MINNEAPOLIS-Feb. 5, 2002--Prolatus has hired Chris Hoffmann as its Chief Marketing Officer. Hoffmann recently served as CEO of Hoffmann Optimization, a sales development and consulting firm. Before that, he was a Vice President with Gartner, Inc. Prior to Gartner, Mr. Hoffmann spent 2 years as Director of Sales and Marketing for GE Capital Consulting, and spent nearly 8 years at IBM Corporation in various sales positions. He will lead the Prolatus sales, marketing and alliance development efforts Also, Prolatus has promoted Christopher Rywelski to Executive Vice President. Rywelski was a founding member of the 26-person firm and most recently held the position of Chief Technology Officer. In this new role, Rywelski will expand responsibilities to include company operations and product development. PROLATUS, Inc. is a graphic arts workflow solutions company. Their software solutions are designed to meet the time and quality critical needs of the graphic arts industry world-wide. Their patent-pending Catalyst Technology, addresses the need for powerful, bandwidth-independent solutions designed to enhance remote image-based production workflows. PROLATUS is led by graphic arts industry veterans. Prolatus was formed with a vision to improve and expedite high-end production workflows. By leveraging the ubiquity of the Internet, their unique Catalyst Technology enables customers to achieve measurable cost-savings and productivity gains.