BroadVision Names Bob Lee to Board of Directors

BroadVision Names Bob Lee to Board of Directors
Release Date: 8/30/2004

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug 30, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- BroadVision, Inc. (BVSN), a global provider of personalized self-service web applications, today announced that Bob Lee, former telecom executive with Pacific Bell, has joined the company's board of directors. He becomes the ninth member of the BroadVision board.

Lee currently is a business consultant for leading telecommunications and technology companies. Previously, Lee was a corporate executive vice president and president of Business Communications Services, where he established two new subsidiaries: Pacific Bell Internet Services and Pacific Bell Network Integration.

During his 26-year career at Pacific Bell, Lee managed groups in operations, sales and marketing. As executive vice president of Marketing and Sales, from 1987 to 1992, he produced revenue growth rates greater than the overall national telecommunications market. In 1997, he negotiated the deal with the San Francisco Giants that resulted in naming their ballpark "Pacific Bell Park."

Lee is currently a director for two public companies: Interland, Inc. (INLD), which provides web hosting for the small and medium business market, and Emeryville based Netopia (NTPA), which manufactures and sells DSL internet routers for consumers and small businesses. He is also on the board of a private company associated with fiber optics components.

"I see enormous potential in what BroadVision's products can do for enterprises looking to streamline and automate high-volume, high-cost processes," said Lee, newly appointed board member, BroadVision. "The telecom industry is one of many that is full of such processes. I look forward to contributing to the success of this talented company."

"I am pleased to welcome Bob Lee to BroadVision's board," said Dr. Pehong Chen, president and CEO, BroadVision. "His deep knowledge of the telecom industry and years of experience with Internet services will be invaluable as we help customers achieve greater agility and profitability by migrating their businesses processes to the web."

Also serving on BroadVision's Board of Directors are Dr. Pehong Chen, chairman, president, and CEO of BroadVision; David Anderson, general partner of Sutter Hill Ventures; James Dixon, retired CIO and group executive at Bank of America; Koh Boon Hwee, chairman of Singapore Airlines and former chairman of Singapore Telecom; Todd A. Garrett, retired CIO of Procter & Gamble; Rod McGeary, retired co-CEO, KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint); T. Michael Nevens, retired Managing Partner, Global High Tech Practice, McKinsey & Company; and Carl Pascarella, president and CEO of Visa U.S.A.

About BroadVision

BroadVision is a global provider of personalized self-service web applications. Our integrated suite of process, commerce, portal, and content solutions helps customers rapidly increase revenues and reduce costs. Over 1,000 organizations -- including Wal-Mart, Vodafone, Cardinal Health, Hewlett- Packard, Toyota, Circuit City, Japan Airlines and the U.S. Air Force -- serving nearly 60 million registered users, rely on BroadVision's open solutions to power and personalize their mission-critical web initiatives For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650.542.5100, email info@broadvision.com or visit www.broadvision.com.

NOTE: BroadVision is a trademark or registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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