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ACTIFY INC. NAMES CAD/CAM INDUSTRY VETERAN, DAVID OPSAHL, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Opsahl To Spearhead Growth Through Strategic Partnerships


San Francisco, Calif- May 5, 2004 - Actify, the leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions for the high technology, automotive, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing industries, today announced it had rounded out its executive management team by appointing David Opsahl vice president of business development. Opsahl will lead the Company's global strategic alliance strategy and new market development opportunities. Opsahl brings to Actify over 22 years of management, sales, marketing and business development experience in the CAD/CAM industry, where he drove revenue and profitability growth at companies such as Cardonet, Tecnomatix Technologies and Computervision.

"David has a proven track record of delivering results by developing partnerships, implementing repeatable and scalable processes and leveraging global partnerships," said Randy Ochs, president and CEO of Actify. "This expertise will allow us to further leverage our more than 6,000 worldwide customers and strong technology leadership in the digital design communication and PLM markets. David's knowledge of our industry, his experience and his strategic vision, make him an invaluable addition to the current management team at Actify."

"Actify, with its strong product line, has developed a solid foundation of global customers," said Opsahl. "I see an enormous opportunity to accelerate Actify's growth through strategic partnerships with key OEMs around the world," he said.

Opsahl joins Actify from product information management software provider Cardonet, Inc., where he was director of business development. Prior to that he was founder and vice president of marketing and business development for Assentive Solutions, a provider of collaboration solutions for manufacturers. He has also held senior management positions with visualization software companies Computervision Corporation, a $500M CAD/CAM pioneer, Adaptive Media and Division, as well as manufacturing process management software vendor, Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd.

About Actify Inc.

Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.

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