Onvia Names New Sr. Vice President of Sales

Posted by g5 on November 27th, 2007

SEATTLE—November 27, 2007—Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI), a leading provider of comprehensive sales intelligence to businesses seeking government sales opportunities, today named Mike Tannourji as Sr. Vice President of Sales. The announcement follows Onvia’s third quarter positive earnings news, marking its first profitable quarter and year-over-year revenue growth of 26 percent.

Tannourji brings nearly 20 years of sales, marketing and operational experience in the information industry, most recently at Experian, a $3 billion global information service company, where he was Vice President of Sales for its Business Information Solutions (BIS) group. Tannourji has also held executive positions at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) and Ernst & Young.

“Mike comes to Onvia with a track record of driving double-digit revenue growth in the information industry,” said Mike Pickett, CEO. “His experience building a consultative sales culture focused on solutions will help us achieve our future growth milestones.”

Tannourji’s work at Onvia will focus on driving strategic sales initiatives for the growing company as it expands its client base and introduces additional products and services in the coming year.

“This is a great opportunity to execute on a proven sales strategy,” said Tannourji,“ and further reinforce Onvia’s ability to support its clients’ goals by enabling them to more efficiently gather and process the information they need to win business.”

About Onvia
Onvia (NSDQ: ONVI) helps businesses achieve a competitive advantage by delivering timely and actionable government procurement opportunities and information. More than 8,800 subscribers across the United States rely on Onvia as a comprehensive resource for industry-specific information needed to make intelligent sales decisions. Onvia offers unparalleled coverage of 73,000 federal, state, and local purchasing entities and across such markets as architecture and engineering, IT/telecom, business consulting services, operations and maintenance, and transportation. In 2006, the Onvia published 860,000 advance notices, bids, quotes, RFPs, and award notifications. Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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