"I'm very honored to have the opportunity to actively participate in a body that plays such a crucial leadership role in Northern Virginia's high-tech community, and even beyond the area," said Hanash. "With its critical mass of Internet infrastructure, Virginia really is the heart of this global medium. Collaborating with my esteemed colleagues on the board to further enhance Virginia's paramount position in the online communications revolution promises to be a challenging and rewarding experience."

"The addition of Alain Hanash to our board reflects Virginia's growing prominence in the internalization of Internet communication," said NVTC President Bobbie Kilberg. "His visionary leadership has made Multicity a leader of companies that are using multilingual technology to unite the disparate online language communities-thereby enabling Net citizens to have global conversations. We look forward to Alain bringing his unique perspective and insights to NVTC."

Under the direction of Alain, Multicity was the first company to incorporate instant translation into instant messaging and chat room products. Multicity also has developed a patent-pending In-the-Box™ technology that enables businesses or consumers to send live multilingual chat rooms, message boards, auctions and Web polls from their e-mail to the e-mail inboxes of recipients, who can immediately use any of these products, and even forward them to a virtually unlimited number of people. This allows users to engage in global discussions on any conceivable topic and thereby create instant virtual communities of participants that promote knowledge sharing, understanding and a strong sense of camaraderie.

About Multicity.com
Multicity.com empowers the world to meet and communicate on the Internet. Multicity's hosted communications and e-commerce products enable businesses and consumers from around the world to interact, convene, collaborate and create instant virtual communities. Available in up to 17 different languages, Multicity's Web-based product suite includes chat rooms, instant messaging, message boards and auctions, each of which has an integrated instant translation capability, and Web polls. Multicity facilitates the exchange of ideas through its live, linked global network of more than 600,000 registered users of Multicity's communications products.

About NVTC
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the voice of technology business, driving the success of member companies in their fields and building recognition of the region as a global leader in technology development and application. NVTC was founded in 1991 as a membership organization representing the interests of the technology community in Northern Virginia. The council has grown to include nearly 1,800 member companies representing the diversity of the technology industry in Northern Virginia. NVTC focuses the strength and influence of the technology community on issues that impact the technology business and economic prosperity of our region. The council channels the collective vision and interests of this community leadership into one strong and unifying voice.

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