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Alan Schoenbart
Vizacom Inc.
P: (201) 928-1001 x 22
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VIZACOM APPOINTS FRANCIS MURPHY
TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, M&A AND INVESTMENT
CONSULTANT SPECIALIZING IN E-VENTURES
TEANECK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 VIZACOM INC. (NASDAQ:VIZY), a
professional solutions organization specializing in e-business strategy, design
and customer relationship management, today announced the appointment of Francis
X. Murphy to its board of directors.
Mr. Murphy brings to Vizacom over fifteen years of executive management and
board experience in the Internet and information technology arena. He founded
and is president of Emerging Technology Ventures, Inc., a finance, merger and
acquisition, and technology consulting firm specializing in promising
e-ventures. Mr. Murphy also is a director of Incsi-Statements.com, Corp.
(NASDAQ:INCSI), a provider of Internet-based and on-site enterprise software and
services for electronic statement presentment. Additionally, Mr. Murphy has held
executive management positions with Advanced Computer Technologies, Inc., a
provider of network integration and application hosting services, and Baxter
International Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of health-care products and
services.
"We look forward to the benefits that Frank's considerable experience in
building technology companies will bring to Vizacom's board and strategies,"
said Marc E. Jaffe, chairman of the Company's board of directors. "His
background facilitating significant M&A and investment activity for Internet
companies holds particular value for Vizacom
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as it seeks to expand its Internet services business geographically through
acquisition and internally through organic growth."
Mr. Francis Murphy was elected by the Company's board to Class I of its
directors, to serve until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be
held in 2003. Additionally, Mr. Murphy was appointed to the audit and
compensation committees of Vizacom's board of directors.
Today, Vizacom also announced that Werner G. Haase has resigned as one of its
directors.
ABOUT VIZACOM INC.
Vizacom is a provider of professional solutions that build the strategy, design,
technology and customer relationship-support and -management systems for
e-businesses. Through its subsidiaries, Vizacom operates nine offices in the
United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Its largest subsidiary, Vizy
Interactive Inc., provides business strategy consulting, creative graphic
design, e-commerce, and systems integration services to the world's leading
companies, including Petrossian Paris, MTV, SoBe Beverage, and Phillips-Van
Heusen (IZOD apparel). Vizacom's multinational, multilingual web-enabled call
center operation, Dialog24, provides web-based customer relationship support and
management solutions to e-businesses. Together, the solutions of Vizy
Interactive and Dialog24 add a new and crucial element--web-based customer
service--to the capabilities typically provided by Internet solutions providers.
Additionally, Vizacom publishes the Harvard Graphics and Serif line of consumer
graphics software products through its SPC and Serif subsidiaries.
SAFE HARBOR
Matters set forth herein may include forward-looking statements involving risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the market acceptance and amount
of sales of the Company's interactive e- commerce services and solutions, and
software and hardware products; the Company's ability to expand into the markets
for Internet-related services, including e-commerce solutions and web- enabled
customer service; the Company's ability to develop, acquire or license
marketable products, services and successful businesses; the Company's ability
to support the growth of its businesses; the Company's ability to integrate or
coordinate the operations of its businesses; the Company's ability to integrate
or coordinate the services provided through its interactive and e- commerce
companies; the Company's ability to hire, train, motivate and retain employees;
the competitive environment within the Company's industries; the Company's
ability to raise additional capital; the success of the Company's
VisualCities.com Internet commerce network; and the extent that the Company's
direct marketing operations achieve satisfactory response rates. Investors are
directed to consider other risks and uncertainties as discussed in documents
filed by the Company with the SEC.
