The Network, Inc. Names Ralston McCracken as Vice President of Sales & Business Development

Norcross, GA – June 4, 2007

The Network, Inc., the leading provider of ethics and compliance hotline programs, risk management and critical incident reporting for nearly 25 years, has named Ralston McCracken as its new vice president of sales and business development. Mr. McCracken will be responsible for establishing new relationships with prospects and strategic partners as well as expanding partnerships with The Network’s existing customers.
Prior to joining The Network, he served as a sales and marketing consultant at Perficio, where he worked with high-tech portfolios and start-up companies to identify sales, channel, market penetration and expansion strategies. Before this position, Mr. McCracken was also executive vice president of sales and marketing at Vianet Group plc, an applications service provider offering data telemetry to the remote device (M2M) and vending sectors.

Additional experience includes more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience at the Xerox Corporation and IBM. Up to 2000, Mr. McCracken served as Vice President, Corporate Marketing for Xerox Europe, where he reported directly to the company’s Chief Marketing Officer for Europe. Other executive positions held while at Xerox and IBM include: Industry Director of Graphic Arts, General Manager of Scotland and Northern Ireland, Regional Manager of systems sales, Channel Manager of reseller sales and Sales and Marketing Manager of IBM Document Systems.

An Atlanta, Georgia resident, McCracken holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Engineering from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He is also fluid in French and attended the Executive Development Program at the INSEAD Business School in France.

About The Network, Inc.

The Network, Inc. has helped clients collect information and address critical issues such as ethics, risk management and service quality for nearly 25 years. The company provides global services such as hotlines, insurance claim reporting and employee communications to thousands of organizations spanning every industry, including nearly 50% of the Fortune 500.