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To: dgurgel who wrote (9455)	4/21/2001 12:08:34 PM
From: James Strauss	Respond to of 10081

Thursday April 19, 9:08 pm Eastern Time Press Release General Magic Appoints Mark Strumwasser to Vice President of Sales and Market Development SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001--General Magic, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMGC - news), a pioneer in voice application software and services, today announced the appointment of Mark Strumwasser to vice president of sales and market development. Strumwasser brings more than 16 years of experience in high growth sales, business development and marketing in leading high technology companies. In his new role at General Magic, Strumwasser will focus on building customer, channel and partner momentum to proliferate the rapid adoption of General Magic's products and supporting services across the globe. ``I'm excited that Mark will be leading our sales and market development efforts here at General Magic. I believe Mark's strong track record in high technology sales, partner and channel management along with his recent experience selling advanced voice recognition software solutions will enable us to quickly develop significant traction in the market and high growth sales momentum for our products and technology,'' said Kathie Layton, chief executive officer and president of General Magic. ``Leading with the magicTalk Voice Gateway, and following up with a suite of software products, General Magic is providing companies with limited `voice' experience the opportunity to benefit from the technological expertise that General Magic has acquired over the years and to deploy voice solutions quickly, easily and cost effectively,'' said Strumwasser, vice president of sales and market development at General Magic. ``I chose General Magic because of its rich technologies and market-leading voice user interface expertise. I'm excited about our tremendous global opportunities and I have aggressive plans to tackle the market.'' Prior to General Magic, Strumwasser was the vice president of business development and sales at One Voice Technologies, an advanced voice recognition software company focused on developing and delivering voice solutions for the wireless, telematics, TV/Internet appliance and PC markets. During his tenure at One Voice, Strumwasser developed and implemented a new strategic sales business plan to penetrate Fortune 1000 companies, designed and implemented the company's e-commerce and content partner strategies, and developed and negotiated strategic partnerships and customer relationships with brand corporations such as Autobytel, Britannica, FTD, IBM, Lycos, Monster.com, Naviant, Philips, Samsonite, Sprint, Texas Instruments, Time Warner and Wingcast. Prior to One Voice, Strumwasser was director of sales at Creative Labs, Inc., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer and the Internet, including the Sound Blaster line of sound cards. There, he increased distribution sales from $85 million to over $600 million. Earlier in his career, Strumwasser was the national distribution sales manager for Central Point Software, Inc. (later acquired by Symantec Corporation), and held sales management positions at NEC Technologies, Inc., and ComputerLand. Strumwasser holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Finance from the California State University Northridge. biz.yahoo.com Jim