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GMI Strengthens European Team with Senior Appointments

London, November 13, 2005 – GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), the only provider of integrated solutions for global market research, today announced the expansion of its European management team with four senior-level appointments: Leon de Koning, Managing Director, Northern Europe based in the Netherlands; Uwe Lorenz, Managing Director, Central and Eastern Europe based in Germany; Mitra Asilzadeh, Client Services Director, Europe, and Mario Menti, Associate Director, Solutions Architect, both based in the UK.

These appointments are designed to build upon the early success of GMI in Europe and help accelerate growth in these regions. In June 2005, the company opened its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, and appointed Dietmar Walter as Managing Director of Sales for Europe.

All four new recruits are joining GMI from SPSS Europe, a provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. At the company, Leon de Koning served as Territory Sales Manager for Northern Europe; Uwe Lorenz as Market Research Sales Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, and Strategic Accounts Director; Mitra Asilzadeh as Strategic Account Manager responsible for managing global customer relationships; and Mario Menti as Solutions Architect. Leon, Uwe and Mitra will report into Dietmar Walter. Mario will report into Richard Scionti, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions based in the U.S.

Commenting on these appointments, Rob Monster, founder and CEO of GMI, said: “We are delighted to welcome these new members to our European team. They give us the skills and expertise that we need to respond to demand for our integrated market research solutions across Europe. Their personal drive, experience in market research software solutions, and their passion for applying technology to market intelligence are exemplary.”

About GMI

GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) is the only company that provides comprehensive integrated solutions for global market intelligence for both market research firms and corporate market research departments at Global 2000 companies. Solutions include Net-MR, a suite of software tools to manage and automate research throughout the project lifecycle, desktop analysis tools, 24x7x365 service bureau capabilities, and one of the world’s largest, highly profiled, double opt-in managed panels, spanning across 200 countries. In addition, GMI offers high-value, real-time enterprise feedback solutions for customer, partner and employee programs. Founded in 1999 with world headquarters in Seattle, Wash., GMI has operations on five continents.