Ken Marshall

Mr. Marshall is an experienced software industry executive and CEO with a significant track record. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Extraprise, Inc., a technology services company specializing in customer relationship management. Mr. Marshall founded Extraprise with three partners in 1997, and raised $63 million in venture capital to drive Extraprise's impressive growth. Initially focused on the North American market, Mr. Marshall expanded Extraprise into the United Kingdom with the acquisition of two London-based services firms in 1999. Over the following year, the Extraprise's European business grew to produce forty percent of the firm's revenues. Extraprise was an early implementation partner of Siebel Systems, and soon was recognized as a leader in the deployment of Siebel's sales force automation and customer relationship management solutions, with more than 130 Siebel clients around the world.

Prior to Extraprise, Mr. Marshall was President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of Giga Information Group, a technology research and consulting firm. He joined Giga in 1995. In this role, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business and the development of an infrastructure to support a predictable, profitable and sustainable business model. He led the downsizing and restructuring of a major acquisition, rebuilt the senior management team and reorganized the company around product and functional lines. Mr. Marshall also built a North American and European direct sales organization of 65 sales, sales management and support personnel. In April 1996, he launched the new Giga Advisory service and Gigaweb electronic delivery systems.

Mr. Marshall served as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of Object Design, Inc. from 1990 to 1995. Object Design is now trading under the name Excelon Corporation. During his tenure, Inc. ranked Object Design first in its annual "Inc. 500" listing of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Object Design grew considerably under Mr. Marshall's direction, from 15 people and one location to more than 270 employees worldwide, with 11 United States offices in 5 international subsidiaries. He raised $35 million in venture capital to fuel this growth.

From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Marshall held various management roles at Oracle Systems Corporation. He joined the company as District Sales Manager for New England, opening Oracle's first office in the region. As Vice President of Professional Services, Mr. Marshall established Oracle's United States consulting organization, generating $7 million in revenues in the first year and $57 million in its third year. Additionally, Mr. Marshall took on the role of Board Member, Oracle Complex Systems, a systems integration subsidiary chartered with establishing Oracle's presence in the systems integration market. In 1988, Mr. Marshall was named Group Vice President, East Operations, an operation with a headcount of 700 across 30 offices, and revenues of $150 million. He led the acquisition of Falcon Systems in 1989, which contributed $30 million to Oracle Systems in its first year of operations.

Mr. Marshall holds an MA in economics from Boston College and a BS in education from Northeastern University. He is an outside director of Actuate, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACTU) and Current Analysis.

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