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12-15-08 Invoke Launches Engage Analytics
11-19-08 Invoke Solutions welcomes Industry Analyst Brad Bortner for a Joint Webinar
08-29-08 Jennafer Stahl Expands Invoke Solutions Brand and Communications Experience
07-28-08 Invoke’s Engage Mobile Drives Engagement at IIR’s Shopper Insights in Action
07-02-08 Invoke’s Engage Open Helps Drive Company Growth
05-15-08 Invoke Explores The Power of Word of Mouth
3-11-08 Invoke Receives $7MM in Funding
03-18-08 Mothers Still Concerned About Marketers, But Take Responsibility
02-13-08 Consumers Say Green is Nice, Taste is Better
1-21-08 Invoke introduces the Engage Family of Research Solutions
10-5-07 Invoke Ping Provides Feedback at Leading Industry Event
09-4-07 Invoke Opens European Office, Adds Research Experience
04-13-07 Invoke Solutions Announces New Director of Marketing
03-06-07 Invoke Solutions Selects New Mobile Gateway Platform for Latest Invoke Ping Product
02-14-07 The Gallup Organization Partners with Invoke Solutions to Provide Next Generation Online Research Platform
01-16-07 Greenfield Online and Invoke Solutions Partner to Deliver Invoke LIVE! – Demonstration of Qualitative-Quantitative Research Sess
12-19-06 Maritz and Invoke Solutions Partner to Launch Mobile Research Platform
7-25-06 Invoke Solutions Outlines Vision for Enabling Consumer Research Anytime, Anywhere
7-12-06 Invoke Solutions Launches MyInvoke Portal
5-9-06 The Marketing Workshop, Inc. and Invoke Solutions Partner to Deliver Next Generation Research Solution to Clients
5-3-06 Invoke Solutions Announces New CEO
5-01-06 High Prices, Unruly Crowds and Lack of Quality Movies Turn Movie Goers Away from Theaters
3-29-06 Invoke Solutions Named Cool Vendor by Leading Analyst Firm
3-15-06 Invoke Solutions and EMERGE International Partner to Deliver Next Generation Cultural Health Solutions to Clients
12-05-05 Invoke Solutions Appoints Alon Ravid as Chief Technology Officer
11-02-05 Invoke Solutions Announces Partnership with HR.com
9-28-05 Invoke Solutions Names Frank H. Lallos as CFO and Traci Gere as Vice President of Professional Services
9-23-05 Invoke Solutions Takes Its Revolutionary Researching Platform To The Next Level with “Invoke on Demand”
7-25-05 Maritz Research Launches Real-Time Research Tool for Businesses Needing Quick, In-Depth Customer Feedback
6-16-05 Invoke Solutions Continues Impressive Growth Adding Customers and Tripling Sales Force
4-12-05 Invoke Solutions Helps HR Outsourcers, Businesses Improve Strategic Decision Making and Investment in Human Capital Programs
3-29-05 Invoke Solutions Sees 70% Revenue Growth in 2004, Adds $6.5 Million Investment
2-22-05 Technology Innovator Invoke Solutions Names Ben Cesare Senior Vice President of Sales
2-15-05 Greenfield Online and Invoke Solutions Deliver Next Generation Real-Time Research Solutions to Clients
10-21-04 Ryan Partnership and Invoke Solutions Partner to Offer Insights-Based Research Tool for Marketers
9-21-04 Invoke Solutions Honored at 25th Annual AMA Marketing Research Conference
9-20-04 Invoke Solutions Now Offers Elegant Answer to Order Bias Challenges
9-19-04 Invoke Solutions Uses Innovative Dynamic Survey Platform to
9-15-04 Invoke Solutions Targets Fastest Growing Market Segment in US with Release of Dynamic Survey 3.2 “en Español!”
8-30-04 Marriott Chooses Invoke Solutions and Dynamic Survey for Confident Decision-Making
8-17-04 Invoke Solutions Establishes Impressive Foundation for Growth
7-20-04 Invoke Solutions and Dynamic Survey Help Midas Maintain its Touch
6-22-04 Invoke Solutions Announces Global Partnership With C&R Research
6-15-04 Be Even More Certain about Your Decisions with Dynamic Survey 3.1, Invoke Solutions' Real-Time Online Research Platform
2-23-04 Growing Market Demand Drives Millward Brown and Invoke Solutions to Further Collaborate
9-12-03 Invoke Solutions Continues to Drive Innovation of Real-Time Market Research with Release of Dynamic Survey 3.0
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Invoke Solutions Establishes Impressive Foundation for Growth Key Hires, Starting with Accomplished Executive Corey Torrence at CEO, Impressive Board Additions of Anne Busquet and Rory Cowan, Increased Investment from Bain Capital and a Growing List of Brand Name Customers Position Invoke for Increasing Global Demand

