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Former General Motors Chief Technology Officer Named CEO of XMLSolutions Corporation

21 August 2000

Ron Shelby to Head Fast-Growing B2B Infrastructure Company

          

    MCLEAN, Va. - XMLSolutions Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of 
software for the development and deployment of XML-based applications, announced 
Ron Shelby as its new CEO.  Mr. Shelby has held a number of executive positions 
within General Motors, including the Information Systems and Services' Chief 
Technology Officer, where he led the General Motors strategy for employing XML
for system-to-system integration.

    Mr. Shelby's most recent role was the CIO of e-GM, where he headed GM's
web development efforts, including the global rollout of GM BuyPower, the
company's award-winning vehicle shopping site.

    "There will be a huge shift in the business-to-business marketplace during
the next 12 months," Mr. Shelby stated.  "XML, the language of the Internet,
will increasingly play a mission-critical role of enabling companies to
develop Virtual Private Networks.  As a result, companies will have the
capability to electronically communicate much more efficiently with their
entire trading community.  XMLSolutions will lead the transformation from the
present hub-and-spoke e-Business model to instant, easy, direct business
transactions over the Internet."

    "Although I wasn't looking to leave GM, I felt as though this was a once
in a lifetime opportunity," Mr. Shelby continued.  "I have known many of the
top executives at XMLSolutions for several years, and I'm confident that this
company will make a tremendous impact on the B2B market.  For example, this
week we will introduce a universal interpreter for e-business, XMLSolutions
Business Integration Platform(TM) 2.0, which features industry-specific
transactions for conducting both direct and indirect materials procurement
over the Internet."

    Prior to General Motors, Ron Shelby was Vice President of Data Warehousing
for American Express Corporation, where he led the implementation of global
data warehousing environment supporting U.S. and European business units.
Before joining American Express, Ron led Connecticut Mutual's implementation
of its "One Image" database environment and managed the information systems
development of the company's investment and finance functions.

    "We are very enthusiastic about Ron's decision to join the XMLSolutions
team.  He is an amazingly talented individual and his vast experience in e-
business, legacy systems, and data warehousing will help us to continue to
focus on our business objectives," stated Kevin Kail, President and co-
Chairman of XMLSolutions. "Ron's experience as a top executive in some of the
world's largest companies will prove invaluable as we continue to grow our
organization over the next several years."

    About XMLSolutions Corporation

    XMLSolutions (http://www.xmls.com) enables secure, real-time B2B data exchange of
direct and indirect materials transactions over the Internet.  By eliminating
a company's XML dialect dependence, XMLSolutions removes trade barriers
enabling uniform transactions among trading partners, customers, and
exchanges.  Included in this offering are XML-to-XML transformations, EDI-to-
XML integration and over 3000 mission-critical, industry-specific business
documents.  XMLSolutions was founded in June 1999.

    XMLSolutions is headquartered in Northern Virginia's technology corridor
with offices in Atlanta; Charlotte; Chicago; New York; San Francisco;
Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; S. Africa; The Netherlands; Denmark; Austria;
Sweden; Switzerland; Belgium; Germany; France; Italy; Spain and the UK.