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Rick Gustafson to oversee Financial Strategy and Business Operations, Shirley Foster to Lead Product Development and Sam Weber to Head Expanded Client Services Organization San Mateo, Calif., September 4, 2008 - Genius.com Incorporated® , the leading on-demand provider of B-to-B marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, today announced the expansion of its management team with the appointment of three veteran SaaS executives. Rick Gustafson, previously with Ketera, will head financial strategy and business operations; Shirley Foster, previously with Buzzsaw.com, will oversee all aspects of IT, engineering and product development; and Sam Weber, formerly of KnowNow and e.Piphany, will lead Client Services ( See separate release ); These executives are key to achieving the rapid growth strategy of Genius.com, which has doubled its customer base in the past year to more than 500 customers with over 35,000 users in 160 countries. "Following an impressive 12-month period of growth, Chief Financial Officer Gustafson brings over 20 years of financial management and leadership experience guiding emerging growth technology companies through key growth and transition stages. Prior to his appointment at Genius, he was the CFO of Ketera Technologies, a pioneer in the B-to-B SaaS market, where he co-led the successful transition of the company to a pure subscription-based on-demand model. During the years, Rick has helped guide more than a dozen emerging growth venture-backed technology companies. Earlier in his career, he held financial management roles at IBM and Ernst & Young. Shirley Foster, Vice President of Engineering and Operations Foster has established an impressive track record, building high-growth, results-oriented engineering organizations. Previously, she directed all product development efforts for Tablus, a data loss prevention service provider, with such world-class customers as Wal-Mart, AT&T and Microsoft. While there, she formalized the product development process to double its scale
