NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- Kenneth Crutchfield, a 15-year veteran of
the online/interactive industry, has recently joined US Interactive as
Director of Strategic Planning and Development.

"The addition of Ken to our professional staff greatly enhances our
world-class expertise and frontline experience in electronic commerce and
Internet marketing," said Robert Kost, US Interactive's Executive Vice
President for Strategic Planning and Development. "We now offer more
collective interactive experience than any other consultancy in the world,
which represents a coup not only for US Interactive, but for our clients as
well."

Crutchfield spent over 12 years at Lexis-Nexis. In 1988, he was
instrumental in connecting Lexis-Nexis to what was then the National Science
Foundation backbone, arguably making Lexis-Nexis the first commercial
application on the Internet. While at Lexis-Nexis, Crutchfield developed new
information products as extensions to the Lexis-Nexis services including the
Capitol Track legislative tracking service, Tracker e-mail products for
monitoring topical events through e-mail, and Lexis macros for integrating
online information directly into word processing documents.

Most recently the Director of Electronic Commerce for Dun & Bradstreet,
Crutchfield managed Dun & Bradstreet's entrance in emerging Electronic
Commerce markets including the market for "Digital Trust".

In 1995 and 1996, Crutchfield took a nationally visible leadership role as
the Electronic Commerce Director for the National Information Infrastructure
Testbed (NIIT) Consortium. During his tenure, the NIIT conducted tests and
projects including: EDI over Internet, future retailing, electronic product
code standards, and extranet applications designed to help organizations
collaborate using new Internet technologies.

Actively involved in industry discussions and consensus building regarding
Electronic Commerce technology, markets and policy, Crutchfield has
represented interests in various Electronic Commerce forums including:
CommerceNet, Cross Industry Working Team (XIWT), Financial Services Technology
Consortium (FSTC), Information Industry Association (IIA), Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA), Internet Society, National
Information Infrastructure Test Bed (NIIT), and the US Council on
International Business (USCIB).

Recently, US Interactive's Consulting & Strategic Services division has
served clients including Bellcore, Columbia House, Deloitte & Touche, Dun &
Bradstreet, FAO Schwarz, Network Solutions, New Century Network, and the
United States Senate.

US Interactive (http://www.usinteractive.com) has created interactive
marketing solutions for over 200 client companies, including: the Associated
Press, Calvert Group, Columbia House, Comcast Corporation, Comedy Central,
Conrail, CoreStates Bank, Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group/ICS, Dun &
Bradstreet, FAO Schwarz, IBM, Infoseek, Martha Stewart Living, McNeil Consumer
Products, Microsoft, National Football League, Network Solutions, Royal
Caribbean International and Toshiba America Consumer Products. US
Interactive, founded in 1991, employs over 90 people in its two offices, in
Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY.