Steve Rousseau Named EVP Sales and Marketing for Event Solutions International

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Jan. 22, 2007 -- Event Solutions International, Inc. (ESI), part of the Rochester Hills-based E companies, has recently named Steve Rousseau executive vice president of sales and marketing.

Prior to joining ESI, Rousseau spent six years as vice president and group publisher of Motor Trend and Automobile magazines in addition to spending three years as vice president and managing director of Detroit operations for Primedia, Inc.

"We're excited to welcome Steve to the ESI team," said ESI President Kevin Otis. "He'll play an integral role using his extensive industry knowledge as well as his outstanding track record of leading sales organizations in achieving consistent growth, while maintaining excellent customer service."

ESI implements over 2,000 client events per year, completing over 4 million in-car drive experiences. ESI's core competencies include event design and development, turnkey program logistics, on-site event management, external and internal marketing and communications, fleet management and deliveries, product placement and vehicle display services, mobile marketing display services and staffing solutions. For more information, please visit www.eventsolutions.net.

About E companies:

E companies is a consortium of alliance partners -- ESI, ES3, Design Drive, bps solutions, Liebler!MacDonald Communications Strategists and Mobile Collect -- who share common sales, marketing and back-office operations. Founded in 1998, the company has more than 150 full-time and 400 contract employees in eight offices throughout the United States. The concept of the E companies business model is to provide the best in business in specific disciplines in a menu format. Clients pick and choose what level of expertise they need from event design, development and logistics to fleet management, professional driving instruction and vehicle validation, to product reveals, business performance improvement, Web marketing, public relations and communications.