Kirsten Berg-Painter, Veteran High-Tech Marketer, Joins Pumatech's Board Of Directors

Berg-Painter Brings Nearly 20 Years Of Industry Experience To Pumatech

SAN JOSE, Calif. (8/16/01) - Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA), a leading provider of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information - wherever and whenever it's needed, today announced the appointment of Kirsten Berg-Painter to its Board of Directors. Berg-Painter brings nearly 20 years of high-tech marketing experience to Pumatech's Board, and recently served as senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Clarify, a division of Nortel Networks.

"Pumatech has established a solid reputation as provider of the de-facto synchronization standard in the enterprise, with adoption by such organizations as Siebel Systems, Oracle, Boeing, NTT DoCoMo and General Motors," said Berg-Painter. "I'm thrilled about having the opportunity to work with Vice President of Marketing Richard Walker and other members of Pumatech's experienced management team to build upon that success worldwide."

At Clarify/Nortel Networks, Berg-Painter oversaw all facets of marketing for Clarify's global business in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to Nortel's acquisition of Clarify, Berg-Painter helped Clarify capture the No. 2 position in the highly competitive CRM market. Prior to Clarify/Nortel, Berg-Painter spent nine years at Aspect Communications, where she was vice president and general manager of the Interactive Communication Systems group and also held a variety of management positions. Berg-Painter has also held management positions at AST Research, Syntellect, Inc. and IBM Norway. In 1998, she received an award from the Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN), a nationwide program recognizing successful women executives for their outstanding achievements. Berg-Painter holds a B.A. in business and economics from UCLA and attended business school at Handleshoyskolen in Bergen, Norway.

"Our goal is to become the essential provider of leading-edge software that makes the concept of the 'Real-time Enterprise' a reality for Global 2000 companies," said Pumatech President and CEO Brad Rowe. "Kirsten's impressive industry background and extensive international marketing experience will be tremendous assets as we work to attain our objective. We look forward to her contributions."

ABOUT PUMATECH
Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA) provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information - wherever and whenever it's needed. The company's portfolio makes Pumatech a single resource, providing the infrastructure necessary to expand the boundaries of information. Organizations can choose to use Pumatech's ready-made enterprise offerings, or they can leverage Pumatech's professional services team to create custom solutions built upon Pumatech's core enterprise platform. Pumatech's customer and strategic partner base includes Global 2000 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, Yahoo!, NTT DoCoMo, Boeing, CNET and General Motors. The company has headquarters in Silicon Valley, Tokyo and London. Pumatech offers more information on its products and services at www.pumatech.com.

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