JAZD Markets Announces Scott Durgin as Chief Technology Officer

Andover, MA., (June 07, 2010) - JAZD Markets, the leader in online B2B directory-driven marketplace platforms, announced today it had appointed Scott Durgin as Chief Technology Officer of JAZD Markets.

Durgin will leverage his 20 plus years experience in the high technology industry, both in enterprise and early-stage ventures, to direct and facilitate the effective evolution of the JAZD Marketing as a Service (MaaS) platform.

"I'm looking forward to bringing my complimentary technology, product strategy and startup experience and adding to an already abundant supply of passion to help further innovate the JAZD Marketing-as-a-Service platform and deliver the best business-to-business marketing solution available," Durgin said.

In announcing Durgin's addition to the JAZD Markets' team, Jamie Bedard, Founder and CEO at JAZD said, "We are incredibly fortunate to bring such a solid force of success as Scott Durgin to the JAZD network. I am confident his extensive experience in emerging technology will prove instrumental to the continued influence and innovation of the JAZD Markets platform."

Durgin has been a pioneer in high technology for the entirety of his career. Previously he was the Founder and CTO of Aligned Global, an innovative offshore development company focused on web and emerging technologies companies. Durgin has had impressive success with the development of revolutionary online platforms. Durgin and his team were instrumental to the origination and implementation of deep-tagging, metadata-driven navigation of online video while the CTO of Gotuit Media, a Highland and Atlas funded venture. He then went on to hold the position of Senior Vice President of Products and Operatinos at Carlyle-funded Adesso Systems, a distributed computing platform for business and social media sharing.

"JAZD represents a wonderful opportunity to work with a very talented team and a great teaming culture," Durgin said. "This makes for a welcoming experience to bring the work I've done across the interactive web, media and enterprise markets helping to bring innovative solutions to the market."

About Jaz'd! Markets:
JAZD Markets is the leading business to business directory-driven marketing as a service (MaaS) company for B2B publishers, advertisers and marketing managers. JAZD’s marketplaces combine directory placement, lead generation, search engine optimization, content integration, behavioral marketing, social media, display advertising and vertical search into a proven product marketing platform. Over half-million buyers and decision makers rely on JAZD’s marketplaces – - HealthTech, PharmaTech, Chemical Yellow Pages, CommTech, HotelWorld Network Marketplace, SupplyTech, ProcessFlowDirect, and TechDirect - to find the right products. Stop searching and start finding B2B solutions with JAZD Markets.

Press/Analyst Inquiries:
Viki Zabala
JAZD Markets
Vice President of Marketing
978-474-6604

www.jazdmarkets.com

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