Internet Veteran Michael Endres Joins NavigationArts as Vice President

MCLEAN, VA — August 13, 2004 — NavigationArts, a leading Internet usability consultancy, today announced that Michael Endres has joined the firm as vice president. Mr. Endres was a founder of The New Media Group, a well-regarded Internet design company based in Reston, Virginia, and sold in 2000 to AppliedTheory. More recently, he was a founder and partner in Siteworx, an Internet software development firm.

Mr. Endres has been the lead architect in numerous large-scale Internet projects, including work for America Online, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, World Bank, the College Board, and the U.S. Forest Service. He brings his years of experience in strategic consulting, usability, online branding, technology and client service to NavigationArts.

Joining the firm as vice president, Mr. Endres will deliver strategic consulting services to NavigationArts’ premiere clients, which include Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Datatel Software, Chemonics, Riggs Bank and other top companies and organizations.

NavigationArts (navigationarts.com) is a strategic consultancy providing expert advisory, design and development services that optimize the usability of their clients’ web sites and the business value of online and offline programs for marketing, communications and commerce.