Being the parent of an online child is difficult.

Crisp US Hires Chief Architect to Further Improve the IMSafer Solution for Appropriate Online Interactions for Children

BEAVERTON, OR—APRIL 14, 2008—Crisp US, the online child protection provider of the IMSafer service, is pleased to announce the addition of a key team member, Gilbert Hyatt as Chief Architect. “Gilbert Hyatt joins our company at a time of significant growth and his talent will be well utilized to the benefit of families that want their kids to have healthy and safe online experiences,” said Tommy McClung, Co-Founder of IMSafer and General Manager of Crisp US.

Gilbert Hyatt has been a solutions architect and software engineer in the technology arena for many years, most recently in the position of Senior Solutions Engineer at Intel in Oregon. Prior roles in technology solutions and management at companies such as Hewlett-Packard, RLX, Sun Microsystems and AT&T demonstrate his experience. Mr, Hyatt performed his undergraduate studies in Math Sciences and Physics at UCLA.

“I am excited to be joining Crisp and to have the opportunity to advance the IMSafer technology to help families keep their children protected on the Internet. I do not often get the chance to make a difference not only in a company's bottom line, but in its users' lives as well,” said Gilbert Hyatt, newly named Chief Architect of Crisp US.

The IMSafer software identifies abusive and sexual concepts and phrases and immediately informs parents of the inappropriate sections of online conversations. Then, the relationship analysis tools detect the increasingly sophisticated grooming approaches utilized by more devious predators in instant messaging. In less than fifteen months, IMSafer has signed up over 137,000 registered users in the US in the effort to prevent online abuse and bullying.

About Crisp US:

Based in Beaverton, Oregon, Crisp US is focused upon child protection and prevention of inappropriate online interactions. IMSafer uses an advanced language interpretation engine to scan IM conversations and sends an immediate e-mail or SMS alert to parents when it detects dangerous interaction. For more information, please visit us online at
www.imsafer.com

Media Contact:

Jimme’ Peters
503.816.0500
jimme@24-7consulting.com

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