Nstein welcomes two new key players in its team

2004-01-27

The company appoints Mario Lapointe as VP Sales and Jacques Dufort as VP Business Development

Montreal, January 27, 2004 - Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:EIN), the leader in software solutions for managing and retrieving unstructured information, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mario Lapointe as Vice President, Sales and Mr. Jacques Dufort as Vice President, Business Development.

Mario Lapointe brings over 15 years of experience in the Information Technology industry and a vast knowledge of business-critical enterprise solutions such as ERP, CRM, Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence and Corporate Portals. Mr. Lapointe has an award-winning track record of International business development at Digital Equipment Corporation, JD Edwards and SAP. More recently, Mr. Lapointe has lead the early strategic development of Alis Technologies as WW VP Sales & Marketing and co-founded ML3 as President & CEO, a fast-growing consulting firm in Canada.

Jacques Dufort has been working in various business development positions in the technology industry and other sectors for the past 18 years. Mr. Dufort brings a breath of experience and superior insight in product development, strategic partnerships and marketing. Among his accomplishments, Mr. Dufort has been VP Strategic Alliance and Business Development at BCE Emergis Inc., a premier eCommerce service provider and Business Unit Manager at Andromed Inc., a market leader in medical technologies.

"Nstein is pleased to welcome two seasoned and reputable business executives to its team. In continuity with the recent appointment of Denis Lavallée as VP Business Development in New York, we trust that we have assembled a team of industry veterans who bridge the gap between our customers" critical business drivers and Nstein's innovative technology solutions." says Mario Girard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nstein.

He adds: "As witnessed by our recent agreement with Health Canada for developing its Early Warning System platform (EWS), a primordial source of information for the World Health Organization, Nstein is not only pursuing its initiatives within the e-publishing market but also leveraging its technology to develop innovative solutions in Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management.

About Nstein Technologies 

Nstein Technologies develops and markets innovative and industry-proven content management indexing and concept extraction technology solutions that generate superior business intelligence and enable information-intensive organizations to discover new business opportunities as well as increase productivity, solve mission-critical business problems and secure competitive advantages. Nstein's technology solutions leverage the value of unstructured information and create knowledge capital for customers within the e-publishing, financial, legal, government and homeland security markets. Nstein is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with sales offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston and Philadelphia. Nstein is a public company listed on the TSX Canadian Venture Exchange (EIN). For more information please visit our Web site at: www.nstein.com.

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