Sigma Dynamics Appoints Janice Ryan as New CEO

August 24, 2005, San Mateo, CA – Sigma Dynamics, the leader in real-time predictive analytics software, today announced that it's Board of Director has appointed Janice Ryan as the Company's interim chief executive officer. Taylor Winfield, Inc. conducted the search.

Sigma Dynamics' real-time predictive analytics software solutions automate the next best action for each customer interaction to optimize top- and bottom-line results across all customer touchpoints. By bridging the operational and analytical worlds of customer management, Sigma Dynamics operationalizes underutilized customer insights and business logic to deliver real-time decisions.

Ms. Ryan is a seasoned enterprise software executive, and brings 23 years of operational and sales leadership experience to Sigma Dynamics during a strategic growth phase of the company's life. With a track record in both publicly traded and emerging growth companies, Ms. Ryan is responsible for day-to-day operations for Sigma Dynamics including its strategic direction, sales, strategic partnerships, product planning and development, as well as its financial management.

Ms. Ryan, as part of a pioneering team in the early marketing technology market, was the founding VP of Worldwide Sales at Vignette, leading the aggressive revenue generation that resulted in a successful IPO in 1999. Ryan was also a co-founder and President of ROME Corporation, an enterprise software company in Austin, Texas, and has played key roles within IBM, Filenet, Viewstar and Lotus Development.

“We are delighted to have Janice Ryan on board at such a strategic phase in the company's growth,” said Mark Hildebrand, a Director on Sigma Dynamics' Board. “Janice's experience will ensure Sigma Dynamics capitalizes on its early strategic partnership successes, as well as its successes with innovative Six Sigma, financial services, and communications organizations.”

“I'm excited to be joining Sigma Dynamics at this pivotal time, supporting the growth of new customers and their success, as well as our partnerships with Accenture and Siebel,” says Ms. Ryan. “We continue to execute on a vision that the industry is rapidly recognizing as critical – the ability to operationalize predictive analytics and real time decisions across all customer touchpoints. While large organizations have invested millions in CRM software and analytics, a tremendous gap still exists between a company's ability to listen to customer needs and their ability to respond in a way that will drive profits at the moment of interaction. By extending the value of existing applications, analytics, and business logic with real-time predictive analytics, organizations have the unprecedented ability to drive significant increases in customer satisfaction, retention, and revenue growth.” 

About Sigma Dynamics

Sigma Dynamics' real-time predictive analytics software drives the next best action in the moment of each customer interaction to optimize top- and bottom-line results across all customer touchpoints. By bridging the operational and analytical worlds of customer management, Sigma Dynamics operationalizes underutilized customer insights and business logic to deliver real-time decisions.

Sigma Dynamics' delivers rapid ROI for Six Sigma, Financial Services, and Communications organizations that focus on continuous customer process improvements to optimize performance.  Founded in 2002, San Mateo, California-based Sigma Dynamics is a privately held corporation with customers and partners throughout North America. For additional information, visit www.sigmadynamics.com.