PSINet Inc., the first commercial Internet service provider, today announced
the appointment of Volker Kleinn as president of PSINet Europe, reporting to
PSINet Chief Operating Officer Harold ‘Pete’ Wills. Mr Kleinn will be
responsible for expanding PSINet’s Internet access and application services in
key European markets.

A seasoned international business leader, Mr Kleinn previously served as chief
operating officer and vice president for Europe of Autodesk Inc., vice
president of international operations of Apollo Computer, and general manager
of Digital Equipment’s subsidiary in Finland. He was instrumental in
establishing Apollo’s international subsidiaries and growing Apollo’s revenues
in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

“Volker’s experience in building and managing international information
technology businesses complements PSINet’s European expansion strategies,” said
William L. Schrader, chairman, president, CEO and founder of PSINet Inc. “His
proven success in growing profitable sales, marketing and service organizations
will enable PSINet Europe to supply business customers with the Internet
solutions required in the deregulated communications market.”

Mr Kleinn has already begun to put the PSINet Europe senior management team in
place. Herman DeLatte has been named vice president of PSINet Europe and
regional manager for Northern Europe. Mr DeLatte previously served as vice
president - international and chief operating officer of Micrografx, and
managing director of Southern Europe and the BeNeLux for Ashton-Tate. He will
take over the management of PSINet’s existing Belgian subsidiary, PSINet
Belgium S.P.R.L., and launch PSINet’s services in the Netherlands, the
Scandinavian countries and Finland.

Alf Tuvesson, formerly director of finance and administration for Autodesk’s
European Operations, has been appointed director of finance and administration
for PSINet Europe. Prior to Autodesk, Mr Tuvesson held senior finance positions
at Apollo Computers and Arthur Anderson & Co.

PSINet also announced that it plans to locate the PSINet Europe headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland. Mr Kleinn, Mr DeLatte and Mr Tuvesson will be located here.
Also located in this office will be Wayne Myers, director of sales, and Annie
Corboy, acting director of marketing.

Mr Kleinn has also selected Helmut Blank as regional manager for Germany and
Austria. Mr Blank, who built and managed NeXT Computer Germany and previously
served with BEA, Hewlett Packard and Apollo Computers, will manage PSINet’s
existing German subsidiary, PSINet Germany GmbH, out of Munich.

PSINet began its European operations in July 1995 with the acquisition of EUNet
GB in the U.K. Subsequently, PSINet UK was formed to expand the company’s
network throughout the U.K. The company now serves several thousand businesses
in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

PSINet is a leading provider of turn-key corporate Internet and intranet
access, managed security services, electronic commerce solutions and Web
hosting services throughout the United States and abroad. PSINet manages one of
the world’s largest and most advanced fast-packet networks, which provides
state-of-the-art, high speed Internet access ranging from dedicated high-speed
circuits to ISDN to high-speed modem dial-up. PSINet backs up its state-of-
the-art network with the industry’s original service guarantee, employing
automatic back-up systems and crediting service for outages of as little as one
percent of a business day.

Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, PSINet has offices throughout the U.S. and
subsidiaries in Canada, Japan and Europe, including Belgium, Germany and the
U.K. For more information contact PSINet by phone at 001 703-904-4100, by
e-mail at info@psi.com or by accessing their Web site at http://www.psi.net

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