VizSeek Names Brian P. Phillips CEO

"Shape Search Engine" Taps Seasoned Technology Executive To
Support Company Expansion
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
VizSeek(R), a shape search engine that allows people to search
using drawings and diagrams, today announced the appointment of Brian
P. Phillips to the position of chief executive officer. The addition
of Mr. Phillips to the VizSeek management team will help the company
meet the growing demand for its shape-based search engine technology
and extend it to solve more business problems. As CEO, Mr. Phillips
will oversee all company operations and lead key business development
initiatives. He joins VizSeek from Zurich Ventures, where he was
founder, managing partner and interim CEO.

"Brian significantly strengthens our management team, with his
technology industry expertise and his proven track record of leading
early-stage companies," said Nainesh Rathod, chairman of VizSeek.
"We're at a pivotal stage of expansion and know that Brian's support
will prove invaluable as we look to fulfill an increasing demand for
shape-based search solutions worldwide."

At Zurich Ventures, Mr. Phillips served as business consultant for
numerous early-stage technology companies. Before founding Zurich
Ventures, Mr. Phillips was CEO and president of Tonic Software, a top
B2B management software provider acquired by Symantec. Previously he
held top sales and business development management positions with IBM
Tivoli Systems, a leading provider of enterprise network and systems
management software; and Teubner, a global leader in mainframe
connectivity solutions. Mr. Phillips also founded two other successful
start-up companies and served as a management consultant with Ernst &
Young.

"Imagine the kind of innovation possible when people can describe
the shape of their ideas to millions of others by using the electronic
equivalent of gestures or scribbling on the back of a cocktail
napkin," said Mr. Phillips. "VizSeek is where creativity meets
precision. I look forward to working with the VizSeek team to bring
the benefits of shape search to all kinds of people."

Search engines have revolutionized how people and businesses find
and use information. But whole sectors of the global economy - from
mechanical engineers and biochemists to architects and individual
inventors - lack technologies that can search on shapes, which is an
integral part of how these sectors use and store information.

Unlike traditional search engines, which use text or pixels in
photos to find matches among shapes, VizSeek can search for shapes by
using drawings to achieve more precise results. The VizSeek search
engine works with everything from simple 2-D drawings to more complex
3-D renderings - even delivering matches when only a single angle of
the diagram is provided. For example, a mechanical engineer could use
VizSeek to locate component parts for a new product that he is
designing. Or a multimedia artist could use VizSeek to search for
designs available in the public domain.

For more information on VizSeek, visit www.vizseek.com.

About VizSeek

VizSeek is the leading provider of shape-based search technology.
The company's mission is to allow the world's visual information to be
found using shapes, diagrams and drawings. VizSeek solutions are
currently used by top government agencies and industrial leaders. The
privately held company is headquartered in New York City with a
development center at the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette,
Indiana. More information on VizSeek and its products is available at
www.vizseek.com.

VizSeek is a registered trademark of Imaginestics, LLC (DBA
VizSeek). All other company and product names mentioned are used only
for identification and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.

for VizSeek
Karl Scholz, 512-493-0909
karl.scholz@virtualprdirector.com

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