Tenafly, NJ -- August 17, 2004 -- Invoke Solutions, a leading innovator of online, collaborative research solutions, announced today that the company has assembled an powerful line-up of experienced executives, technical innovators, financial leaders and talented advisors to help the company meet and grow with the demands of the evolving knowledge, research, and corporate communications industries.

Most recently, Invoke appointed Anne Busquet, CEO of IAC Local and Media Services (NASDAQ: IACI), and Rory Cowan, Chairman and CEO of Lionbridge Technologies (NASDAQ: LIOX), to the Invoke Board of Directors. Busquet brings Invoke more than 25 years of management, leadership and advisory experience from leading corporations and universities. Cowan brings Invoke over 20 years of operational and managerial experience at both privately held and public companies. Both Anne and Rory have extensive leadership and operational experience in growing and managing private and public global companies. Their addition to the Invoke Board brings more depth, more insight and more experience to the company.

Spear-heading the recent Board additions is CEO Corey Torrence. Torrence joined Invoke as Chairman and CEO in November 2003. Brought to Invoke by investors, Bain Capital Ventures and BRM Capital, Torrence is an accomplished executive with over 24 years of experience in marketing, sales and business operations. Prior to joining Invoke, Torrence was Chairman and CEO of Creditek, a leader of revenue cycle outsourcing services.

Prior to that, Torrence was President and CEO of Epsilon, where he successfully brought the company from losses to sustained profitability over the course of 18 months, leading to the leveraged merger of the company into a larger marketing services enterprise. Torrence brings to Invoke experience and energy for innovative technology, strategic decision-making and results.

"In a short period of time, we've brought a deep and seasoned team of executives and advisors to Invoke Solutions. We are here because we have a breakthrough business solution that greatly increases the odds of success in critical decision making for our clients. We have an innovative technology platform that provides our customers with new and more efficient ways to help organizations connect with customers, employees, shareholders and partners," said Corey Torrence, Chairman and CEO, Invoke Solutions. "Customers, like Marriott and Midas, come to us because they need to be more certain about the critical decisions they are making, and they recognize that we are truly revolutionizing the knowledge industry with a powerful platform that delivers rich, constructive real-time dialogue through the power of the Internet. Our vision delivers results that have not previously been seen before with approaches such as surveys and response cards. We have revolutionized how our customers know what their clients are thinking."

About Invoke Solutions

Invoke Solutions, founded in 1999, is a key player in the knowledge and insight industry, driving transformation from traditional research methods to real-time, very rich, online solutions. In response to the need for faster marketing decisions based on greater customer insight, Invoke Solutions developed Dynamic Survey, a unique, interactive research platform that provides both qualitative and quantitative market research in one, online, real-time session. Dynamic Survey enables users to harness the power of the Internet to generate immediate insight to new products and concept ideas through a live interactive dialogue with 100 or more respondents. Each session combines the rich opinion and adaptive questioning of a focus group with the large sample and quantitative questioning of a survey. Invoke Solutions and Dynamic Survey help clients make faster, more confident, better informed decisions. This is crucial - especially when a lot is riding on the decision. Invoke investors include Bain Capital Ventures and BRM Capital.