Former MGM Executive Joins Communications Company as CEO and President

April 18th 2001

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & BUFFALO, N.Y. – The merged entity of Chek.com, a messaging infrastructure provider, and MyPersonal.com Inc., a portal infrastructure provider, announced that Ronald Frankel will be joining the new company as its president and chief executive officer.

Frankel comes to the new company from Perks.com, a leader in the loyalty and motivation industry, where he was the CEO and co-founder. Previously, Frankel formed Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Inc.‘s interactive division, MGM Interactive, Inc., and served as its president. Prior to MGM, Frankel was executive vice president at Softview, Inc. and was instrumental in the merger of Softview with Chipsoft, which subsequently merged with Intuit.

“We have a proprietary product suite that will enable connectivity providers to increase profitability by selling premium services to small and medium businesses,” said Ron Frankel, president and CEO. “The target market is very large and the company’s strong product development and talented employee base will enable us to achieve substantial market penetration.”

As president and CEO, Frankel will use his 17 years of senior management, technology and product marketing experience to help position the newly formed company as the leading provider of communication technologies. Frankel has extensive experience creating and selling software into the small and medium business and consumer marketplaces, which the company will leverage to help ISP’s satisfy the demands of their customers.

“The board and the investor group are excited to have Ron aboard,” said George Chamoun, chairman of the board for the new company. “We have the communication applications that the service provider marketplace needs to grow their subscriber base and profit margins, so his product marketing skills and general leadership capabilities are just what we need to help us reach out to this target market.”

About Chek.com and MyPersonal.com
In February 2001, Chek.com merged operations with MyPersonal.com Inc. to offer service providers a suite of communication applications that they can offer to customers to increase retention and profitability. The company’s proprietary platform enables service providers to seamlessly integrate a suite of messaging and portal products with their technology, billing and management systems. Service providers can tailor the suite of communication products to satisfy their customers’ communication needs and help them achieve improved productivity. Plus, the platform gives service providers the ability to easily add applications as their customers’ needs grow. The robust communications platform saves clients the enormous costs associated with developing and maintaining in-house a full-suite of communications products and the hassle and expense of managing disparate vendors. The company offers a Service Level Agreement, guaranteeing a reliability of 99.9%, and fortifies its products with a combination of proven security measures to ensure clients are protected against spam and e-mail abuses. The company has achieved economies of scale that enable it to offer its clients the best communication services available at a price that is always competitive. The company is privately backed by venture financing, including Walden International Investment Group and Crystal Internet Venture Funds, and has offices in Emeryville, Calif.; Buffalo, NY; and Seoul, South Korea.