BroadVision Announces the Appointment of Karl Klarmann to Lead CEE Operations

BroadVision Continues Building Team for European Expansion

Wien (pts026/31.10.2002/12:50)

BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN), the leading provider of enterprise business portal applications, today announced the appointment of Karl Klarmann as vice president of Central and Eastern Europe. Klarmann joins Arthur Vonchek, senior vice president and general manager of EMEA, as part of an expanded executive team. In his new role, Klarmann will be responsible for directing BroadVisions sales efforts, and growing BroadVisions customer base, in Central and Eastern Europe.

"Karls vast experience, management ability, and proven performance make him an excellent addition to our team as we look to further leverage our extensive footprint in Central and Eastern Europe", said Andrew Nash, chief operating officer for BroadVision. "We remain committed to Europe as a growth driver for our business and I am confident in Karls ability to excel in this important role. As BroadVision continues to extend its penetration into key verticals, Karls wealth of domain expertise in our target markets will serve as a key component to our continued success in Europe."

Karl Klarmann brings to the company more than 20 years of management experience in the enterprise applications market. Based in Munich, Klarmann will lead BroadVisions sales and operation efforts in Central and Eastern Europe. Klarmann comes to BroadVision after serving most recently as a senior advisor to top venture capital firms in Germany, as well as global senior vice president of sales and services for a portfolio company offering B2B, B2C and B2E portal applications. Previously, Klarmann held key positions with high-visibility software companies including managing director, Europe, for Bowstreet; managing director sales, Europe, for Critical Path; managing director, Central Europe, for Netscape Communications; and director sales, Central Europe, for Next Computer.

"BroadVision has outstanding products, loyal customers and a strong presence in Europe, where more than 300 of the leading global companies, such as France Telecom, Siemens, Renault and Credit Suisse, use BroadVision as the basis for their enterprise business portal initiatives", said Karl Klarmann, BroadVision's newly appointed vice president of sales, Central and Eastern Europe. "I am very excited to join the company and I look forward to being an integral part of BroadVision's continued growth and success."

About BroadVision
BroadVisions (Nasdaq: BVSN) enterprise business portal applications create immediate bottom line value by transforming the way organizations do business - moving relationships with employees, partners and customers to a personalized, self-service model that increases revenues, reduces costs and improves productivity. Broadvision is the leading provider of portal software to Fortune 500 companies that use BroadVision to power their enterprise business portal initiatives - leveraging the web and wireless devices to unify and extend their enterprise applications, information and business processes, to collaborate with over 50 million users. (end)