Skip Battle Joins Art.com Inc.'s Board of Directors

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Art.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer of wall art, today announced that veteran business and technology executive and former Ask Jeeves CEO A. George "Skip" Battle has joined the company's board of directors as chairman of its Audit Committee.

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"We are thrilled to have Skip Battle join Art.com's Board of Directors," said Art.com Inc. CEO Geoffroy Martin.  "He is a highly-respected and seasoned executive with a wealth of Internet expertise and a strong track record running and advising successful high-growth companies.  His insights and counsel will be invaluable as we continue our next phase of growth."

"I am pleased to join this very innovative company and look forward to working with the team as they continue to build an exciting e-commerce brand," said Battle.  "I am impressed with the company's achievements to date and I believe it is well-positioned to expand its share of a very large global market."

Battle is currently a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute as well as Chairman of the Board of Fair Isaac Corporation and a Director of Advent Software, Expedia, Netflix, OpenTable, and the Masters Select family of mutual funds. From 2000 to 2005 he was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Ask Jeeves, selling the company to Interactive Corporation in 2005. He retired from Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1995, having held a series of management positions in the firm including Worldwide Managing Partner, Market Development, and Managing Partner, U.S. Operations and Planning.  He was formerly a Director of Barra, Inc., and was the lead Independent Director of PeopleSoft.

A resident of Berkeley, California, Battle also is a Trustee of the Berkeley Community Fund and the U.S. Olympic Cycling Development Foundation. He is a senior moderator of the Henry Crown Fellowship, the Liberty Fellowship, and the African Leadership Initiative.

About Art.com Inc.

Art.com Inc. is a leading authority in wall art and the world's largest online retailer of posters, prints, and framed art. Since 1998, Art.com Inc. has sold high-quality wall art online to more than ten million customers – including home decorators, interior designers, businesses, art collectors, and art lovers – in over 120 countries worldwide. Its decor experts are always on top of the latest wall decor and decorating trends, and make unique and hard-to-find wall art accessible to the everyday consumer. The privately-held company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA and is venture-backed by Benchmark Capital and Polaris Ventures. For more information, visit www.art.com and www.AllPosters.com.

"art.com" and "AllPosters" are registered trademarks of Art.com Inc.

SOURCE Art.com Inc.

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