Actional Appoints Stephen A. Yount Senior Vice President of Sales

Enterprise Software Veteran Brings 20 Years of Experience to Emerging Web Services Leader

Mountain View, Calif. -- August 26, 2002 -- Actional (www.actional.com), an emerging leader in Web services management solutions, today announced it has named Stephen A. Yount senior vice president of worldwide sales. Formerly executive vice president of business development and channel operations for Frontstep, Steve Yount brings more than 20 years of enterprise software sales management and channel development experience to Actional. The newest member of Actionals world-class management team, Yount joins recently appointed CEO Frank Bergandi, former executive vice president of worldwide sales and field operations at TIBCO Software.

Steve has a proven track record in sales management, delivering consistently strong results combined with high customer satisfaction. His skills and experience in enterprise software are essential as we continue to build a successful sales organization at Actional," said Frank Bergandi, CEO of Actional. He is a key addition to our growing management team, as we execute our mission to provide companies with Web services solutions that drive immediate business value."
    
Prior to joining Actional, Steve Yount was executive vice president of business development and channel operations for Frontstep, a leading mid-market player in CRM, ERP and supply chain software, where he was responsible for all direct, reseller, and professional services in the Americas. He was also vice president of sales and services at Neuron Data, a client/server application development software company, where he led the organization to seven consecutive quarters of record revenues. His experience includes senior sales and marketing positions in large organizations such as Legent, Goal Systems, Tyecin, UCCEL and IBM.

About Actional
Actional Corporation is an emerging leader in Web services management solutions. Actional provides enterprise solutions that unlock existing software assets for Web services and manage Web services distribution. Actional is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View California, with offices across the US, Canada and Europe. More than 100 of the Global 2000 including Dresdner Bank, Sabre, Reliant Energy and Swisscom use Actional's products in their mission-critical infrastructure. Actionals strategic partners include Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. For more information see www.actional.com.

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