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Zvents Appoints Robert Krohn As Vice President of Engineering

Former Juniper Networks Executive and Entrepreneur To Lead Engineering Team

San Mateo, CA - September 25, 2007 - - Zvents, the local search engine for things to do, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Robert Krohn as Vice President of Engineering. Krohn, who has over 15 years of systems engineering and management experience, will oversee the engineering development, quality assurance, and operations of Zvents' local search web service, as well as provide technical vision to the company.

"Robert's extensive leadership experience and expertise in building world-class engineering teams and market-leading products in both start-ups and public companies is an invaluable asset to Zvents," said Ethan Stock, Zvents CEO and co-founder. "He will play a pivotal role in helping Zvents scale our services and lead our engineering organization to reach its fullest potential."

"I am very pleased to join Zvents because of the quality of the team and the enormous opportunity in local search, one of the last franchises still open in the search space," said Krohn. "Zvents' technology meets the demands of providing relevant local search, media targeting, and analytics to provide a quality search experience."

Most recently, Krohn founded and led My Digital Life (MDL), a software startup company uniting the worlds of smartphones, consumer electronics, and online services. Prior to MDL, Krohn held various positions ranging from business development, platform engineering, and software engineering management at top tier Silicon Valley companies. He was a senior director at Juniper Networks and has held management and individual contributor roles at Nexsi Systems, Electronics for Imaging, Xerox AODS, and Hewlett Packard.

Robert Krohn earned a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Digital Systems and Computer Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia.

About Zvents
Zvents helps users discover things to do. As the leading event search technology company and developer of the Zvents Media Platform, Zvent's events search engine powers media and publishers with dynamic local event content and a reverse publishing platform. Zvents provides a complete and compelling user experience, enabling users to find, contribute, share and promote events. The company aggregates rich event information from the open web, user-contributed content, and links high-quality editorial content from partners with its local event index. Zvents is based in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.zvents.com.