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MEDIAWHIZ ANNOUNCES KEY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
Industry Leading Talent Boasts Dedicated Experience and Top Notch Expertise

New York, NY, May 9, 2008: MediaWhiz (http://www.mediawhiz.com), a leading results-driven online advertising company offering Lead Generation, Email Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Display Advertising, and Search Marketing services, announced today a number of strategic senior appointments at their New York, Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale offices.

The strategic hires bring a wide range of expertise to MediaWhiz and will help the company provide superior services for clients moving forward. "We’re very excited to welcome these talented individuals to the MediaWhiz team," said Jonathan Shapiro, CEO of MediaWhiz. "The deep knowledge, leadership, and experience these appointments bring to MediaWhiz enhance our ability to deliver for our clients. As we drive innovation and highly successful client engagements across our full suite of services, we will continue to grow and seek out the best talent in the industry."

"We’re very excited to welcome these talented individuals to the MediaWhiz team," said Jonathan Shapiro, CEO of MediaWhiz. "The deep knowledge, leadership, and experience these appointments bring to MediaWhiz enhance our ability to deliver for our clients. As we drive innovation and highly successful client engagements across our full suite of services, we will continue to grow and seek out the best talent in the industry."

MediaWhiz welcomes the following new team members:

Randy Bourgeois joins the MediaWhiz Atlanta office as General Manager of LeadVIP, MediaWhiz’s Premium Lead Marketplace. With over 10 years of experience in the lead generation industry Bourgeois is responsible for managing the development of LeadVIP. Prior to MediaWhiz, Bourgeois was Director of Client Management for Lending Tree. Before joining Lending Tree, he was the Director of Sales for Root Exchange, a provider of end-to-end lead management solutions for lenders and brokers.

Brett House has taken the role of Director of Marketing and PR at MediaWhiz based out of their New York headquarters. House brings over seven years of online advertising sales and marketing experience to MediaWhiz where he is responsible for the company’s marketing strategy development and implementation throughout North America, including brand, PR, analyst relations, events, and web marketing. Prior to MediaWhiz, House was Director of Marketing for Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation/Unicast, a leading provider of Rich Media advertising.

Kelly King joins MediaWhiz as National Sales Manager. In this role, King will work directly with brands and agencies, leading sales efforts in North America. Prior to joining MediaWhiz, King spent four years as the Vice President of Direct Sales for Aptimus, a digital media solutions provider.

Fred Lu joins MediaWhiz as the Tech Lead for PubPal and ShoppingsAds. Prior to joining MediaWhiz, Lu was the Product Strategy Manager for RightMedia, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2007, and helped to lead the integration of the two companies.

Raj Parekh joins MediaWhiz as General Manager of LeadROI, a MediaWhiz Leads offering. Parekh founded LeadROI, a provider of lead management and customer relationship management for mortgage and financial services companies, in 2004. Offering one of the most successful lead management systems on the market, LeadROI was acquired by MediaWhiz in April 2008.

Swetal Patel joins MediaWhiz as Director of Advertiser Services, responsible for managing major advertiser account relationships. Prior to MediaWhiz, Patel spent five years with Be Free/Commission Junction, an Affiliate Marketing, Online Marketing, and Search Engine Marketing company.

Robert Vanselow joins the MediaWhiz Ft. Lauderdale office as General Manager of MediaWhiz Email. Before joining MediaWhiz, Vanselow was at Vayan Marketing Group, an email marketing company, where he managed the company’s sales and marketing strategies. Prior to Vayan Marketing Group, Vanselow launched Prospect Data, a marketing research company that generated leads for financial industries, and assisted with integration when the company was purchased by Eagle Publishing.

About MediaWhiz

Founded in 2001, MediaWhiz has grown steadily to become a leader in the online advertising space. MediaWhiz provides its clients with five results-driven online advertising services: Lead Generation, Email Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Display Advertising, and Search Marketing. Over 3,000 advertisers across dozens of verticals leverage the innovative solutions and online advertising expertise of MediaWhiz to improve their online advertising results. The MediaWhiz advertising network consists of over 30,000 top online publishers, who leverage MediaWhiz to maximize the profitability of their Web traffic.

MediaWhiz has approximately 140 employees between offices in New York (corporate headquarters), Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale.

Learn more at http://www.mediawhiz.com, or call 888-866-WHIZ.