Kirkland, Washington – March 2, 2006 – Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for discrete manufacturers, announced today they have added two industry veterans to their sales and marketing management team as part of the company’s aggressive growth strategy for 2006. The forecasted growth is in anticipation of Intuitive’s new release of Intuitive ERP™, its high-function, integrated business applications optimized on Microsoft® .NET technology, scheduled to be released in the first half of 2006.

“Our continued success since the acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners in October 2005 has enabled Intuitive to make major investments in our sales and marketing efforts as we prepare for the completion of the total rewrite of the Intuitive ERP product line in pure Microsoft .NET managed code technology,” said Intuitive President and CEO Chuck Gillam. “The ERP market is poised for considerable growth and now is the time for Intuitive to deliver its unique message.”

International Sales Growth Continues
Bruce Shamel has been named Director of International Sales. He will lead the sales efforts for Intuitive’s international VAR channel. A 16-year veteran in ERP sales, Bruce has specialized in selling to mid-market manufacturers for the past 10 years.

“This is a strategic position for us,” said Ed Doris, Intuitive Vice President of Sales. “The international market represented a large percentage of our new accounts in 2005 and we believe Bruce has the experience to grow international revenue substantially by responding to the area’s requirements for product depth, localization and easy-to-use technology.”

Bruce has previously served in sales and sales management positions for several well-known manufacturing software vendors including Ask, Baan, Made2Manage and, most recently, Exact.

Marketing’s New Mission
Intuitive also announces the appointment of Ray Rebello as Director of Marketing. Ray brings twenty years of manufacturing software marketing and sales experience to Intuitive.

“Ray is an innovative and creative marketing executive with first-rate ERP software experience,” says Gillam. “With his breadth of expertise in marketing, planning, branding and communications, Ray will effectively convey Intuitive’s message to our market.”

Prior to joining Intuitive, Ray served in a number of sales and marketing management positions including Vice President of Industry Marketing as well as Vice President of Product Marketing for J.D. Edwards. He has been selling and marketing to mid-market manufacturers since 1982, is a Professional Engineer and holds a CIRM with APICS.