POLIVEC APPOINTS KIM NELSON AS PRESIDENT AND CEO

Industry Veteran Brings Sales and Operations Expertise to
Drive Polivec Expansion

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, August 9, 2005 - Polivec, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable policy and compliance management software, announced today that it has appointed Kim Nelson as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Nelson will be responsible for building the Company's market position, customer relationships and revenue growth, while managing Polivec worldwide activity and expansion.   The search was conducted by Taylor Winfield, Inc.

In his distinguished career of over 20 years, Mr. Nelson has demonstrated success in the enterprise software industry enabling companies, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations, to gain competitive advantage and maximize their shareholder value. He brings to Polivec a deep understanding of operations management, market development and global sales execution.

Mr. Nelson joins the Company from Pacific Edge Software, a privately-held Seattle corporation that produced portfolio management software for Fortune 1000 global companies, where he served as Executive Vice President. Mr. Nelson also served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Primus Knowledge Solutions, guiding the company to a successful IPO in 1999. In addition, he has held various executive positions at Oracle, including Vice President of Business Online, Vice President of Field Operations, and Area Vice President of Sales.

"I am pleased to join Polivec at such an exciting time for the Company," said Mr. Nelson. "The recent increase in sales and the growing demand for compliance software within public corporations positions Polivec for rapid growth across a broad spectrum of industries."

Mr. Nelson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.

About Polivec

Based in Mountain View, California, Polivec provides a sustainable compliance management system that enables enterprises to manage their policies and procedures, measure compliance across the organization, and report against regulations and risk.

Polivec's award-winning software captures company policies and maps to protocol, helping internal auditors prove compliance to regulatory requirements and identify areas of deficiency.

Polivec's anytime audit capabilities provides management accurate visibility into the state of their operations whenever necessary. In addition, the sustainable process approach reduces the overall cost, personnel, and resources required when managing an audit.

Global enterprises representing the Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare and Manufacturing industries rely on Polivec solutions for successful audits. More information is available at www.polivec.com.

About Taylor Winfield, Inc.

Established in 1987, Taylor Winfield has been instrumental in building billions $$ in market value within the high technology industry, via retained executive search and strategic business development. Through key relationships with premier venture capital firms, maturing client companies, and their executive network of visionary industry leaders, Taylor Winfield has conducted searches to create hundreds of high tech core management teams in enterprise software (applications & infrastructure), wireless, networking, computer hardware, services, and semiconductors.  For more information, please visit www.taylorwinfield.com.

 

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