Veber Partners Promotes Nick Stanley to Partner

Portland, Oregon - March 8, 2007 – Veber Partners, a leading Northwest investment banking firm specializing in middle-market companies, has promoted Nick Stanley to Partner.

Stanley was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He attended Georgetown University and worked for CMS Companies, a private investment banking firm in Philadelphia, before moving back to Portland in 1990. He purchased Fine Arts Graphics in 1990 and sold the company to ImageX.com in 1999. Nick is currently President of Stanley Investment & Management, a private investment company, as well as the Honorary Consul to the Kingdom of Thailand for the Pacific Northwest. He currently serves on board of directors of OHSU Foundation, Oregon Episcopal School, St. Anthony Village Enterprise, Services for All Generations Enterprises, House of Umoja, Self Enhancement, Inc., Young Life regional advisory board, and the advisory board of the World Affairs Council of Oregon. He is married and has two sons.

"Nick has a strong track record in the general investment community, making him an excellent knowledge source for Veber Partners," said Gayle Veber, Managing Partner at Veber Partners. "We're extremely pleased to welcome him as a member of our strategic team, and look forward to working closely with him."

Veber Partners, LLC was founded in 1994 and is one of the premier private investment banking firms in the Pacific Northwest which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, fairness opinions, valuations and other financial advisory services. Veber acts as a principal as well as an advisor in transactions up and down the I-5 corridor. It operates in four primary sectors including technology, manufacturing/distribution, consumer/retail and business services. Visit Veber Partners on the World Wide Web at www.veber.com.