Research Engineers Names New Senior Vice President of European Operations; New Senior Vice President to Spearhead International Growth for IT Services

Yorba Linda, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Research Engineers, Inc.(Nasdaq: RENG), a leading developer and distributor of innovativeengineering software solutions and information technology (IT)services, today announced that it has promoted 13-year veteranStephen W. Owen to the position of Senior Vice President, Europe,the Middle World and Africa. Prior to his recent promotion, Owenheld the position of Managing Director of European Operationssince 1989. Owen resides with his family in South Wales, UK, andis a fully qualified Civil and Marine Engineer who graduated fromthe University Swansea in Civil Engineering. "Stephen and his group have been tremendously successful withthe sales and marketing of our engineering software products andhave built a strong brand recognition and industry presencewithin the international engineering community," commentedResearch Engineers Chairman and CEO Amrit K. Das. "In his newposition as Senior Vice President, Stephen will spearhead theintroduction of our engineering and Internet IT solutions to theinternational business community as well as to approximately 800of our customers located throughout Europe, the Middle World andAfrica," added Das. "We are a world wide leading supplier of structural, civil,mechanical and process/piping software to the engineeringindustry where we have installations in 44 the top 50 firms,"said Research Engineers President and COO Jyoti Chatterjee. "Thiscustomer list provides a significant advantage as our ITEnterprise Solutions Group targets the lucrative $90 billion ITservice needs associated with these Engineering groups.Additionally, our recent acquisitions have greatly enhanced thecompany's suite of IT service solutions allowing it to enter intoagreements with several high-profile firms such as Cisco Systems,Lucent Technologies and Hewlett Packard, as well as Internetgiants Netscape and Infoseek. Based on Stephen's pastperformance, we are confident he and his team will meet andexceed our internal revenue projections for international ITrevenue," added Chatterjee. About Research Engineers Research Engineers, with offices and/or distributors in 40countries and over 140,000 users in 65 countries, is a leadingworldwide developer and distributor of high-quality PC-basedengineering software solutions. Additionally, the companyprovides IT services to the $90 billion engineering IT servicesindustry and other high-profile industries within the technologysector. The company's Internet/E-Commerce Digital Media Grouplaunches and supports the company's innovative, special intereste-commerce portals targeting the 90 million expatriates of largeAsian-Pacific cities as well as providing multimedia/animationsoftware solutions to Hollywood's fast-growing digital mediaindustry. ots Original Text Service: Research Engineers, Inc.Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Wayne Blair, ChiefFinancial Officer of Research Engineers, 714-974-2500; or MartyTullio, Managing Partner of Investor Relation Resources, 949-566-9860, for Research Engineers

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