INFORMISSION GROUP INC.


INFORMISSION GROUP INC.
Feb 09, 2000 00:00 ET

Informission Strengthens Management Team With Online Marketing Specialists

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FOR:  INFORMISSION GROUP INC.

TSE SYMBOL:  IFN

FEBRUARY 9, 2000

Informission Strengthens Management Team With Online
Marketing Specialists

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--Mr. Alexandre Taillefer, Chief Strategy Officer 
of Informission Group Inc., a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. 
group, is pleased to announce new appointments to the company's 
senior management team.  The following members of newly acquired 
digIT Interactive Inc., specialists in digital branding and 
marketing channel management, will become vice-presidents in 
Informission's growing e-business organisation: 

Mr. Nathan Rudyk, Vice-President, Retail Solutions 

As Vice-President, Retail Solutions, Nathan Rudyk will develop 
e-commerce solutions in the retail sector, capitalising on the 
synergies with other members of the Quebecor family.  Mr. Rudyk 
has acquired extensive marketing experience as a strategic 
marketing consultant for international organisations with large 
distribution networks and e-commerce ambitions.  In the 1980s he 
was Vice-President of Bedford House publishing, a Toronto-based 
magazine publisher.  Prior to serving as digIT's President from 
1996-2000, he was co-founder of Mindshare Marketing Group Inc., a 
high-tech marketing consultancy that served clients such as EDS 
Canada, IBM Canada, Microsoft Canada and Xerox Canada.  He is a 
contributing author to Marketing Masters: The Best Ideas, Tips & 
Strategies from Canada's Savviest Marketers, a technology 
marketing lecturer at Algonquin College and a frequent speaker at 
Internet marketing and technology conferences. 

Mr. Mark Jodoin, Vice-President, Marketing 

As Vice-President, Marketing, Mark Jodoin will be responsible for 
Informission's global marketing strategy and for ensuring the 
dynamic company is known for its ability to deliver innovative and
efficient solutions that respond to client needs.  Mr. Jodoin 
headed digIT's business development function and has 12 years of 
high tech marketing experience, including five years at Cognos.  
He began his career in broadcast journalism with TVOntario and 
Global Television in Toronto.  His new media experience includes 
initiating business development for North Communications, the 
worldwide pioneer of multimedia kiosk networks, and for DVS 
Communications, an innovator in the field of educational 
multimedia content development. 

Ian Clifford, Vice-President, Channel Management Solutions 

As Vice-President, Channel Management Solutions, Ian Clifford will
be responsible for promoting Informission's end-to-end Web 
solutions, while demonstrating to clients how to integrate the 
Internet with other distribution channels.  His deep experience in
enterprise-wide solutions strategy and project implementation was 
leveraged at digIT Interactive for relationship marketing and 
sales systems.  Ian was also one of the premier commercial 
photographers in Toronto, garnering numerous awards for work that 
energised annual reports, billboards and other communications 
media. 

In addition, digIT's Marek Warunkiewicz will be joining 
Toronto-based EntreVision, recently acquired by Informission.  Mr.
Warunkiewicz' 20 years of design experience and impressive 
portfolio will be important assets that will benefit the Web 
solutions team at EntreVision. 

digIT Interactive Inc. 

With offices in Ottawa and Toronto and 30 employees, digIT 
Interactive Inc. is a leading Internet services company, which 
provides e-business strategy consulting and comprehensive 
Internet-based marketing solutions to national and multinational 
organisations seeking to build digital brands.  In May, the 
Ottawa-based information technology association, SCOAP, presented 
digIT with an Award of Excellence for "Best Implementation or 
Innovative Use of Information Technology" related to its work for 
Nortel Networks, among other clients.  In September, digIT was 
invited to join Innovator's Alliance, an elite group of Ontario's 
200 fastest-growing companies that is sponsored by the Ontario 
government and several private sector firms. 

Informission Group Inc. 

In November 1999, Informission Group Inc., Intellia Inc. and 
Quebecor Communications Inc. announced the conclusion of a 
transaction that laid the foundation for a major strategic 
partnership.  These agreements led to the creation of a new 
enterprise, a leader in the field of e-commerce solutions that 
combine strategy, marketing, technology integration, IP solutions 
and Web-based design.  Since that time, Informission has further 
bolstered its e-commerce organisation by acquiring the Paris-based
Cythere and Toronto-based EntreVision, as well as the digital 
branding and marketing channel management specialists of digIT 
Interactive. 

Informission (TSE: IFN), a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group, 
is an information technology company providing e-commerce, Web 
integration and Telecom/IP embedded solutions for corporate and 
public-sector clients in North America, Europe and select 
locations around the world.  Informission employs more than 900 
professionals in its various offices in Montreal, Quebec, Toronto,
Ottawa, Seattle, New York, Boston and Paris. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Informission Group Inc.
Alexandre Taillefer
Chief Strategy Officer
(514) 843-2001
www.informission.ca
or
Informission Group Inc.
Diane Labelle
Vice-President Communications
(514) 843-2001
www.informission.ca
or
NATIONAL Public Relations
Dan Brennan
(514) 843-2325
dbrennan@national.ca
or
digIT Interactive Inc.
Nathan Rudyk
President
(613) 729-0515, ext. 201
www.digit.ca