DARRYL PRAILL JOINS ADEXA AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR WORLDWIDE MARKETING

LOS ANGELES, Calif.– Jan. 22, 2002 – Adexa, Inc. a leading provider of collaborative supply chain planning solutions, today announced the appointment of Darryl Praill to Senior Vice President of Marketing. In his new role, Praill will oversee Corporate Marketing and Strategic Business Development. His depth of knowledge in supply chain management is coupled with an extensive background in corporate, product field and channel marketing, as well as corporate strategy. Most recently, Praill served as Vice President of Marketing and strategy for webplan where he held similar responsibilities. Prior to his 4-year tenure at webplan, Praill was Worldwide Product Marketing Director at Cognos, where he managed teams responsible for product and field marketing. Darryl also spent two years at Sybase as Director for Worldwide Marketing where he oversaw product marketing, marketing communications, and indirect channel marketing. “I am thrilled to be joining the team at Adexa. This is a tremendous opportunity to be a part of the dynamic growth of a dominant industry player,” said Praill. “Adexas strength in developing compelling and market-leading solutions along with a powerful alliance program and an impressive customer roster, uniquely positions them to prevail in todays uncertain economic climate.” Darryl has been a featured speaker and panelist for industry events hosted by Gartner, AMR Research and Forrester. He has been quoted in major technology publications including Upside, Red Herring, eWeek, Information Week, APICS and MSI Magazine, formerly, Manufacturing Systems. “I was genuinely struck by Darryls dynamic personality. His high energy along with a keen understanding of the supply chain space will enable him to hit the ground running,” said Dr. K. Cyrus Hadavi, President and Chief Executive Officer at Adexa. “He is a visionary and judging by his experience, has already proven that he is capable of helping launch Adexa to the next level of company growth.” Darryl Praill earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Sheridan College, in Toronto, Canada. About Adexa Headquartered in Los Angeles, Adexa blends powerful supply chain optimization, collaboration and business process automation capabilities within a single solution, iCollaboration, to help companies design, source, make and deliver products faster and more profitably. The iCollaboration suite enables manufacturers to accelerate time-to-market for products, improve customer service, reduce inventory, compress cycle times, and synchronize information and material flow across their supply chains. Adexas customers include industry innovators such as Advanced Micro Devices, CNH Global, General Motors, Hitachi, Johnson & Johnson, Lucent Technologies, Philips Semiconductor B.V., Pulse, Teijin Limited, TSMC Semiconductor, Unilever and Xerox. To learn more, call +49 811 9999 0 or visit Adexa online at www.adexa.com.