Faust Adds new Vice Presidents

From: John Meyer (SFI) <"John>
Date: 1997/03/08
Message-ID: <01bc2bd1$e8123d80$211bf8ce_at_st-pierre95>

NEWS RELEASE

For More Information, Contact:				For Release 8 a.m. PST
Jim Rawlings, Sylvain Faust Intl.			                    March 7, 1997

Phone: (819) 778-5045, ext. 817
Internet: jrawling_at_sfi-software.com

Cindy McKendry, McKendry Communications
Phone: (503) 231-7274
Internet: 102770.502_at_compuserve.com

	Sylvain Faust (SFI) Promotes Executive Vice President From Within, 
			Adds New Vice Presidents

		Executives Help SFI Manage, Respond to Growth

	HULL, Quebec - March 7, 1997 - SFI today announced that Jim Rawlings has

joined
the company as vice president of sales and marketing and John Kunar has joined as vice
president, product development. Michael McPhee, who had been vice president of sales and
marketing, has been promoted to executive vice president of business development. The
company has been experiencing steady growth and has broadened its organizational structure by
adding Rawlings and Kunar to the management team to help respond to it.

        "With the strong growth taking place at SFI, it is important that we have executives of the
caliber of Jim Rawlings, Mike McPhee and John Kunar leading the company into the future,"
said Sylvain Faust, president of SFI. "These individuals will complement our management team
and will help position SFI for its launch of SQL-Optimizer™ and beyond, growing the company
even more in the process."

        In Jim Rawlings' new role at SFI, he is responsible for all sales and marketing initiatives
aimed at ensuring the continued sales growth of SFI's core products - SQL-Programmer® and
SQL-Sombrero™ - and to oversee the launch of the new SQL-Optimizer product line.
Responsibilities for the launch include development of distribution channels, direct sales,
strategic alliances, advertising and customer care programs.

        Rawlings has more than 20 years experience in the high-technology sector. Prior to
joining SFI, he was with Oracle Corp. where he held senior strategic sales, marketing and global
business-development positions. Before that, he was employed by Control Data and Canada
Systems Group. Rawlings has managed teams responsible for the sales and development of
relational database technology for large enterprisewide applications and has also overseen global
business development and product launches for strategic database products such as the Oracle7
Spatial Data Option. Jim Rawlings holds a bachelor's of science degree from Queen's University
at Kingston, Canada.

        As executive vice president of business development, Mike McPhee is responsible for
business development, strategic planning and special projects management, which includes
overseeing technology acquisitions and corporate financing (venture capital). In his new role, he
will act as the primary business contact for key industry vendors, clients and government contacts.

        McPhee is one of the original principals of SFI. He has more than 13 years experience
in the high-technology industry, which includes positions held in the areas of senior strategic sales,
marketing and business development. He holds a bachelor's of commerce honors degree, with
an emphasis in marketing and international business, from the University of Ottawa at Ottawa,
Canada.

        John Kunar, vice president of product development, brings more than 19 years
experience as a computer systems professional to SFI. He has extensive experience in
software, applications and communications development in the public and private sectors,
nationally and internationally. Kunar, who was previously with TRW U.S.A., has served in
various management capacities as program, proposal, projects and global business manager
for several large North american technology companies, and has held several executive
positions in MIS and technology companies such as TRW Canada, Canada Post Corp.,
the Workman's Compensation Board and Canada Life.

        At SFI, Kunar is responsible for all new software development, maintenance and
technical support of its product lines, which are distributed worldwide. Mr. Kunar's
experience in software development and enterprisewide applications, coupled with his
knowledge in database technologies, will be an asset to SFI's core products,
SQL-Programmer and SQL-Sombrero. This experience will also help enhance the
effectiveness of future products, such as SQL-Optimizer. John Kunar is a graduate of
York University and holds several post-graduate designations in computer science,
including a master's of science degree in computer engineering from York.

        Founded in 1988, Sylvain Faust Inc. is an international software development
firm dedicated to the creation and sales of software tools for the relational database marketplace
that enable MIS professionals to develop and deploy information-technology solutions for
their customers more rapidly and with higher quality. Its products can be used with most major
database products including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase SQL Server and Informix.

SFI is a Microsoft Solutions Provider and a member of the Oracle Worldwide Business Alliance
Programme, the Sybase Open Solutions Program and the Informix Solutions Alliance. SFI
develops and markets SQL-Programmer, SQL-Sombrero and the CompressIT™compression
library.

        For more information, customers can address inquiries by phone, (819) 778-5045,
ext. 152; fax, (819) 778-7943; or the Internet, info_at_sfi-software.com. Visit the SFI Web site at
http://www.sfi-software.com/.

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SQL-Programmer is a registered trademark and SQL-Optimizer, SQL-Sombrero and
CompressIT are trademarks of Sylvain Faust Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Received on Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CET