Announcement

ICN Hosts Member Forum

Palo Alto, CA, July 22, 2003 - The Interim CEO Network held its Member Forum at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto, California. These quarterly face-to-face events are designed for Member networking and professional development.

Paul Crisci, Managing Director, Broadview International, spoke on trends in software mergers and acquisitions. Paul is a member of Broadview International's Software, Services & Media global practice group, and head of the firm's Silicon Valley office. He has a total of 17 years of operating and investment banking experience. With significant expertise in enterprise software, Paul has advised on more than 40 transactions. Among clients Paul has advised are SupplyBase in its $390 million sale to i2 Technologies, Rubric in its $330 million sale to Broadbase Software, Amplitude Software in its $225 million sale to Critical Path and Bluegill Technologies in its $286 million sale to Checkfree. Prior to joining Broadview International in 1994, he held various marketing management positions with Silicon Graphics. Earlier, Paul was in sales and marketing at IBM. He holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a BS degree from the University of Maryland.