Wayport�s National Sales Force Members

Chris Brown joins Wayport as a regional sales director for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Wyoming.  Brown has sold solutions to both technology and hospitality companies and has experience in software development and hardware sales.

John Clevenger has been named regional sales manager of Northern Califonia.  He has previously worked with companies such as IDT�s Database Technologies, Sulcus Hospitality Technologies Corporation and Group1 Software.  Clevenger has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry with 12 years focused on technology.

Richard Donnan joins Wayport with over 20 years of hospitality and technology sales and management experience.  Based in Tampa, he has been named regional sales director for Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. 

Merritt Doyle has previously worked with Alcatel USA, where he was national sales director for the competitive carrier market.  Doyle has over 22 years of experience in the technology industry and has also worked with GTE Telnet and Sprint.  He joins Wayport as regional sales director for Orange County, Imperial County and San Diego, California, as well as Arizona and Utah.

Jay Durbin, regional sales director for North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, formerly worked with MCI Worldcom.  Durbin�s background includes voice and data, hardware and service sales.

Gerry Foley joins Wayport as regional sales representative for Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut.  Foley brings 14 years of experience in field sales, sales management and business development, having worked in successful start-up and technology environments. 

Don Jensen, MHS, joins Wayport with over 14 years of technology-based sales experience in companies such as Skytel, Sprint Hospitality Group and Communications Express.  Jensen has been named regional sales director at Wayport for Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Christopher Marshall joins Wayport as regional sales director for Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana and Ohio.  Marshall has previously worked with companies such as Sprint Hospitality Group, Teleconnect/Telecom*USA and First Digital Network and has over 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Rein Narma has been named regional sales director for Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, Central and Northern California and Nevada.  Narma worked for Pacific Bell Network Integration and Internet prior to joining Wayport and has 27 years of experience in the technology sector.

Jim Primovic, formerly with VingCard, a provider of access technology for the hospitality industry, and Hyatt Hotels, joins Wayport as regional sales representative for the Southeast.  Primovic brings with him over 15 years of sales experience in the hospitality industry.
Tim Schomer has been named sales representative for Los Angeles.  Prior to joining Wayport, Schomer worked at SmartRooms, a provider of in-room computer systems and high speed LANs for the hospitality industry.

Brian Williams, MHS, joins Wayport as regional sales director for New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Williams has worked for companies such as Cendant Corp. and VingCard and has over 11 years� experience in technology and hospitality.

�Wayport�s staff has almost tripled since June,� said Hughes.  �We�ve been able to attract an impressive group of people with strong technical and hospitality experience.   Just in the marketing and sales staff alone we have 261 years of technology experience and 131 years of hospitality experience.  This translates into a service solution tailored to meet the needs of the hoteliers and their guests.�

�Wayport�s sales force has combined talents and resources that are unrivaled in the industry.  With this team, we have nationwide presence and expertise unequaled by our competitors,� said Hughes.  �Customers will clearly benefit from Wayport�s established reputation for unparalleled service and easy installations.�

Many of the nation�s leading hotels now offer their guests Wayport�s fast, convenient Internet connectivity in all guest and meeting rooms. Wayport hotels include the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, honored as the number one hotel in the U.S. by Zagat Survey, as well as the Omni Interlocken, Broomfield, Colo., the Denver area�s newest luxury hotel, and the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Chandler, Ariz., serving the high tech and business community near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

By plugging a laptop computer into Wayport�s Ethernet connection, guests can browse the Internet, receive e-mail and access corporate networks at speeds 50-times faster than with typical modem connections.  For hotels across the United States, Wayport provides a turnkey solution via an on-property data network, reducing stress on a hotel�s PBX and eliminating the cost of extra phone lines to handle the ever-increasing e-mail and Internet activity.  The company�s comprehensive service includes front-desk and in-room informational materials, hotel staff sales training and customized web sites through which guests can browse hotel and city information.

About Wayport
Wayport, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, and founded in 1996, provides fast net for people on the move. Travelers in hotels, conference centers and airports get fast Wayport Internet access and other services throughout North America.  Wayport is venture-financed by Sevin Rosen Funds, Trellis Partners, New Enterprise Associates, GC Technology Fund and others.