CrossWorlds Software Promotes Peter Prestele to Managing Director Europe Sales and Services / Former i2 Executive Appointed to Run European Operations

Burlingame, Calif. and Munich, Germany (PROTEXT) - CrossWorlds Software, Inc. announced today that Peter Prestele has been named Managing Director of Europe. Previously, Mr. Prestele had served as Vice President of Sales, Germany, France and the Nordic Region. In his new role, Mr. Prestele is responsible for sales, pre-sales and client implementation services across Europe. CrossWorlds' European headquarters are located in Munich, Germany. Prior to joining CrossWorlds Software, Mr. Prestele was a Regional Director for i2 Technologies. In that role, Mr. Prestele managed sales, pre- sales and alliances for i2 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to working with i2, Mr. Prestele spent four years with Intergraph Corporation as Sales Manager for Germany. "Peter has extensive experience working with large European enterprises, and has made a significant contribution to our European organization since he joined CrossWorlds," said Kevin Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Consulting, CrossWorlds Software. "I am pleased with the progress we have had over the past year, and I look forward to leading our efforts in Europe," said Peter Prestele. In his role, Mr. Prestele will report to Kevin Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Consulting. CrossWorlds serves the European region from its offices in Germany, the United Kingdom and France. CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC. A leader in business integration, CrossWorlds' product line includes a functionally complete suite of applications that integrate the industry's leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management packages, including those from Baan, Clarify, IMI, Manugistics, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Trilogy and Vantive. CrossWorlds is headquarted in Burlingame, CA in the United States. CrossWorlds serves the European market from its European headquarters in Munich, Germany. The Company's customers consist of industry-leading companies such as Avantel/MCIWorldcom, Ingersoll-Rand, Nortel Networks, Orange Plc., Roche Group, Siemens AG, U S WEST, Vorwerk Deutschland and Whirlpool Corporation. The CrossWorlds Software home page is located at http://www.crossworlds.com. NOTE: CrossWorlds, the CrossWorlds logo and United Applications Architecture are trademarks or registered trademarks of CrossWorlds Software, Inc. in the United States and/or foreign countries. All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. ots Original Text Service: CrossWorlds Software, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Dan Reidy of CrossWorlds Software, Inc.,(USA) 650-558-3327 or dan.reidy@crossworlds.com Web site: http://www.crossworlds.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT