BELLEVUE, Wash. and LOS ANGELES — June 11, 2007—Ascentium Corporation, a leading marketing, creative, and technology consulting firm, hired 32-year technology veteran Dave Roush as an engagement manager to help lead the company’s newly established Los Angeles office. Mr. Roush will develop and manage relationships with Ascentium’s growing Southern California customer base, and will have responsibility for sales and revenue targets in the territory, which includes Los Angeles, Irvine, and San Diego. In addition, he will be responsible for engaging clients through Ascentium’s partner relationship with Microsoft.

“We are very excited to have Dave join our team in Southern California,” said Jim Beebe, Ascentium president. “He brings an incredible amount of insight and knowledge to our business.” Corinne da Silva, Ascentium general manager - Southern California, adds, “His extensive experience with consulting and business development will help our Los Angeles office expand to meet the growing demand for integrated marketing and technology services we’re seeing in the region.”

Mr. Roush has more than 32 years of high-tech industry experience, including 17 years with IBM and eight years with Microsoft. Most recently, Mr. Roush led the business development effort for launching a new managed services business at Microsoft and served as lead consultant on a number of successful client engagements related to this effort. Prior to that, Mr. Roush worked as a consultant, leading the development and implementation of a corporate-wide process and systems roadmap for the Microsoft Worldwide Services organization. In addition to consulting and business development, Mr. Roush rounds out his broad skill set with experience in project management, solution sales, product support, technology architecture, software engineering, and product testing.

About Ascentium CorporationAscentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com) is an award-winning, integrated marketing and technology consultancy that consistently delivers information-driven business solutions to achieve its clients’ strategic objectives. Ascentium made the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past two years and continues to see substantial growth in customer relationship management, digital marketing, web initiatives, enterprise content management, systems integration, custom development, and strategic business engagements. The company’s clients include Avista Utilities, Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Microsoft, Providence Health Systems, Starbucks, and Washington Mutual. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, with offices in Spokane, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Portland, Oregon.