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AutoMall Online Announces New Marketing Team

6 March 2000

AutoMall Online Announces New Marketing Team

    SPRINGFIELD, Va., March 6 Company President Gene Hickman
announced a new marketing team for AutoMall Online.  According to Hickman,
"Our new marketing group will greatly expand the company's ability to forge
strategic partnerships and drive Internet traffic to our revolutionary
website."
    Leading the team will be Eric Jowett, AutoMall Online's Vice-President for
Marketing and Communications.  Jowett spent the past decade working in public
affairs and media relations in Washington, DC.  In the early 1990s, he served
as an assistant to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, and
later moved to the U.S. Department of State.  Jowett also served in national
campaign organizations for the last four presidential elections.  Most
recently, he directed political development programs in Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union at the International Republican Institute (IRI), a non-
profit and non-partisan organization chaired by U.S. Senator John McCain.  In
this role, Jowett advised political and government leaders abroad on issues of
media relations, public opinion research, and communications strategy.
    In addition, Mike Craig and John Preski have joined AutoMall Online as
Marketing Managers.  Craig previously served as: Senior Account Executive with
McCaw Cellular (wireless); National Accounts Manager with Sprint Corporation;
and Senior Sales Consultant with Intermedia Communications, Inc.  Most
recently, he served as co-founder and Executive Vice President for Sales and
Marketing of LocalNet Communications, Inc., now known as e.TV Commerce, a
subsidiary of Compu-DAWN, Inc.  As a result of his diverse industry
experience, Craig was recently selected to chair the "Presidential Advisory
Board," a regularly scheduled round-table discussion comprising company
executives and top producers sharing ideas affecting the telecom industry.
    John Preski is a strategic marketing expert who previously served as Vice
President of Business Development for Steel Beach Productions, an innovative
and growing computer-based training company.  His original research and
understanding of the practical application of technology road maps for long
range planning have continually proven effective for numerous organizations
such as the Department of Defense, the State of Florida, the Electrical Trade
Union, and McGraw-Hill Publishing.  John is a United States Naval Academy
Graduate with degrees in Engineering and Applied Science in Computer
Programming.  His active-duty service with the U.S. Navy included extensive
tours as a Naval Flight Officer and a Training Officer
    Rounding out the team is AutoMall Online's new Marketing Associate, Thomas
J. Woodley, a recent graduate from the College of William & Mary, where he
majored in marketing at the university's School of Business.
    AutoMall Online is an innovative e-commerce service that allows Internet
users to view instant online price quotes from over 19,000 dealers across the
nation on over 6,000 makes and models.  Unlike any of its competitors,
AutoMall Online provides a "Purchase Certificate," which guarantees any online
price in writing and allows car buyers to validate these quotes with competing
dealers.  Go to http://www.AutoMallOnline.com for more information on why AutoMall
Online is "The Smartest Way to Buy a Car."