aQuantive Appoints Two New Vice Presidents

  
    
  
  
    
      Seattle-based aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQNT), today announced Tom Woods 
      has joined the company as vice president of business planning and 
      analysis; and Tom Phillips has joined as vice president of 
      communications. aQuantive is a global digital marketing company that 
      helps marketers acquire, retain and grow customers across all digital 
      media through its three distinct business units, including Avenue A | 
      Razorfish, Atlas and DRIVEpm.
    
    
      “We're delighted to have Tom Woods and Tom 
      Phillips joining our team during this time of tremendous change and 
      growth – both for the company and in the 
      digital marketing industry as a whole,” said 
      Brian McAndrews, president and CEO of aQuantive. “We’re 
      looking forward to leveraging their strategic acumen and experience to 
      help build on the momentum we’re seeing across 
      all areas of our business.”
    
    
      Based in aQuantive’s corporate headquarters in 
      Seattle, Woods will oversee revenue accounting, accounts receivable, 
      credit/collections, budgeting and long-range financial planning. In 
      addition, he will be responsible for performing the financial analysis 
      of potential future acquisitions the company might be involved in. He 
      most recently served for five years as first vice president of home 
      loans financial planning and analysis for Washington Mutual. Woods has 
      more than 20 years experience managing the strategic and business 
      planning, performance measurement, and financial planning and analysis 
      for major institutions, including six years management consulting 
      experience as director of CRM strategy and financial services for KPMG 
      Consulting.
    
    
      Phillips will be responsible for directing strategy and implementation 
      of aQuantive’s external and internal 
      communications programs. He will work with executives in each of 
      aQuantive’s operating units out of the 
      corporate headquarters to develop and implement communications 
      strategies designed to help attract new clients and employees to the 
      fast-growing family of digital marketing companies. Phillips has 25 
      years of progressive public relations experience, including strategic 
      planning, issues management, media relations, constituent 
      communications, public affairs and crisis communications.
    
    
      Prior to joining aQuantive, Phillips spent seven years with DDB Seattle, 
      where he served as managing partner of the company’s 
      public relations business unit. DDB is part of the Omnicom group of 
      companies (NYSE:OMC). Before that, Phillips co-founded and served as a 
      principal in DeLaunay/Phillips, Inc., one of the Pacific Northwest’s 
      fastest growing and most successful public relations firms in the 90’s.
    
    
      About aQuantive
    
    
      aQuantive, Inc. is a global digital marketing company founded in 1997 to 
      help marketers acquire, retain and grow customers across all digital 
      media. It is the parent company of Avenue A / Razorfish, the largest 
      interactive agency in the U.S., and five international agencies, DNA, 
      Amnesia, NEUE DIGITALE, e-Crusade and Duke; Atlas, provider of 
      integrated digital marketing technologies and expertise; and DRIVEpm and 
      Franchise Gator, performance media and behavioral targeting businesses. 
      Through its business units, aQuantive is positioned to bring value to 
      any interaction in the digital marketplace. Its stock (ticker symbol: 
      AQNT) is listed on the NASDAQ exchange. aQuantive's website address is www.aquantive.com.