Host Depot Gets New Director, Emphasizes Design & Development Services

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- April 17, 2003 -- Host Depot, Inc. today announced it has filled a key management position and will be more aggressively seeking Web site design and development contracts.

Cary Bartlett has been named Director of Development and will also take on the role of Web Design & Development Manager. Cary's responsibilities include providing artistic direction to Host Depot's design staff, managing the design and development process, and working with the Sales and Marketing team to grow and diversify Host Depot's design and development portfolio.

"I'm looking forward to working with a company with such high standards and industry respect", Cary said, adding, "We will gradually add more staff and take on larger, more profitable projects, while working very closely with each customer to make sure we exceed their expectations in every way."

Mark Erskine, President & CEO of Host Depot, acknowledged that this is the first in a series of personnel decisions aimed at positioning the company to more aggressively pursue lucrative design and development contracts.

Host Depot offers a variety of design and creative services, including graphical design and animation, Flash design and action scripting, image scanning and color correction, and digital media encoding and correction. Programming and technical consulting services include Web site design and architecture, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, Java (J2SE, J2EE), SQL database programming (SQL Server, Oracle), and large-scale e-commerce implementations.

About Host Depot

Host Depot, Inc. is a privately held, leading supplier of Web Hosting and Internet Access solutions established in 1997. Host Depot also provides web design and development, e-commerce, and search engine optimization services. Further information about Host Depot may be obtained visiting the company's web site at http://www.hostdepot.com.