Michael Crawford Named to Head Up Engineering at Self-Service Provider EMN8^®, Inc.

August 09, 2007

SAN DIEGO - (Business Wire) - To further solidify its dominance of customer-facing, automated self-service solutions for major quick service and fast casual restaurants, EMN8^®, Inc. today announced the addition of Michael "Mike" Crawford to serve as the company's senior vice president of engineering.

EMN8^® CEO and president Steve Donly lauded Crawford's depth and expertise. "Mike has considerable experience overseeing the development of strategic applications and systems that serve as cornerstones for scalable integrated solutions. Our customers and business partners are going to quickly realize the benefit of having this highly seasoned manager setting the direction for our technology."

Previously, Crawford was senior vice president of engineering at Syntricity, Inc. where he was responsible for R&D product development, product management, the customer support organization and quality assurance. While there, Crawford introduced a combination of technologies and architecture that provided a foundation for a highly interactive user interface for advanced analytics in the development of semiconductors.

Crawford has also served as a vice president of engineering for Prisa Networks, Inc., EMC Corporation, Loral Telemetry and Instrumentation, and as senior vice president of engineering at Lockheed Martin and L-3 Communications.

About EMN8^®, Inc.

EMN8^® (www.emn8.com) develops animated, rich-media self-service solutions for the restaurant industry. Our customer-facing OrderM8 systems deliver an easy, fast and engaging interface allowing guests to accurately order, confirm and make payment via cash, credit, debit and/or gift card. EMN8^®'s field-hardened solutions, integrated with existing POS and back-office management applications, increase average check, improve speed of service, and deliver consistent in-store brand messaging to consumers while reducing an enterprise's overall operating costs.