OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Sequoia Software Promotes Caporlette, LeMire and Martin to Vice President Positions

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Sequoia Software Promotes Caporlette, LeMire and Martin to Vice President 
Positions

COLUMBIA, Md.--January 31, 2000--Sequoia Software Corporation, the leading 
provider and innovator of XML-powered interactive enterprise portals 
(IEPs), today announced the promotion of three directors to vice 
presidents. Effective immediately Bryan Caporlette becomes vice president 
of product management, Paul Martin, vice president of product development, 
and Michael LeMire, vice president of operations. The three executives 
provide Sequoia with the critical expertise needed to support the company's 
explosive growth.

"Bryan, Paul and Mike are key players whose ideas and management skills 
help drive Sequoia's development of innovative, XML-based interactive 
portal and e-business applications," said Mark Wesker, president of Sequoia 
Software. "I am very pleased to have them on our team and proud to announce 
their promotions today."

As vice president of product marketing, Bryan Caporlette is responsible for 
defining the product requirements and architectural specifications for the 
Sequoia XML Portal Server (XPS). Prior to joining Sequoia, Caporlette held 
a series of product and engineering management positions with leading 
technology companies, the most recent being director of product development 
at Mountain View, California-based Hynet Technologies. Caporlette is a 
regular presenter at industry conferences and various SGML/XML user groups. 
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in systems analysis from Miami 
University, Oxford, Ohio.

As vice president of product development, Paul Martin is responsible for 
leading Sequoia's development of the XML Portal Server. Prior to joining 
Sequoia, Martin was senior software applications developer for the PDI 
Division of Bird-Johnson Corporation. Martin has over ten years experience 
in the software development market, five of which he spent developing 
commercial software applications. Martin earned a Bachelor of Science in 
computer engineering from Virginia Tech University.

As vice president of operations, Michael LeMire is responsible for ensuring 
the effectiveness of Sequoia's overall operations. Prior to joining 
Sequoia, LeMire was an attorney with Miles & Stockbridge P.C. LeMire has 
over 13 years experience as a business lawyer and has served as director of 
licensing and general counsel for Maryland Screen Printers, Inc. LeMire 
earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics/secondary education from Towson 
State University (now Towson University) and a Juris Doctorate from the 
University of Maryland School of Law.

About Sequoia Software Sequoia Software Corporation is the leading provider 
of XML-based Internet Infrastructure software for creating Interactive 
e-Business Portals. Sequoia's flagship product, Sequoia XML Portal ServerO 
(XPS), is an application used to deploy Interactive Enterprise Portals.  As 
the cornerstone of an effective e-business strategy, XPS significantly 
improves the accuracy of search and retrieval and lets you act on 
information directly through the portal, dramatically increasing your 
productivity and effectiveness.  With XPS, you view and work with 
application-specific content through a single, personalized Web page, 
streamlining your ability to get things done. This unique ability to read 
and write information directly through the portal is Sequoia's Interactive 
edge. For interactive portal solutions that let you do more in less time 
visit www.sequoiasoftware.com or call Sequoia toll free (888) 820-7917.

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