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Onvia Announces New Board Members
SEATTLE, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seattle-based Onvia , a leading
notification service for government agencies and business suppliers, announced
that it has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors. The
appointments, which are effective March 31, 2004, fill directorships left open
by the resignations of Nancy Schoendorf and Kenneth Fox. The new directors are:
-- James L. Brill has served as Vice President of Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of Diagnostic Products Corporation (NYSE:DP), a
medical diagnostics manufacturer, since July 1999. From August 1998 to
June 1999, Mr. Brill served as Chief Financial Officer of Jafra
Cosmetics International, a cosmetics manufacturer, and Vice President
of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Vertel
Corporation from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Brill holds a Bachelor of Science
from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Business
Administration from UCLA.
-- Roger L. Feldman is a principal of West Creek Capital, an investment
firm he co-founded in 1992. Prior to forming West Creek Capital, Mr.
Feldman was an investment banker and an attorney. Mr. Feldman holds a
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor
degree from Columbia Law School.
"Nancy and Ken represented the original venture capital investors in Onvia,"
said Mike Pickett, Onvia's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
"We benefited a great deal from their guidance over the past 5 years. Our new
Board members bring years of experience and expertise in the fields of finance
and capital development. I appreciate their commitment to Onvia and I look
forward to working with them to help Onvia continue to grow and gain shareholder
equity."
Onvia's Board of Directors now consists of the following individuals:
-- Jeffrey Ballowe, a director of Verticalnet and a member of the advisory
board of Internet Capital Group.
-- James Brill, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of
Diagnostic Products Corporation.
-- Roger Feldman, a principal of West Creek Capital, an investment firm.
-- Mike Pickett, Onvia's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board.
-- Steven Smith, a venture investor and a director of Onvia since
January 2000.
About Onvia
Onvia.com, Inc. helps businesses secure government contracts and government
agencies find suppliers online. Onvia assists businesses in identifying and
responding to bid opportunities from more than 50,000 government purchasing
offices in the federal, state, and local government marketplace. Onvia also
manages the distribution and reporting of requests for proposals and quotes from
more than 430 government agencies nationwide. The size and strength of Onvia's
network allows suppliers and agencies to find better matches quickly, saving
time and money. For more information, contact Onvia.com, Inc.: 1260 Mercer
Street, Seattle, WA 98109. Tel: 206/282-5170, fax: 206/373-8961, visit
http://www.onvia.com/, or email .
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on
management's current expectations or beliefs and involve risks and
uncertainties. Onvia's actual results could differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: Onvia's
failure to successfully integrate new Board members; Board's failure to grow and
gain shareholder equity in the future; and failure of the newly-constituted
Board to work cohesively.
For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer
to Onvia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) including
Onvia's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and
Onvia's Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on May 8, 2003.
DATASOURCE: Onvia
CONTACT: Topher Malarkey of Onvia, +1-206-373-9047
Web site: http://www.onvia.com/