Heavy-Hitting Nonprofit Software Executive, Bryan Klann, Joins MPower as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

DALLAS, TEXAS (August 5, 2008) – MPower – which provides the most open, flexible, and powerful software for nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) and fundraising – today announced that nonprofit software sales veteran and dynamo, Bryan Klann, has joined the company as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO).

The newly created CSMO position comes only a few months after MPower made its widely used, mature and full feature CRM software solution available to all nonprofits by moving to an open source model in March. Since then, more than 1,000 nonprofit professionals and other potential users have downloaded the software from www.mpoweropen.com.

“To attract a superstar like Bryan is a major coup for us as it would be for any nonprofit-focused software company,” said Randy McCabe, Founder and CEO, MPower. “Bryan has an outstanding record of developing strong sales teams and growing revenue exponentially for enterprise software firms serving charitable organizations. He is one of the best and brightest in the business today and someone who can write his own ticket professionally, so his decision to join us is another real sign that we’re onto something big for nonprofits.”

Klann’s Background

Klann’s 15-plus years of experience includes accelerating the sales and marketing functions for technology companies serving public sector organizations such as nonprofits and governmental agencies. Prior to joining MPower, Klann served as Vice President of Sales for the nonprofit division of Sage Software, one of the world’s leading providers of business process management software. Sage’s nonprofit division, well known for MIP Fund Accounting, helps more than 7,000 organizations -- including American Lung Association, American Red Cross, Easter Seals, Goodwill Industries, Salvation Army and United Way -- to manage their accounting and fundraising processes. Under Klann's leadership, Sage’s nonprofit division grew significantly with new customer acquisition increasing by 97 percent over three years.

Klann also has served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Austin-based Hart Intercivic which is a market leader in public sector technology. Additionally, Klann has held management-level sales and business development positions with Hansen Information Technologies in Sacramento and Day Software AG of Basel, Switzerland.

“I’m thrilled about joining MPower because while other nonprofit vendors are talking about ‘openness’ and making a lot of noise with their marketing campaigns, this company really is helping to bring truly open CRM to the nonprofit sector,” said Bryan Klann, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, MPower. “In doing so, we are helping to foster a very positive sea change in the way nonprofits approach management of constituent relationships to drive giving.”

Snapshot of Open CRM for Nonprofits

Hundreds of nonprofits, including some of today’s savviest direct marketers, use MPower as a platform for more efficiently and effectively managing daily operations (e.g., donation processing, fulfillment, event and volunteer management, call center and mail activity tracking, and major donor relations) and also integrating constituent data in real time from multiple channels -- such as direct mail, television and radio, online, telemarketing and special events – into a single, sophisticated but easy-to-use, database.

MPower is available without licensing fees and users can access the source code so they can integrate best-of-breed applications and modify the software to meet their organizations’ unique needs. Users also can benefit by sharing innovations to the software. To download MPower, please visit www.mpoweropen.com.

The alternative to MPower is closed, or proprietary, software, which requires hefty upfront licensing fees and holds a user “hostage” in a variety of ways. He/she cannot make changes to the product and instead is dependent on the vendor’s roadmap, which typically moves too slowly and/or may not include the specific functionality he or she needs. Also users of proprietary solutions have to pay for new modules or releases whether or not they need them.

About MPower

Dallas-based MPower provides the most open, flexible, and powerful suite of software and services for fundraising and constituent relationship management for today's nonprofits. MPower enables organizations to manage important daily operations (including donation processing, fulfillment, event and volunteer management, call center activity tracking and major donors relations) and also capture and leverage key constituent data from all channels for building strong, lifetime relationships. MPower serves hundreds of nonprofits of all sizes with diverse missions and constituencies, including some of the world's largest and most sophisticated direct marketers. For more information, please visit www.mpoweropen.com.