CERTPOINT Appoints Brian D. Baloga as Senior Vice President of Sales

LONG ISLAND, NY August 2007 - CERTPOINT, a leading global provider of corporate training software and solutions, today announced the appointment of Brian Baloga as Senior Vice President of Sales. Mr. Baloga brings to CERTPOINT a successful 15-year background in strategic enterprise sales and sales force management with a proven track record of significantly increasing and consistently renewing business for corporate companies.

As Senior Vice President of Sales at CERTPOINT, Mr. Baloga will oversee the sales force in their focus to achieve growth objectives through new business initiatives and revenue retention. Since he began at CERTPOINT, Mr. Baloga has expanded the sales force by nearly 40%. In addition to increasing the size of North American Sales department for CERTPOINT, as a part of the company’s policy setting team he has contributed to CERTPOINT’s global objectives including increasing global reach by geographically dispersing Sales resources and placing new Sales reps throughout the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

Before joining CERTPOINT, Mr. Baloga was the National Sales Director for eSignal, a division of Interactive Data Corporation, where he was responsible for leading a successful North American Sales team. At eSignal, he managed a quota of $16,500,000 in new business and $70,500,000 in renewable business. In 2001, Mr.Baloga served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AFX News LTD where he handled all aspects of North American operations. Prior to AFX News, Mr. Baloga served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Wavo Corporation. Mr. Baloga graduated from Adelphi University with a Bachelor's Degree Business Management in 1990.

“CERTPOINT is facing explosive sales growth. Brian has the background and experience to build a world class sales organization. His previous role leading a sales organization in the financial software arena will also grow our solution in the banking, insurance and brokerage verticals,” said Ara Ohanian, CEO, CERTPOINT.

“I hope to utilize my experience in working with the Financial sector to deliver the CERTPOINT solution aggressively to the industry. I look forward to the opportunity to lead our Sales team in our growth initiatives.”

The announcement of Mr. Baloga as Senior Vice President of Sales follows the announcement of the appointment of a new CFO and Executive Vice President for the company. CERTPOINT has experienced many new developments in 2007, beginning in January when the company formed a partnership with CERT (the Centre for Excellence in Applied Research and Training), the largest private training company in the United Arab Emirates. CERT purchased a minority equity position in the company, showing confidence in CERTPOINT’s vision and performance. In March 2007, CERTPOINT released VLS 5.5, the latest enhanced version of the company’s flagship learning management solution. CERTPOINT hopes to continue in its growth, with future plans to commence an initial public offering, pending market conditions.

About CERT

The CERT Group of Companies began as the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, and has grown to be the largest private education provider in the Middle East. CERT is also the largest MENA (Middle East North Africa) investor in the discovery and commercialization of technology, investing USD 35 million in 2006.  CERT also leads human capital development by offering total education solutions to both corporate and individual customers. CERT is involved in strategic alliances with a number of large multinational organizations in developing a diverse range of business and technology solutions. CERT holds the MENA training rights for many ‘best in class’ programs such as the American Management Association qualification. Visit www.certonline.com for more information.

About CERTPOINT (formerly Vuepoint)

CERTPOINT provides comprehensive knowledge transfer solutions that allow global enterprises to rapidly deliver revenue-generating product and service knowledge throughout learning, sales, marketing and customer support channels. Vuepoint combines patented, award-winning technology, methodologies and services to help increase sales and market share for blue-chip clients including Black & Decker, The Hartford, Toyota, and Whirlpool. Founded in 1996, privately held Vuepoint serves more than 750,000 users in 35 countries. Vuepoint has won numerous awards, received top-ranked service and solutions ratings from industry analysts, and maintains the best financial stability ratings from leading financial institutions and information providers. Please visit www.certpointsystems.com.

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