Advant-e Corporation Announces Promotion of James Lesch to CFO and Appointment to Board of Directors

Advant-e Corporation Announces Promotion of James Lesch to CFO
and Appointment to Board of Directors 


DAYTON, Ohio, April 25  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation
(OTC:AVEE) (BULLETIN BOARD: AVEE) , a provider of Internet-based
business-to-business electronic commerce services, today announced that James
E. Lesch was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and was appointed to the
Company's Board of Directors.  In his new position as CFO Mr. Lesch will be
responsible for financial reporting, internal accounting controls, financial
planning, budgeting, and human relations.

Mr. Lesch joined Edict Systems, the wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary
of Advant-e, in 1997 with over 25 years of business experience in accounting
and finance.  Mr. Lesch has been previously employed as a Certified Public
Accountant with Deloitte & Touche, a Controller for a publicly owned
construction and development company, and as a financial and accounting manager
with several other public and privately owned companies.  Mr. Lesch also served
as an accounting instructor at the Mansfield campus of The Ohio State
University.

Commenting on the promotion of Mr. Lesch, Jason Wadzinski, CEO of Advant-e
stated, "Jim has been a key member of our management team since he joined Edict
Systems 1997.  When we became a public company, Jim's experience as an auditor
and his positions with other public companies allowed us to make the transition
to being public relatively easy.  Jim has been a valuable member of the Edict
management team and is an outstanding choice as CFO of Advant-e and as a member
of our board."

Mr. Lesch holds an MBA degree from Ohio State University and a BS degree from
Bowling Green State University.

About Advant-e Corporation

Advant-e, via its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary Edict Systems,
Inc., is a provider of Business-to-Business electronic commerce software and
Internet-based applications specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
and XML-based solutions for recurring transactions. Advant-e specializes in
horizontal transaction services via EnterpriseEC(R), an Internet-based
Electronic Business Transaction Network, and within specific vertical
industries via web-based solutions including http://www.groceryec.com/ ,
http://www.retailec.com/ , http://www.cpgsupplier.com/ , http://www.mfgec.com/
, and http://www.webedi.com/ . Additional information about Advant-e
Corporation can be found at http://www.advant-e.com/ and
http://www.edictsystems.com/ or by contacting investor relations at (937)
429-4288. The company's email is .

The information in this news release includes certain forward looking
statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to
have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties,
including statements to the future financial performance of the company.
Although the company believes that the expectations reflected on its forward
looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations or any or its forward looking statements will prove to be correct.
Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to,
successful performance of internal plans, product development and

acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic
risks and uncertainties. 

DATASOURCE: Advant-e Corporation



CONTACT:  Investor Relations of Advant-e Corporation, [phone],

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Web site:  http://www.advant-e.com/

http://www.edictsystems.com/

http://www.groceryec.com/

http://www.retailec.com/

http://www.cpgsupplier.com/

http://www.mfgec.com/

http://www.webedi.com/ 

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