireless Integration Group of Paging Networks Inc. (PageNet) of San Francisco. As regional sales manager, her responsibilities included consulting with Fortune 1000 companies to create customized software applications for wireless communications. Prior to being promoted to that position, she was general sales manager for PageNet where her major accounts were SONY, Wells Fargo, Robert Half International and Excite, the largest sale in the history of PageNet of San Francisco.

Johnson was also national accounts manager in the National Accounts Division of PageNet, where she managed the national coordination of Fortune 500 companies in the western region of the United States.

Central Region

Harry W. Rolfes joins NetCurrents as Central Regional Sales Director located in Cincinnati where he will be responsible for managing the sales organization that covers the 20 states of the central region.

Rolfes joins NetCurrents having more than 23 years of successful sales and sales management experience with companies ranging from Xerox Corporation to Sungard Recovery Services, a leading provider of comprehensive computer disaster recovery systems. At Xerox Rolfes served as a marketing executive and at Sunguard he spent 11 years as director of sales responsible for managing a multi-state territory. He qualified for the company's quota club eight out of nine years and he was the number one sales representative in the company for two consecutive years. While at Sunguard, Rolfes was responsible for bringing in such accounts as the State of Ohio, Banc One, Western-Southern Life, Nationwide Insurance and Key Bank.

Eastern Region

Ken Mair has been hired by NetCurrents to fill the position of Eastern Regional Sales Director in Toronto where he is responsible for managing the sales organization that covers 17 eastern states in the U.S. and the eastern provinces of Canada.

Mair joins NetCurrents having spent the last 12 years in various sales and marketing positions with Data General Corporation in Canada. His experience at Data General included managing the National Channel, serving as District Sales Manager-Eastern Commercial Sales and director of marketing. He has extensive experience in direct sales, channel sales management, and managing engineering and marketing personnel. At Data General he was responsible for winning such major clients as Harvard University, University of North Carolina, Montreal Trust, Ministry of Health, IKON Office Products, JD Edwards and Deloitte and Touche.

About NetCurrents Inc.

NetCurrents, ``The Premier Internet Intelligence Agency,'' analyzes communications from more than 50,000 targeted Internet locations in real-time. The company provides clients with critical information and counsel to protect their corporate image, measure consumers' perceptions, and counter misinformation on the Internet. Due to the sensitivity of businesses that require this type of technology and analysis, the confidentiality of NetCurrents' clients is assured. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.netcurrents.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 37A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including the company's ability to continue to successfully market and provide services and maintain its effectiveness, general economic conditions and other risks that are discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commissions (including the company's Annual Report on Form 10K-SB. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.)


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