Mark Geeves has been appointed President of BEST Software Incorporated from October 1st 2000, a company responsible for the North American marketing and distribution of BEST¥s proofing and color management solutions. BEST Software Inc. is based in Huntington, New York. Geeves, whose professional career began with X-Rite Incorporated has 18 years of global experience in the Graphic Arts, Digital Imaging, Photographic, Medical, Textile, Plastic and Paint Markets with regard to color management, process control and distribution. Prior to joining BEST Software Geeves worked for Color Savvy Systems Limited where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing and developed and implemented the marketing and sales strategy for the introduction of Color Savvy's hardware into the digital imaging instrumentation marketplace in North America and Europe. Referring to his new job Mark Geeves says: "My task is to continue the success that BEST has found in Europe, Japan and China into the North American and South American printing and publishing markets". Mark Geeves lives with his wife Karen and his two children Ryan and Emily in Cincinatti, Ohio. BESTColor is a PostScript RIP solution with integrated color management based on the ICC standard, which enables true-color printing on commercially-available inkjet printers. While the Windows solutions (BESTColor Medium, XL, XXL and Laser) enjoy an excellent reputation and represent the de facto standard on the market, BEST now offers a solution for the Mac OS as well. BEST Software Inc. is headquartered at 190 East Main Street, Huntington, New York 11743, phone: (631) 423-3710 fax: (631) 423 5008. BEST Software Inc. solutions are sold via distributors and dealers. BEST GmbH is a German software company headquartered in Krefeld, with branch offices in the USA and a global distribution network. The solutions provider for the printing and publishing market is the world market leader for software RIP solutions.