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MailFrontier Builds Out Management Team with Appointment of Two Industry Veterans to Executive Positions
Company Poised for Growth

Palo Alto, Calif., January 22, 2004 – MailFrontier, a pioneer in messaging security and leading provider of anti-spam solutions, today announced two key additions to the company’s executive team. Roger Friedberger, former Chief Financial Officer of ILOG (NASDAQ: ILOG), has been named Chief Financial Officer, and Anne Bonaparte has been appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Friedberger and Bonaparte join Patricia Zullo, previously with RLX Technologies, who joined MailFrontier as Vice President of Sales late last year, and co-founders Pavni Diwanji, CEO, and Brian Wilson, CTO.

“We have built market-leading products and established a strong presence among enterprise customers,” said Pavni Diwanji, CEO of MailFrontier. “Patti’s contributions to our sales and channel development efforts have already had a significant impact. With the addition of Roger and Anne, we have the management team expertise and experience in place to grow the company into an industry-leading enterprise software company.”

“The anti-spam market is extremely crowded and noisy,” added Stewart Alsop, General Partner at New Enterprise Associates and a member of MailFrontier’s Board of Directors. “With these two additions, Pavni has done an outstanding job of building a leadership team that can drive the market in new directions.”

Friedberger comes to MailFrontier with over 30 years international accounting and corporate finance experience, including 20 years in the software industry. As CFO at ILOG, a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, Friedberger was responsible for the company’s global finance and legal operations. Previously, he was CFO at both Insignia Solutions and Micro Focus. Friedberger led IPOs and/or international market listings for all three companies. His career began with Price Waterhouse in London and San Jose, Calif. Friedberger graduated from the University of Leeds, England, with a bachelor of commerce degree in accounting and law.

Bonaparte joins MailFrontier from VeriSign, the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, where as Vice President, International, she restructured the company’s international operations and positioned the company for international growth during a tumultuous economy. Previously, Bonaparte founded Buzzsaw, Inc., and built the company to a market leadership position in less than two years before selling it to Autodesk. She has launched market-leading products at Autodesk and Hewlett-Packard, and led management consulting projects at Bain & Company. Bonaparte holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University.

About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is a pioneer in messaging security, ensuring the continued vitality of email for business communication. Enterprises need to keep email secure and productive. MailFrontier approaches this problem with a focus on email users, becoming the first company in the industry to provide a unique user-centric approach. This approach has now become the standard for email security offerings. MailFrontier has more than 300 enterprise customers, including Pier 1 Imports, Wyndham International and Peet’s Coffee & Tea. Founded in February 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. The company’s investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Menlo Ventures. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com


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