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Market Scan Appoints Bartels as National Director of Sales and Marketing

16 December 1999

Market Scan Appoints Bartels as National Director of Sales and Marketing for Retail Installment Contracts

    WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--Dec. 16, 1999--Market Scan(R) Information Systems, Inc. (www.marketscan.com) announced today the appointment of David Bartels as its national director of sales and marketing for retail installment contracts.
    "We created this new position because we want to focus more on retail installment contracts and develop that important market," said Mike Mullen, Market Scan's vice president and COO. "David has outstanding experience in the automotive industry, and we are fortunate to have him on our management team."
    Prior to joining Market Scan, Bartels was vice president, director of sales and marketing, and a board member at Diamond Technology. While there, he was instrumental in the development of the company's Secondary Finance Wizard and other related products. Bartel's 20-year career in the automotive industry includes sales management and training, and developing, teaching and implementing technology solutions. He also has extensive experience teaching advanced strategies to help automotive professionals improve their performance.
    A pioneer in automobile leasing technology, Market Scan developed and markets Lease Prophet II, the automotive industry's most comprehensive, powerful leasing technology. Lease Prophet II combines Market Scan's proprietary software and state-of-the-art hardware--and links dealers, over the Internet, to the massive Market Scan database. It allows automobile dealers to instantly create the scientifically perfect lease for any conceivable lease scenario -- with the lowest cost to the customer and the maximum profit for the dealer.
    For the past three years, Market Scan has been named in Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest-growing privately held companies. Market Scan's headquarters is at 31416 Agoura Road, Suite 205, Westlake Village, CA, 91361. Phone is: 818-707-8338. Fax is: 818-707-8339. Web is www.marketscan.com. Satellite offices are located in Cincinnati, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco and Tampa.