Dan Concannon Joins Mediant Communications

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediant Communications, a provider of investor communications services and technology to banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds and corporations, announced today the appointment of Dan Concannon as Global Head of Sales.

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Mr. Concannon is well-known to the industry as a dynamic sales executive with an impressive track record of rapidly building and managing multiple sales teams for institutional and corporate sales.  He will oversee Mediant's sales expansion in broker, corporate and fund-company services.

Mediant provides end-to-end solutions for brokers and wealth managers in delivering proxy and prospectus materials to their customers, financial advisors and managed accounts. Earlier this year Mediant successfully launched its Software Suite for Brokers, an innovative touchpoint solution linking financial advisors with their customers.  Mediant also has a fast-growing business providing one-stop proxy distribution and tabulation services to corporations for their shareholder meetings on a multi-lingual platform.

Mr. Concannon was previously head of worldwide sales for Institutional Shareholder Services where he oversaw the company's three-fold increase in sales in the five years leading up to its acquisition by RiskMetrics (now MSCI).  More recently he led WealthEngine sales growth of 250% over a three-year period.

"We are delighted to have Dan join our executive team at a time when our company is poised for rapid growth across all of our business lines," says Lisa Warren, Chief Marketing Officer at Mediant.

"I am very excited to join Mediant Communications," says Concannon. "Over the last ten years, this team has built an outstanding infrastructure and roster of extremely satisfied and sophisticated clients.  I am eager to build upon this success and to ensure that all market participants are aware of the cutting edge technology and outstanding customer service that are Mediant's hallmarks."

"Mediant is about helping issuers and brokers communicate with shareholders using technology, service and superior performance," says Arthur Rosenzweig, President and CEO of Mediant.  "Dan knows how to bring our value proposition to everyone in the market," says Rosenzweig.

About Mediant Communications

Mediant Communications LLC is an investor communications company providing software and services to banks, brokerage firms, corporations and investment companies for processing and distributing proxy materials, prospectuses and other communications to equity, bond and mutual fund investors.

Established in 2002, Mediant is a pioneer in both front-office and back-office software for document processing and delivery for brokers and banks. Mediant also provides annual meeting management, distribution and tabulation services for corporate issuers.

In 2012, Mediant became the first company to launch a full set of software solutions for the broker-dealer and its operations managers, financial advisors, retail investors and managed accounts.  For more information go to www.mediantonline.com.

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