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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Barrett named President and CEO of Quantum Art, Inc.

Positions leading provider of content management solutions for next stage of growth.

San Francisco, Dec. 4, 2008. -- Quantum Art Inc., www.quantumart.com, an established Web Content Management System (WCMS) provider working with commercial enterprises, governments, and non-profit organizations for more than a decade, today announced the appointment of Joe Barrett to the position of President and CEO.

“Quantum Art’s singular objective is to maintain and accelerate the growth we have been enjoying, and to take meaningful steps to scale the business,” said Eugene Nikiforov, Co-founder and Chairman of Quantum Art. “Joe has a proven track record in scaling global businesses and in technology enterprise management.  His strategic and operational leadership will ensure that Quantum Art continues to meet and beat customers’ expectations during this accelerating growth phase of the company” he said.

“I’m extremely pleased to join the Quantum Art team. It’s very clear that we are poised to continue gaining share in this very fragmented market” said Joe Barrett. “Ironically, this volatile economic environment is driving clients to optimize the efficacy and relevance of their various web properties, and our web content management solutions and services enable them to see a significant ROI on these efforts.”

Most recently Barrett was co-founding CEO of GoGo Images, a multi-cultural stock photography provider serving advertisers, publishers, and marketers around the world. Previously, he was Senior Vice-President of Marketing and Advanced Technology at Bill Gates-owned Corbis, the number 2 global visual media provider. Previously, Barrett served as CEO of Vitessa; served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at R.R. Donnelley driving $200MM in annual business from Fortune 500 enterprise clients; and served as a strategy consultant at Alliance Consulting Group following graduation from Harvard Business School. Prior to earning his MBA, Barrett held various management roles at Procter & Gamble. Joe is on the Advisory Board of the University of Washington’s Information School.

About Quantum Art
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Quantum Art is an established Web Content Management System (WCMS) provider working with commercial enterprises, governments, and non-profit organizations for more than a decade. Quantum Art has successfully completed implementations for clients on almost every continent, including global brands such as Amazon.com, Canon, Simon & Schuster, and Citibank. Quantum Art has dedicated teams located in New York, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Toronto, Tokyo, and Russia and an emerging network of integration partners around the world.