SEATTLE, Aug. 8, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Limelight Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:LMMG), an innovator in the content, creation and management of out-of-home digital advertising and information networks, announced today that it has expanded the management team of it's IMPART subsidiary with two new vice president positions. Scott Campbell joins IMPART in the newly created position of Vice President, Creative and Product Design, and Todd Weaver joins as Vice President of Technology. Both will serve as members of the IMPART executive management team.
Laird Laabs, president of Limelight Media Group and president of IMPART, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Limelight, stated, "As we continue to broaden our product portfolio and expansion into new market segments, it is critically important that we have the highest caliber of leadership to propel our operations for growth and to continue to make IMPART the innovative leader in the burgeoning 'Out of Home Media' sector." Laabs added, "Both of these positions are crucial roles and the combined leadership and experience that Scott and Todd bring to the team provide the added leverage we need at this time."
With more than ten years of advanced development experience at leading organizations, Mr. Weaver brings a broad level of experience to the IMPART Executive Team. Weaver's duties include overseeing development for new products and services, code-based software development, hardware specification and integration, in addition to providing technical strategic advice and overseeing Information Technology implementations. Weaver is "multilingual" in most software programming languages and operating systems and most recently served as the senior development engineer for Amazon.com, where he led development for large account services including architecture, configuration and deployment. Among other positions, Weaver's seasoned background includes the role of internet developer for the American Lung Association and serving as the lead developer for Entertainment Works, where he handled Web-based applications and developed movie trailer kiosks for the entertainment business, which is particularly well-suited to Weaver's duties at IMPART.
As Vice President in charge of Creative and Product Design, Campbell is primarily responsible for overseeing the creative content and functional design layout for the iPoint Network(tm) Interactive platform and the new 4006 Digital Signage platform. As the point person for ensuring that IMPART creative and product design investments are aligned with its strategic business objectives, Campbell will research, evaluate, advise and consult with the executive team on new concepts, new products and technology market trends. As the former Principal of SmithCampbell, a product management and design company, Campbell developed product management tools and invented a high-speed information gathering tool to winnow company mission, business goals, managerial goals and consumer needs into a cohesive mission document to drive product design. Campbell also served as Vice President of Product Management at xSide, where he is named on six design patents and his team developed products for Sony, AOL and Disney. This experience in addition to his work at Ark Interface/Packard Bell/NEC and Adobe/Aldus Corp. helped Campbell develop an expertise at building strong teams with a focus on setting strong goals to meet sound business practices. Campbell is a BFA Filmmaking graduate of Evergreen State College and attended Parsons School of Design.
About Limelight Media Group, Inc.
Limelight Media Group, Inc., (OTCBB:LMMG), headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is a rapidly expanding digital signage leader in the emerging out-of-home media sector, which is beginning to take center stage with advertisers. The company is growing through a consolidation strategy that includes acquiring the industries best and brightest talent and most advanced solutions to create a broad, integrated one-stop communications media company focused on digital signage and networked advertising offerings for leading brands in industries such as retail, grocery, banking, restaurants, hospitality, government and public spaces, among others. The company's digital media solutions enable the simultaneous delivery of video content to a variety of remote audiences in real time, allowing for immediate customization of messages through a centralized network operations center. More information can be found at these websites: www.limelightmedia.com and www.impartinc.com.
This release includes projections of future results and "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the "Exchange Act"). All statements that are included in this release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although the respective managements of IMPART and Limelight believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations are disclosed in this release, including, without limitation, in conjunction with those forward-looking statements contained in this release.