Mohan Gyani, Former President and CEO of At&T Wireless Mobility Group, Joins E.piphany Board of Directors

Mohan Gyani, Former President and CEO of At&T Wireless Mobility Group, Joins
E.piphany Board of Directors 


SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E.piphany, Inc. , a
full-suite provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, today
announced that Mohan Gyani, former president and chief executive officer of AT&T
Wireless Mobility Group, has been appointed to E.piphany's board of directors.
Mr. Gyani's appointment brings the total number of board members to seven,
including Fred Anderson, executive vice president and chief financial officer of
Apple Computer, Paul Hazen, chairman of Accel-KKR and former chairman and chief
executive officer of Wells Fargo, Bob Joss, dean of the Stanford University
Graduate School of Business, Doug Mackenzie, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers, Karen Richardson, chief executive officer of E.piphany, and Roger
Siboni, chairman of the board and former chief executive officer of E.piphany.

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"Mohan Gyani is one of the most respected veterans of the telecommunications
industry," said Ms. Richardson. "His vast knowledge of not only that industry,
but of the challenges that all businesses face in communicating and interacting
with millions of consumers on a daily basis, fits perfectly with the mission of
E.piphany. Our customers face dynamic challenges dealing with rapidly changing
market conditions and customer demands. Our challenge as a CRM software provider
is to help them meet those challenges. We are very excited to have Mohan on our
board to help guide us in those efforts."

"In my career, I have tried to lead my businesses into the future by
anticipating the needs of our customers, and working to ensure that we were
prepared to handle those changing needs," said Mr. Gyani. "At E.piphany, I see a
company that has a clear vision for the future of CRM, and a path for executing
on that vision, to be a leader for years to come. I am proud to join the
company's board of directors at a time when I believe the CRM market is
undergoing a major shift in both technology and business vision. E.piphany is
delivering a CRM product that shares a vision of customer interaction that I
have long held, and I look forward to working with the management team to make
that vision a reality."

Mohan Gyani is a telecom and wireless industry veteran who currently serves as
senior advisor to the chairman and chief executive of AT&T Wireless Group. He
was most recently president and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless
Mobility Group, leading the company's domestic voice and data mobility
businesses, focusing on completing the expansion of the company's footprint
across the U.S. He has played key roles in the $1.6 billion IPO of AirTouch in
1993 and the $10.6 billion IPO of AT&T Wireless in 2000. Following the merger of
Vodafone and AirTouch, Mr. Gyani served as the head of Strategy and Corporate
Development and as a member of the Board of Directors of Vodafone AirTouch PLC.
Prior to the merger, Mr. Gyani was executive vice president and chief financial
officer of AirTouch Communications. As executive vice president and chief
financial officer of AirTouch, Mr. Gyani was a key leader in the $120 billion
merger of AirTouch and Vodafone and the subsequent $70 billion joint venture
with Bell Atlantic. Prior to the merger, Mr. Gyani played a major operational
and strategic role in the company's growth from its IPO to a $70 billion global
company in five years. He serves as a member of the boards of directors of the
GSM Association, IDEA Cellular and Keynote Systems, Inc. and was formerly member
of the board of directors of CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications and Internet
Association). Mr. Gyani was born in India and grew up in several countries
before settling in San Francisco in 1970. He earned his B.A. in 1972 in Finance,
graduating summa cum laude, and his MBA in 1978 in Finance from San Francisco
State University.

About E.piphany

The E.piphany(R) E.6(TM) CRM software suite enables global organizations to
align touchpoints, processes and technologies around the customer. Built on the
industry's most advanced, service-oriented architecture, the E.piphany 6.5
software solution creates benefits that cross departments and geographies, and
result in rapid, measurable ROI. With the E.piphany 6.5 suite of Marketing,
Sales and Service software solutions, every customer interaction is driven by
real-time intelligence, enabling businesses to better understand their customers
and optimize every interaction from both a revenue generation and customer
retention viewpoint. More than 460 companies, including nearly 40 of the Fortune
100, use E.piphany software products to enhance their customers' experiences
while, at the same time, realizing the companies' business objectives. With
worldwide headquarters in San Mateo, CA, E.piphany serves customers in more than
40 countries worldwide. For more information, visit us at
http://www.epiphany.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to E.piphany's
vision, execution and CRM product set. Actual results could differ materially
from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements include the degree of
interest in and acceptance of E.piphany's new products, increases in the length
of E.piphany's sales cycles, reduced IT spending by customers and potential
customers, the introduction of new products and services by competitors and
intense competition generally, our ability to hire and retain qualified
personnel, and general and industry-specific economic conditions. These factors
and others are described in more detail in our public reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as those discussed in the "Risk
Factors" section included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q and in our prior press releases. E.piphany assumes no duty to
update forward-looking statements.

NOTE:  E.piphany and the E.piphany logo are registered trademarks and E6 is a
trademark of E.piphany, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. 

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