To: Mike E. who wrote (94519 ) 4/10/2000 7:20:00 AM From: marquis103 Respond to of 108040
PLRX Promotions. Russ Monday April 10, 7:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: PlanetRx.com, Inc. PlanetRx.com Expands Executive Leadership Team Four Vice Presidents Are Promoted to Senior Vice President SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- PlanetRx.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX - news; www.PlanetRx.com), a leading Internet healthcare destination for commerce, content, and community, today announced the promotions of Vice President and Chief Technology Officer James Chong, Vice President of Business Development Stephanie Schear Tilenius, Vice President of Distribution Services John McAlpin, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steve Valenzuela, to Senior Vice President of their respective departments. ``Our executive team is consistently setting the highest standards to position PlanetRx.com as the leading healthcare destination on the Internet,' said Michael Beindorff, president and COO of PlanetRx.com. ``These promotions provide PlanetRx.com with continued growth and leadership at the executive level.' James Chong, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer James Chong leads a team of web architects, engineers, designers and programmers who are developing an innovative e-commerce solution to ensure that PlanetRx.com provides the best shopping experience for customers on the Internet. Chong arrived at PlanetRx.com with 20 years of experience in information technology with a specialization in creating highly scaleable, secure, and reliable transaction systems. He is recognized as a world-class expert in online transaction processing and has been instrumental in advancing the use of Java in enterprise transaction processing. Stephanie Schear Tilenius, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Sales, and Co-Founder Stephanie Schear Tilenius, a co-founder of PlanetRx.com, is responsible for building a network of strategic partnerships and alliances to position PlanetRx.com as a market leader. Tilenius has used her business expertise to develop partnerships on behalf of PlanetRx.com with companies such as iVillage, AOL and Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefits manager companies in the country. John McAlpin, Senior Vice President of Distribution Services John McAlpin oversees the PlanetRx.com distribution center in Memphis and the company's customer service operations. McAlpin brings to PlanetRx.com more than 16 years of experience overseeing the distribution, operations, production, and facilities management of Fortune 500 companies. McAlpin has overseen the expansion of PlanetRx.com's Memphis distribution center and pharmacy into a 165,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility, which was completed on March 31 and will be fully operational by the end of this month. Steve Valenzuela, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steve Valenzuela is responsible for all financial operations at PlanetRx.com. Valenzuela leverages more than 20 years of experience gained at leading high-tech companies. At PlanetRx.com, Valenzuela led the company through its initial public offering in October, 1999.