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Mobile and Wireless Veteran Tammy Artim Joins Navio As Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Product Management

Posted on: Monday, 8 May 2006, 09:09 CDT

CUPERTINO, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Navio Systems, Inc. (http://www.navio.com/), the leading provider of rights-based commerce solutions, today announced the continued expansion of its management staff, with the addition of Tammy Artim as executive vice president of worldwide sales and product management. Artim brings more than 18 years' experience spanning mobile, gaming, e-commerce and digital content industries, and will be responsible for Navio's strategic direction and operations of its worldwide sales organization. She will also oversee Navio's product management initiatives.

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"Tammy's expertise in web and mobile content distribution and sales will help Navio deliver rights-based commerce to critical markets around the world," said Stefan Roever, president and chief executive officer, Navio Systems. "Tammy's deep technical background and successful track record defining and delivering world-class products will help us continue to create the best products possible for our customers."

Artim's esteemed career in the mobile and gaming industries includes many senior executive positions. Most recently, Artim was vice president of sales and operations at mobile content and gaming publisher Blaze (formerly Kayak Interactive). At Blaze, she opened Kayak's distribution in North and South America by securing direct carrier relationships with major top tier mobile service providers. Under her leadership, Blaze successfully delivered mobile multi-player, mobile-to-web and single player mobile games on the majority of US wireless carriers.

Prior to Blaze, Artim was the vice president of sales at Sorrent (now Glu Mobile). She built the sales teams in the North, Latin and South American regions, and was ultimately responsible for building a strong revenue stream and establishing Sorrent as one of the top three mobile game publishers. Artim has also held executive sales, operations, marketing and product management positions at Intershop Communications, XMarc, Inc., Peakstone and Wind River Systems.

"Navio is truly an innovator for digital content distribution and online commerce," said Tammy Artim, Navio's executive vice president of worldwide sales and product management. "Navio's technology makes it possible to conduct commerce to all the edges of the online network, without restrictions on rights and with flexibility and device compatibility. The rights-based commerce model will allow content owners to take advantage of new outlets and business opportunities that were previously unreachable."

In addition to appointing Artim to the executive vice president role for worldwide sales and product management, Navio has also promoted the following executives:

Kevin Collins has been promoted from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer (CTO). As CTO, Kevin will be responsible for the overall design and construction of Navio products and services. His extensive background in building and implementing complex, highly secure, distributed systems will help him continue to define Navio's technology strategy and service-based platform. Kevin was previously a co-founder and CTO for NetReliance, Inc., and Experio Solutions Corporation's national director for enterprise security (Experio Solutions Corporation is a Hitachi company).

Paul Tocatlian has been promoted from director of professional services to vice president of solutions, and will lead Navio's customer implementation and application engineering initiatives from project inception through launch, delivering innovative Web and WAP commerce solutions on the AV Commerce platform for Navio's customers, consumers and affiliates. Paul most recently managed channel and partner organizations at Bytemobile and Propel Software, and held professional services management and software engineering positions with BEA, Novell and Bell Labs.

About Navio

Navio is the leading provider of direct-to-consumer solutions for mobile and web-based commerce. Based on a powerful rights-based commerce platform, Navio is changing the way digital content is distributed by enabling consumers to buy "at the edges of the network," not just at a few centralized destination sites. With Navio, digital entertainment products are available to customers for purchase wherever they are -- on the web, on mobile devices, or at community gatherings such as concerts or sporting events. Navio's patent-pending "Rights over IP" (RoIP) transaction model enables leading music, media and entertainment companies to publish, promote, and distribute their content with more flexibility, while protecting their digital rights. Navio was named 2006 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, 2006 Top 100 Digital Media Company by onHollywood, 2006 SIIA Codie award finalist, and a FastCompany Fast50 "Reader Favorite." For more information, visit http://www.navio.com/.

NOTE: Navio is a trademark of Navio Systems, Inc. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

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Navio Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Ulysses King of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, orulysses@outcastpr.com, for Navio Systems, Inc.

Web site: http://www.navio.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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