Infogroup Deepens Its Product Innovation Commitment with New Global Industry Leaders.(Industry overview)

Gemma Postlethwaite and Lou Paglia Join Infogroup

OMAHA, Neb. -- Infogroup, the leading provider of data driven and interactive resources for targeted sales, marketing and research solutions announced two new executive appointments to further the focus on developing innovative next generation products and services.

Gemma Postlethwaite is joining Infogroup as Chief Product Officer and will lead the Product, Data and Emerging Business Strategy for the company. (Photo: Infogroup)

Gemma Postlethwaite is joining Infogroup as Chief Product Officer and will lead the Product, Data and Emerging Business Strategy for the company. In this new role, she will be responsible for furthering Infogroup's leadership position in data compilation and building innovative products and services designed to give Infogroup's clients a competitive edge.

Ms. Postlethwaite is a seasoned global executive with extensive commercial, product and operations experience in large and small companies. She comes to Infogroup from the Markets Division of Thomson Reuters, where she was Global Head of Alliance and Commercial Strategy in the Investment and Advisory Business Unit. Previously, Ms. Postlethwaite was Head of the Americas Investment Banking and Private Equity Business at Thomson Reuters where she led a team focused on the commercial operations of the business. Prior to this, she was Global Head of Desktop Product for Investment Banking and Private Equity for Thomson Financials Global Customer Segments. In this role, she was responsible for the flagship Thomson ONE investment Banking Desktop business.

Prior to working at Thomson and the merged Thomson Reuters organization, Ms. Postlethwaite worked at Analytx (UK) Ltd. in London as General Manager, Europe and Asia and at the Dow Chemical Company in Germany. Ms. Postlethwaite is a graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Lou Paglia has also joined Infogroup as Vice President of Emerging Business and will report to Ms. Postlethwaite. In this new role, Mr. Paglia will be responsible for developing next generation applications and platforms for clients to manage their marketing and sales programs. Mr. Paglia joins Infogroup from MTV Networks where he was Vice President, Scenic, Global Digital Media Group. During his tenure, he led the implementation of open standards publishing platform, powering the digital business for over 60 sites including brands from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.

Previously, Mr. Paglia was Senior Vice President, Products with SnagAJob.com and prior to that, he was Director of Product Management and General Manager, Dow Jones Factiva. While at Dow Jones and Factiva, he led global product management organization of B2B subscription news aggregation. Mr. Paglia also worked at About.com where he was Director and Vice President Product Management and at Dun & Bradstreet where he began his career as a programmer. Mr. Paglia received his MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management and a BS in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University.

"We are extremely pleased to have such high caliber and seasoned global executives join Infogroup," said Clare Hart, Infogroup's President and Chief Executive Officer. "These appointments demonstrate our commitment and focus on taking Infogroup's powerful data and technology assets to the next level and providing our clients with innovative, full service, multi channel marketing solutions that lead the industry."

About Infogroup Infogroup is the leading provider of data and interactive resources that enable targeted sales, effective marketing and insightful research solutions. Our information powers innovative tools and insight for businesses to efficiently reach current and future customers through multiple channels, including the world's most powerful Internet search engines and GPS navigation systems. Infogroup's headquarters are located at 5711 South 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127. For more information, call (402) 593-4500 or visit www.infogroup.com.

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