September 23, 2003  |  Bill Lemen joins Imaginestics as Vice President of Sales

Purdue Research Park, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A –Imaginestics, LLC today announced that Bill Lemen, an industry sales veteran in PDM and CAD, has joined Imaginestics as Vice President of Sales. Lemen's focus will be on developing direct sales and reseller channels for Imaginestics' products and services, both in North America and worldwide.

"As one of the industry's top sales executives, Bill has a unique experience in the PDM and CAD industry and understands the technology gaps. An understanding of the business needs of the industry is critical in communicating Imaginestics' knowledge-based solutions, which will make him an essential member of Imaginestics' leadership team," said Nainesh Rathod, chief executive officer at Imaginestics.

"I am excited to join Imaginestics because there is a definite need in the CAD and PDM communities for their products and it fits a unique industry niche. Imaginestics' products do not require long-term, enterprise-wide sales efforts, which is commonplace in today's market and therefore companies can gain immediate payback" Lemen said. "The opportunity to work at Imaginestics and to help develop the sales team made this job, in a word, irresistible."

Before joining Imaginestics, Lemen served as a regional sales director for Smarteam, Inc. and was responsible for direct and VAR sales in the enterprise-wide PDM market. His sales experience spans two decades, having held managerial sales positions with SolidWorks, MatrixOne, SDRC, Intergraph Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

About Imaginestics
Imaginestics is a privately-held software and services company founded in December 2002. It is emerging as the leader in knowledge-based systems for the manufacturing and life sciences industry. Imaginestics' mission is to unleash the power of existing engineering and manufacturing systems through an integrated product suite that taps companies' past and present knowledge and optimizes their future development. Imaginestics' product suite includes, i-compare, i-migrate, i-config, i-parts and i-advisor.