Onvia Adds Marketing Veteran Teri Wiegman to Management Team

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 5, 2005–Onvia (Nasdaq:ONVI) today announced Teri Wiegman has been appointed Vice President of Marketing for the company, which provides comprehensive and industry-specific sales intelligence to over 26,000 businesses seeking to do business with the government. Wiegman, a high tech sales and marketing veteran, will be responsible for Onvia’s go-to market product strategies and will oversee marketing communications and corporate communications initiatives for the company. The appointment marks a concerted campaign on behalf of the company to grow and evolve Onvia’s brand in the business-to-government marketplace.

“We’re thrilled to bring Teri and her marketing expertise into Onvia,” said Mike Pickett, CEO of Onvia. “Teri’s remarkable track record helping companies maximize their potential through savvy marketing is the perfect complement to Onvia’s first class management team. We are poised for growth and ready for Teri to lead multiple initiatives to promote Onvia’s resources to the booming business-to-government market.”

Wiegman’s career spans more than 20 years in sales and marketing. Most recently, Wiegman was a principal with The Resonance Group, a consulting firm whose client roster included Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Express Metrix and Abacus Engineered Systems. Prior to that, Wiegman was Vice President of Marketing for Content Technologies, makers of MIMEsweeper email security software, serving as a member of the executive management team during the time of its $992 million stock transaction by Baltimore Technologies in 2000. Wiegman has also worked in leadership marketing roles at Hewlett-Packard, WRQ and Applied Microsystems. She is currently serving as chair of the marketing committee for the Washington Software Alliance.

Wiegman’s work at Onvia will focus on driving strategic marketing initiatives for the company and its products, which include the Onvia Guide, an electronic notification service for companies that are looking for an effective way to gather sales intelligence on the right government procurement opportunities for their businesses, and DemandStar, a program that allows procurement specialists at government agencies to keep vendors up-to-date with RFP and bid requests.

About Onvia

Onvia (NSDQ:ONVI) helps business-to-government (B2G) companies achieve a competitive advantage by delivering timely and actionable government procurement opportunities and information. More than 26,000 subscribers and enterprise licensees across the United States rely on Onvia as a comprehensive resource for tailored, industry-specific information needed to make intelligent sales decisions. Onvia offers unparalleled coverage of 55,000 federal, state, and local purchasing entities and across such markets as architecture, engineering, IT/telecom, consulting services, operations and maintenance, office equipment, transportation, and medical equipment. In 2004, Onvia published 641,724 advance notices, bids, quotes, RFPs, and award notifications. Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

CONTACT: Onvia, Seattle
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Infotech Strategies
Jennifer Boone, 202-585-0247
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SOURCE: Onvia

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