NetRatings Announces Changes to Executive Management Team

NetRatings, Inc has announced the appointment of George Durney, Manish Bhatia, Sean Kaldor and Barbara Jarzab to its Executive Management team.

Mr. Durney assumes the role of senior vice president, Sales. He is a company veteran and was formerly vice president of Sales for NetRatings, responsible for the Eastern region. Mr. Bhatia joins the company as senior vice president, Product Marketing and Business Development. Most recently, Mr. Bhatia was senior vice president, Interactive Services for Nielsen Media Research, and is considered an early pioneer of Internet media research.

Mr. Kaldor joins the team as vice president, Analytics and Corporate Marketing. Previously, Mr. Kaldor was NetRatings' chief analyst and vice president, Analytics, responsible for the development and management of the company's analytical service offerings. Ms. Jarzab joins the team as vice president and Chief of Measurement Science. Ms. Jarzab was previously the company's vice president of Research.

These executives join William Pulver, President and COO, Jack Lazar, executive vice president of corporate development and CFO, Dave Muir, vice president, Engineering, and Terry Nolan, vice president, Administration on the NetRatings Executive Management team.

'We're pleased to announce these strong additions to the NetRatings Executive Management team,' said William Pulver, NetRatings President and COO. 'Their knowledge of our business and their market experience are invaluable. Under their leadership, we believe we can dramatically extend and expand our customer relationships, product offerings and market position'.

It has also been announced that Tim Meadows, a NetRatings founder and executive vice president of Products and Services, has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests after a transition period. 'Tim has been a driving force behind NetRatings, and instrumental in bringing the company to its current position as a leader in the Internet audience measurement space,' said Mr. Pulver. Dave Toth, founder and CEO of NetRatings, whose departure to pursue entrepreneurial interests was previously announced, has also entered into a transition agreement with NetRatings.

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