Faust adds Vice President Europe To Management Team

SFI Makes Commitment To European Market!!! Adds Vice President Europe To Management Team Sylvain Faust Inc. (SFI) http://www.sfi-software.com

LONDON, UK - August 25, 1997 - August 25, 1997 - Sylvain Faust Intl. (SFI) today announced that Alain Péré-Lahourguette has joined the company as Vice President Europe. He will be responsible for planning and managing the continued growth of SFI's business in Europe.

"Péré-Lahourguette complements the SFI management team by bringing to our
firm specific international business expertise with over 20 years experience in the development of European markets," said Sylvain Faust, president of SFI. "We are pleased to have him on board and know that he will be instrumental in establishing SFI as a leading player in the European RDBMS third-party software tools marketplace."

"Europe is a huge market for SFI and we want to ensure we grow our position
there with the kind sales and support capability that Alain can deliver," said Jim Rawlings, Vice President Sales & Marketing of SFI.

Prior to joining SFI, Péré-Lahourguette was retained as a marketing consultant by several Canadian hi-tech companies expanding their business into Europe. His information technology experience was gained through employment by Granada Computer Services where he opened and expanded territories in most European countries and culminated in being promoted as Managing Director for Europe.

Prior to his successful tenure at Granada, he was founder and President of SMS International which at that time became the undisputed leader in the computer services sector. Péré-Lahourguette holds a Bachelor's of Mathematics and is an Engineer in Electronics (Paris, France.) He can be reached via email at apere_at_sfi-software.com.

SFI was founded in 1988 by experienced database programmers intent on improving programmer productivity by developing a suite of tools, utilities and knowledgeware designed by programmers, for programmers. Productivity enhancement software in this market can easily pay for itself in a matter of days just in labor savings, not to mention the competitive advantage gained by organizations able to deploy information systems faster and more reliably.

SFI's current products include SQL-Programmer(r), SQL-Optimizer(tm) and SQL-Sombrero(tm) . SFI's products can be used with most major database products including Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase SQL Server and Oracle databases. SFI is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider and a member of the Oracle Worldwide Business Alliance Programme, the Sybase Open Solutions Program and the Informix Solutions Alliance. For more information on SFI, visit the company's Web site at http://www.sfi-software.com.

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SQL-Programmer is a registered trademark and SQL-Sombrero, SQL-Optimizer, 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 Fri Aug 29 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST