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Gateway Rounds Out Senior Management Team With Appointment of Bruce W. Smith to Head Professional Sales POWAY and IRVINE, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. announced today it has appointed Bruce W. Smith, a seasoned executive with nearly 25 years experience in sales and marketing roles, to serve as senior vice president, Gateway Professional, and lead the company's expansion into the SMB, mid-enterprise, education and government sectors. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO) The appointment completes Gateway's new senior leadership team, following its acquisition of eMachines, Inc. in March. The new team includes 13 senior vice presidents from eMachines, Gateway and outside companies. Mr. Smith, age 51, has served since 2002 as senior vice president, North America, for Equant, a Herndon, Va.-based global telecommunications-services company. He spent the previous four years in global sales roles at KPN Qwest, a joint venture between Holland's KPN and Qwest of the United States, and at Infonet Services Corp. Prior to that, he spent nearly 20 years in sales and marketing management positions for AT&T. Mr. Smith has a master's degree in history from the University of Virginia and a bachelor's degree in history from The Johns Hopkins University. Wayne Inouye, Gateway's president and CEO, said, "Bringing Bruce Smith aboard to lead our Professional sales activities underscores our commitment to growing Gateway's presence in this critically important market segment. Following the acquisition of eMachines, we remain fully committed to providing a broad range of enterprise-class products and services to customers in the mid-enterprise, education and government sectors." From high-end servers to market-leading plasma displays to comprehensive services, Gateway delivers whole-office technology solutions, coupled with high-touch service. Serving organizations for more than 15 years, Gateway uses its multi-channel approach to make the purchase, use and support of technology simple. Gateway customers include many of the world's leading organizations, such as the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the University of Arizona and others. For more information on Gateway Professional solutions, visit http://www.gateway.com/business. About Gateway Since its founding in 1985, Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology and direct-marketing pioneer, using its call centers, web site, direct sales force and retail alliances to build great customer relationships. Gateway offers consumers, businesses and schools a wide range of thin TVs, digital cameras, home networking products, servers, storage and other products, which work together seamlessly with its award-winning line of eMachines and Gateway PCs. Its products and services received nearly 130 awards and honors last year. With its acquisition of eMachines now complete, Gateway is the third largest PC company in the U.S. and among the top ten worldwide. Visit http://www.gateway.com/ for more information. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Gateway, Inc. CONTACT: David Hallisey of Gateway, Inc., +1-858-848-3886, Web site: http://www.prnewswire.com/micro/GTW Web site: http://www.gateway.com/business Web site: http://www.gateway.com/

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