"Patrick Austermann brings substantial implementation and technical experience to Netrics," said president and CEO, Stefanos Damianakis. "He is responsible for customer and partner integrations and also drives next generation product development within Netrics."

"I became a Netrics customer three years ago when I selected their matching technology to power a Fortune 500 company's e-commerce solution with millions of users," explained Austermann. "I am intimately familiar, from a client's perspective, with our products’ ease of integration and also fully appreciate the advanced mathematics' and sophisticated algorithms’ ability to create tangible business benefits."

"Patrick has the ability to interface with technical leadership at the highest levels to help our clients achieve their integration goals as well as increase the quality and value of their data resources," said Damianakis.

Prior to joining Netrics, Mr. Austermann was the Information Security Officer at Bookspan (a Bertelsmann/Time Warner partnership) responsible for IT infrastructure. His previous roles also include: Manager of International IT projects for BOL.com (Bertelsmann Online) and Project Manager for Bosch Telecom.

Austermann is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a Diplom-Informatiker (equivalent to a Master's Degree in Computer Science) from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and is also an Ingénieur en Informatique et Mathématiques Appliquées, E.N.S.I.M.A.G. (Grande Ecole), and holds a D.E.A. (Diplome des Etudes Approfondies) from the I.M.A.G. in Grenoble, France.

About Netrics
Netrics is tightly focused on achieving best-in-class data access and data quality solutions for real world applications - both in terms of delivering extreme accuracy and especially in the face of highly complex challenges. Netrics complements its software with a full suite of services, working with systems integrators and enterprises to solve their most challenging database matching problems. Netrics was named 2006 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in data management and integration for its “innovative, impactful and intriguing” database record matching software and was also placed in the 2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools. For additional information about Netrics and its products and services, visit www.netrics.com or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .