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GMI Promotes Daniel Fitzgerald to Vice President, Americas

Seattle, Wash. - October 1st, 2007 - GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), a provider of global market intelligence solutions, today announced it has promoted Daniel S. Fitzgerald to vice president, Americas, effective immediately. Fitzgerald will be responsible for overseeing all sales in North, Central and Latin America, as well as leading GMI's global account programs. He will report into Mike Brochu, GMI's CEO.

Fitzgerald initially joined GMI in April 2007 as managing director, leading GMI's U.S. central region and enterprise sales strategy. He brings 20 years of progressive sales and operational experience to the company within the marketing research and information services space. Most recently, he served as acting president for Election Services Corporation (ESC), a business services outsourcing firm, where he was responsible for the company's turnaround strategy and ultimate sale.

Prior to ESC, Fitzgerald spent five years bringing two start-up ventures to market: most recently, as senior vice president of research operations and client management for Affinnova, Inc., a Boston, MA-based advanced technology and business solutions firm, and before that, as senior vice president, sales and marketing for Knowledge Networks, Inc., a marketing intelligence and research firm based in Menlo Park, CA. At both firms, he joined near their official launch, and guided the sales and marketing efforts to realize considerable revenue growth.

During the 1990s, Fitzgerald was instrumental in leading and architecting META Group, Inc.'s successful sales and growth initiatives. As executive vice president, sales and marketing, he delivered 40% compound annual growth and $125 million in gross revenues. META was a leading provider of information technology and business research, advisory and consulting services which conducted an IPO in 1995 and was acquired by Gartner Group in 2005. During his career, Fitzgerald also held the position of executive vice president, corporate and strategic development, at Guideline (formerly FIND/SVP, Inc., and now owned by infoUSA).

"Dan's past experience in both technology-enabled businesses and the market research industry, coupled with his ability to develop strong customer relationships, have already proven invaluable to GMI in the past few months," explains Mike Brochu, GMI's CEO. "We look forward to Dan's contribution on a broader regional level, and his participation as an ambassador for the company."

"For the past seven years, GMI's vision has truly set the pace for the global market research industry at large, and I am excited to expand my contribution to GMI's future success," adds Dan Fitzgerald. "In my new position, I look forward to maintaining the high standard that GMI has set for innovation and quality, and with it, serving our customers' growing needs and help them win."

About GMI

GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) is the only provider of integrated solutions for global market intelligence for market research firms and Global 2,000 companies. Solutions include market research software, desktop analysis tools, 24x7x365 service bureau, and one of the world's largest, highly profiled, double opted-in managed panels, providing reach to millions of consumers in more than 200 countries. Founded in 1999 with world headquarters in Seattle, Wash., GMI has operations on five continents. In 2007, the company ranked #229 in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500. For more information, please visit us online at www.gmi-mr.com or email us.