HERNDON, VA - (November 6, 2000) -Richard Christner will become Chief Operating Officer at PackOnline, an Applications Service Provider that provides web-based business management applications and services to vertical businesses across a variety of vertical markets. Mr. Christner brings to PackOnline a broad experience in building Internet infrastructure and e-commerce businesses, including business strategy, operations planning, marketing strategy, and business development.

Mr. Christner said, "PackOnline clearly has a very unique approach within the ASP market, and is well-positioned for success. I look forward to this exciting opportunity."

Prior to joining PackOnline, Mr. Christner was Vice President at Mercer Management Consulting, a leading strategy consulting firm, where he founded Mercer's Internet and eCommerce strategy practice. In this role, Mr. Christner worked with both large traditional companies to define and launch their Internet businesses, and with start-up firms to move more quickly toward profitable, winning business models. Before founding the in Internet and eCommerce practice at Mercer, Mr. Christner was a part-ner in Mercer's Communication, Information, and Entertainment practice. He has worked with some of the largest providers of Internet services and networking equipment.

Mr. Christner has been a frequent speaker on Internet and eCommerce, and has been often quoted in the business press. He has authored and co-authored a number of articles on Internet business, including On Again - Off Again about hybrid online-offline business models recently appearing in The Industry Standard.

"Richard is an exceptional talent whose combination of Internet, e-commerce and business-to-business experience will prove to be an extraordinary asset to PackOnline," the company's President and Founder Christophe Gissinger said. "His proven ability to chart the course to profitability of start-up businesses and in building successful Internet business models for some of the most prestigious 'old-economy' companies, is a combination that parallels our very own mission as a start-up ourselves, help-ing traditional businesses."

Mr. Christner holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with High-est Honors. He received his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

PackOnline Inc. (www.dental.packonline.com), headquartered in Herndon, Va., and with offices in Paris and Montreal, is an application service provider that provides vertical businesses convenient access through the Internet to outsourced services that are integrated into hosted applications across a variety of vertical markets.

For more information please call 1-877-PACK 777 or visit us on the web at www.dental.packonline.com.

For Public Relations, please send email to media@packonline.com.

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