Toronto, Canada

Today Ron McArthur, Chief Operating Officer of WSI, announced the appointment of Robert Masson as the newest addition to the WSI management team. Robert has been hired as the Controller of the WSI group of companies effective May 3rd, 2004, replacing John Lucci, who has moved to a new role at Performance Sales International Inc., an Authorized Supplier in the WSI e-marketplace.

Robert brings a wealth of financial experience and acumen to his new role at WSI. A Chartered Accountant accredited with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and with the South African Institute, Rob has had many challenging international financial roles over the past 10 years with IBM, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young.

Robert was most recently with IBM where he was the manager responsible for the forecasting and planning of industry focused sales teams. Previously at Deloitte & Touche as the Controller of a new start up company called “i-Intelligence”, Robert used his extensive knowledge of accounting, internal controls and risk management to develop and implement the financial infrastructure of the company. i-Intelligence focused on customer relationship management (“CRM”) solutions in the small and medium business marketplace. Robert started his financial career at Ernst & Young where he spent three years as an audit supervisor.

Robert's mandate will be to bring the financial infrastructure of WSI to a level necessary to allow our company to continue to grow exponentially and to provide efficient, timely and accurate financial services to our Internet Consultants worldwide.

About WSI
WSI, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is ranked the #1 Internet Services Business in the world and the 14th fastest-growing Franchise in the United States . With systems that have been developed, utilized and proven by over 700 Internet Consultants in 87 countries worldwide, WSI delivers thousands of e-business solutions to small and medium-sized businesses annually.

Toronto, Canada

Today, WSI, a global leader in providing Internet Consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses announced the appointment of Ms. Marcia Scott as its new Vice President of Marketing.

“Marcia brings with her a wealth of marketing experience for both business to business and business to consumer marketing” announced Louis Zalany, WSI’s Chief Executive Officer, “and we’re very excited about harnessing this expertise to significantly expand our product and service sales to our small to medium sized business clients the world over.”

Most recently as the AVP of Strategic Marketing for Manulife Financial’s Affinity Markets business unit, Marcia was responsible for developing and delivering “needs” driven products using integrated direct marketing techniques including direct mail, response advertising, telemarketing and internet to Canadians.

Throughout her 8 years with Manulife Financial, Marcia has played a key role in developing innovative products and leading edge ways to deliver insurance to consumers and small businesses via sponsors such as professional associations, retailers, financial institutions, alumni and retiree organizations.

Prior to her role with Manulife, Ms. Scott has had several senior marketing roles including North American Life and American Express, where she honed her direct and database marketing skills.

A well known leader in the field of direct marketing, Ms. Scott is a member of the Canadian Marketing Association’s (CMA) Privacy and Ethics committee and Chair of the 2004 CMA Privacy Conference. She is also a member of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).

“We are thrilled to have an executive of Marcia’s caliber join our management team!” announced Ron McArthur, WSI’s Chief Operating Officer. “The extent of our executive search and the addition of Marcia to the WSI management team exemplify our strong commitment to market expansion via customer-focused growth and to bring our strong portfolio of leading edge internet solutions to small and medium sized businesses the world over.”

About WSI
WSI, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is ranked the #1 Internet Services Businesses in the world and the 14th fastest-growing Franchise in the United States. With systems that have been developed, utilized and proven by over 700 Internet Consultants in 87 countries worldwide, WSI delivers thousands of e-business solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses annually.

Toronto, Canada

Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” One Canadian company has taken this adage to heart, with a vision of changing the world. By serving the needs of small and medium sized businesses, WSI has become known as the world’s #1 Internet Solutions provider. Today, WSI’s CEO Louis Zalany has announced a plan to help meet an even more pressing need in the world – the need to eradicate human suffering in cities and villages of developing nations around the world.

“I believe the Internet will be seen in retrospect as the great equalizer of humanity.” proclaims Zalany. “By allowing individuals to connect and communicate from all corners of the world, individuals can become productive contributors to the world economy regardless of their geography or current economic conditions.”

However there are many gaps that exist between where the world is today and where it will be when Zalany’s vision becomes a reality. “Our first priority at WSI is to help fill the empty stomachs of starving children whose generation we hope to change.” Zalany insightfully explains. “Then we need to educate these children,” he continues, “and as we assist with internet enabling villages, WSI’s leadership position in the area of e-Learning will be leveraged with an even greater purpose.”

In order to manifest its vision, WSI is aligning with relief organizations around the world that already have teams of people in place who can best harness WSI’s global resources.

In advance of our news today of WSI’s global village sponsorship program, Mr. Zalany confirmed our sponsorship of the Village of Ventanilla, Peru. “Already WSI is one of our leading corporate sponsors in the country!” proclaims Rich Chapman of World Vision, one of WSI’s partner organizations. “What really excites us is how they plan on harnessing the internet and the small to medium sized business community around the world to save the lives of thousands of children.”

One of our WSI Outreach Program leaders, the company’s Vice-Chairman Tore Steen, has always envisioned the alignment of business interests and people. “Someone needs to begin realizing this vision, and WSI has the passion to get the ball rolling.” he explains, “We can’t do it on our own, but together with our worldwide network of Internet Consultants, aligning with relief agencies, and joining with our clients, suppliers and other business leaders around the world, we can move mountains.”

Writing this chapter of WSI’s Outreach Program grew out of the willingness expressed by WSI’s shareholders, management team, staff and network of Internet Consultants to make a difference in our world by leveraging this global organization far beyond what any one person could contribute alone.

“Embracing this vision with the full strength of our organization is a passion shared by our management team and all stakeholders within the organization.” adds Ron McArthur, WSI’s Chief Operating Officer. “In addition to joining forces with our business partners around the world, our plan includes partnering with our clients and web surfers the world over.” McArthur goes on to explain that “By the 4th quarter of 2003 we were serving up over 500 million information hits each and every month through our network. Harnessing the power of many millions of visitors and massive internet traffic will be one of the most exciting parts of our vision as our we begin to reveal more detail on our activities later this quarter.”

“Our goal is to make a difference in the lives of these children one child and one village at a time.” Zalany concludes. “It’s one thing to make a dollar, but making a difference is something that we can all get very passionate about.”

A recent report on Corporate Citizenship by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy’s Imagine Program says only 5% of businesses in Canada give to charity. Only 1% are “Caring Companies” (those that give back 1% of their pretax profits). WSI intends to inspire a new generation of Caring Companies to reach out and make a difference. The details of WSI’s plan will be released later next month to WSI’s global network of Internet Consultants.