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NETLI APPOINTS GARY MESSIANA AS
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Industry Veteran to Lead Company's Rapid Growth and Expansion
PALO ALTO, Calif.—May 12, 2004—Netli, the first service provider to deliver a business-quality Internet, today announced that Gary Messiana, former vice president of worldwide field operations, was named president and chief executive officer. Mr. Messiana brings extensive sales and executive management experience to Netli from over two decades of leading high-growth organizations. He will drive Netli's aggressive plans to lead the market in application delivery - a market opportunity estimated at $1.8 billion this year by Forrester Research.
"Gary has demonstrated a powerful combination of sales, marketing and operations management since joining Netli last year," said Dr. Michael Kharitonov, chairman and founder of Netli. "With Gary's leadership, Netli's unique solution, and its increasing base of Fortune 100 customers, our company is well-positioned for significant growth and industry leadership in the application delivery market. I'm looking forward to working with Gary and his team to achieve Netli's success and raise the company to the next level"
Prior to joining Netli in 2003, Mr. Messiana served as CEO of Diligent Software, which was acquired by B2eMarkets. Prior to that, he served as vice president of sales at diCarta, responsible for growing the company from a start-up to the leading provider of Contract Management Software. Additionally, Mr. Messiana held senior management positions at CrossWorlds Software, Sequent, Triathon, Inference Corporation and Brightware.
"We are delighted to have someone of Gary's caliber complete our management team. In his short time with the company we have witnessed Gary's impressive level of leadership, sales and operations skills and observed the dramatic impact he has had on the company," said David Cowan, general partner of Bessemer Venture Partners and a Netli director. I am excited to see Gary lead the Netli team to the next level of success."
About Netli
Netli is the first service provider to deliver a business-quality Internet. Netli addresses the limitations of the Internet and enables customers to transparently extend the reach of their Web-enabled enterprises without distributing complex applications or paying for costly additional infrastructure. The Netli One platform is a global Application Delivery Network (ADN) that supports the consolidation of data centers while delivering global LAN-like response times, improved visibility and control of applications delivered over the Internet. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Netli serves the world's largest and most successful companies. For more information visit www.netli.com or call 1-866-26-NETLI.
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