Senior Executive from Hummingbird Joins Contact Networks

Richard Rifkin Joins as VP of Legal Market Sales to Help Law Firms Leverage Their Relationship Network

Boston, MA, January 8, 2007 – Contact Networks (www.contactnetworks.com), the most experienced provider of Enterprise Relationship Management (ERM) solutions for professional services firms, today announced that Richard Rifkin has joined as Vice President of Legal Market Sales. Mr. Rifkin will help Contact Networks build on its leadership position bringing the power of social networking to the world's leading firms.

"Relationships are the key driver of law firm growth. Every firm is searching for successful ways to effectively use the powerful network of relationships that each of their professionals brings," said Richard Rifkin. "Contact Networks has the leading technology to solve this problem, and has experienced explosive growth. Their client roster includes top firms from coast to coast. I've spent 11 years at Hummingbird working with large law firms and I know how competitive the legal industry is. I'm excited to provide law firms with a tool that gives them an edge in growing their business."

Before joining Contact Networks, Mr. Rifkin was Vice President of Sales for Legal Vertical Solutions at Hummingbird, where he managed a national sales team generating $22M annual revenue. Mr. Rifkin's product expertise includes CRM, content management, search, portal and knowledge management solutions at elite professional service firms.

"Rich Rifkin is a senior professional in the legal technology industry. He joins Contact Networks to build on the tremendous acceptance and success we have had with leading law firms," said Geoffrey Hyatt, CEO of Contact Networks. "Firms are looking to understand and use their relationship network, which is one of their most important assets. Rich's experience in the industry and his ability to help law firms adopt the latest solutions makes him an excellent addition to our team."

ContactNet, Contact Networks' Enterprise Relationship Management (ERM) solution, is an enterprise search engine for relationships. It enables professionals to quickly and easily identify which colleagues have the strongest connections to a target individual, company, or industry. ContactNet analyzes internal data sources including CRM systems, electronic address books, and email traffic patterns, uncovers valuable relationships, and generates a list of colleagues ranked by relationship strength. It requires no manual data entry and is fully implemented in a couple of weeks. The world's leading firms, including global consulting firms, law firms, and financial services firms, use Contact Networks' proprietary technology every day.

About Contact Networks
Contact Networks is the most experienced provider of Enterprise Relationship Management (ERM) solutions for professional services firms. The company's award-winning ContactNet software helps professionals generate more new business by enabling them to leverage their firm's entire extended network of relationships. ContactNet is an automated search tool that immediately identifies colleagues that have the strongest relationships with a valuable prospect. Customers include global consulting firms, law firms and financial services firms such as Mintz Levin, Duane Morris, Sheppard Mullin, Greylock Partners, and Sagent Advisors. Visit www.contactnetworks.com or call 617.329.4300.