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www.cognisign.com - CogniSign Celia Cratch, 805-302-9707 ccratch@cognisign.com CogniSign, the worldwide leader in image and video search and advertising technology, has launched a Joint Venture for the APAC region. CogniSign Asia Pacific is headquartered in Tokyo, and will target Consumer Internet and Mobile markets in the APAC region, including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and China. This new initiative will be lead

by Mr. Koga, formerly a top executive at a public company in Japan. Mr. Koga has extensive experience in worldwide sales and business development, and for eight years focused these skills exclusively on the APAC region.

CogniSign views this strategic initiative as crucial to success in worldwide markets. "Everyone knows that the APAC region contains some of the largest Consumer Internet and Mobile players in the world," said Bryan Calkins, CEO of CogniSign. "Our presence in the region and Mr. Koga's leadership will enable us to build key relationships with the most important partners and customers in this region, with very positive implications for our company's ability to compete worldwide."

CogniSign Asia Pacific will manage all customer, partnership, and distribution relationships in the region for CogniSign.

Mr. Koga also sees the importance of the region for CogniSign's worldwide Go To Market strategy. "Many countries in APAC have the most advanced Consumer Internet and Mobile technologies and infrastructure in the world," he said. CogniSign Asia Pacific will be dedicated to launching revolutionary image and video search and advertising products here first, to take advantage of the advanced state of these markets."

Additionally, CogniSign will add staff in Silicon Valley to support these sales and business development efforts, including the localization of its technology platforms, products, and services for the various APAC markets.

About CogniSign

CogniSign is a technology company providing image and video search product solutions for Internet and mobile markets, based on its award-winning Intelligent Image Recognition Technology (patents pending). CogniSign is a privately held company based in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.cognisign.com. For immediate assistance, please email Celia Cratch at ccratch@cognisign.com.

About CogniSign Asia Pacific

CogniSign Asia Pacific is the sole and exclusive licensor and distributor of CogniSign's products and services for the APAC region. CogniSign Asia Pacific is a privately held company based in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please contact at apac.sales@cognisign.com

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