Message Systems Bolsters US Sales Team With Mike Petonic

COLUMBIA, MD, Feb 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
Email solutions provider Message Systems announced today that software industry
veteran Mike Petonic has joined its sales team as Director of Sales, US West,
and Kim Matz has been promoted to Director of Sales, US East.

Petonic brings more than 18 years of software industry experience to Message
Systems, most recently with StrongMail Systems, where he consistently
achieved over-quota sales to close 35 new accounts -- including Intuit,
WebEx, Federated Department Stores, MotleyFool and Coldwater Creek, plus many
Web 2.0 companies -- in 27 months. He began his career as a software engineer
before moving into sales.

"Mike has an innate understanding of both the technical and business drivers
facing the email industry," said Barry Abel, Message Systems' vice president
of Field Operations. "He is a focused hunter who can also manage strategic
purchasing cycles at the executive level. Attracting the caliper of talent that
Mike represents is further testament to Message Systems' leadership position in
the email industry and we're thrilled to welcome him to our sales team."

"During her career with Message Systems, Kim Matz has proven her sales
acumen
again and again," said Abel. "Her industry knowledge and management capability
makes
her well suited for her new position as Director of Sales, US East, where she'll
be responsible continuing our penetration into the region and managing our
growing US East sales team."

About Message Systems

Founded in 1997, Message Systems is a worldwide provider of email software
solutions and services for email service providers (ESPs), Internet
serviceproviders (ISPs) and large enterprises that need to manage the delivery
of
large amounts of business-critical email. Through a combination of
technology, partnerships and intellectual capital, Message Systems offers
afamily of software solutions and services that address the email infrastructure
and deliverability needs for organizations ranging from regional businesses to
the Global 2000. With the most powerful Message Transfer Agent (MTA) on the
market supporting more than 100,000 concurrent connections per server, Message
Systems gets millions of unique messages to the right place at the right
time. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Message Systems has a network of
channel
partners in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, go to
http://www.messagesystems.com.

Contact:
Marcy Theobald
Carabiner Communications
678-860-3639
mtheobald@carabinerpr.com

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