Top Executives to lead Business Growth of Prediction Market Company

Nashville, TN (February 16, 2009) – Consensus Point, headquartered in Nashville, today announced the addition of several executives to oversee its growing customer base and expand the business development and professional services teams.  The company is one of the nation’s largest providers of prediction markets, innovative collective intelligence solutions to improve the accuracy of prospective business decisions.

“Consensus Point is well positioned to further advance the provocative prediction market industry,” commented David Perry, President and co-founder, Consensus Point. “In these times of uncertainty and economic challenges, we are excited to offer proven prediction market solutions to provide “early warning signals” and forecasts to corporations and government organizations from the collective wisdom dispersed throughout their enterprises.”  Perry and co-founder Ken Kittlitz, Chief Technology Officer, will continue to successfully lead the software development and technology teams serving organizations such as GE,
Best Buy, and Motorola.

Highlights of the Consensus Point additional leadership team include:

Linda Eskind Rebrovick, Chief Executive Officer – Rebrovick brings 32 years of executive experience and expertise leading information technology consulting, marketing and sales organizations. She formerly served as VP, Dell Healthcare Sales, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, BearingPoint, EVP and National Managing Partner, KPMG Consulting and Business Unit Executive, IBM. Rebrovick serves on the Board of Directors, HealthStream, Inc and Tennessee Governor Bredesen’s eHealth Advisory Council.  She received her bachelor’s degree from the College of Business at Auburn University and was recognized as one of Auburn University’s top 400 women graduates in the past 100 years.

Robin Hanson, Ph.D., Chief Scientist – Hanson pioneered the prediction markets movement in 1988 and was a principal architect of the first internal corporate market in 1990. He brings a wealth of expertise and assists Consensus Point with design and development of their prediction market applications and supports their customers with quantitative analysis. Hanson, associate professor of economics, George Mason University, and research associate at Oxford University, received his Ph.D. in social science from California Institute of Technology and masters in physics and masters in the philosophy of science from University of Chicago.

Brad Wilson, Vice President of Services – Wilson joins Consensus Point as a veteran in developing and delivering services for Fortune 1000 companies. His background in the consulting and services businesses includes management roles at Dell, BearingPoint and KPMG Consulting. Wilson brings superior and proven background responding to customer needs and delivering world-class service to lead services delivery and customer support.

“Prediction Markets break through bureaucracy and organizational barriers to provide business leaders with real time predictions in an engaging social network environment surpassing any traditional research methods” said Linda Rebrovick, Consensus Point’s CEO. “We have an unwavering commitment to deliver business outcomes and results to our customers by providing valuable forecasts and indicators regarding the projects and investments that matter most to the company in order to make insightful business decisions that are critical to their success.”

About Consensus Point, LLC – Consensus Point, a Nashville-based company, is the leading provider of enterprise prediction markets serving corporations and government.  With over 15 years of experience providing enterprise prediction markets, Consensus Point offers a comprehensive collective intelligence solution, including Software as a Service (SaaS) with on-demand or on-site licenses and consulting services.  The company helps their clients reduce the risk of uncertainty, improve revenue through accurate forecasts of products and services, and manage projects with immediate insight into future completion dates and budgets.   For more info, please visit www.consensuspoint.com.

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