Citizengine, Inc. Announces The Addition Of Stephen Collins To The Board Of Directors

NASHVILLE, TENN. - Thursday, April 24 - Citizengine, Inc., which conducts business through its two operating  subsidiaries, iCitizen Corporation and iCity Corporation, today announced the appointment of Stephen R. Collins to the company’s board of directors. With immense success and perspective in rapidly scaling technology focused organizations, Mr. Collins will be a valuable asset to both iCitizen and iCity.

“We’re honored and excited to have Stephen join our board of directors,” says Citizengine, Inc. Founder and Executive Chairman, Duncan Dashiff. “He will bring our organization a whole new level of insight into disruptive technologies and their ability to positively impact the lives of individuals around the world. Stephen’s domain expertise will accelerate the growth of our civic engagement platforms and our goal of transforming the level of empowerment and influence citizens have in the daily actions of their governments.”

Mr. Collins is a seasoned business leader with extensive management experience, particularly in developing disruptive and rapidly growing markets. His experience is wide-ranging, including significant experience in consumer products, online advertising, enterprise software, SaaS, social media and e-commerce.

“When I was approached by the company about this opportunity, I immediately understood the vision, mission, and potential power of the civic engagement solutions resident in the iCitizen and iCity platforms.” says Stephen Collins. “I look forward to helping the company rapidly develop and change the manner in which individuals interact with their government while improving the overall effectiveness of government as a result.”

Throughout his career in technology, Mr. Collins has held the titles of CEO, CFO and CIO, reflecting his diverse skills and effectiveness as a leader. His prior experience includes a leadership role at DoubleClick, Inc., a global Internet advertising solutions company, where Mr. Collins participated in the company’s startup and explosive growth phase—resulting in its acquisition by Google in 2007 for $3.1 billion. After his success at DoubleClick, Mr. Collins took on the roll of CEO for Juris, Inc., a company based in Nashville Tenn., that was a leading provider of technology solutions for use in the legal industry until its acquisition by LexisNexis in July of 2007. Another highlight of Mr. Collins’ impressive career includes his roles as CIO, CFO, and then CEO of Bazaarvoice, a SaaS company that provides a technology platform and network that connects brands and retailers to the authentic voices of people where they shop. Mr. Collins grew Bazaarvoice to a network where more than 400 million people view and share authentic opinions, questions and experiences with respect to approximately 20 million products every month.

About Citizengine, Inc.
Citizengine, Inc. conducts its business operations through two subsidiaries, iCitizen Corporation and iCity Corporation. Through its iCitizen subsidiary, the Company operates a mobile-centric social media platform for civic engagement which is intended to establish a more robust mechanism for representative-constituent communication regarding key issues; provide transparent data regarding the mindset and interest of constituents for use by citizens, representatives, candidates for office and advocacy groups; enable interactive communities centered on issues of importance; and redirect current channels of influence and power in day-to-day politics at the local, state and national levels (see www.icitizen.com for more information). In addition, through its iCity subsidiary, the Company actively sells mobile application solutions to local municipalities that facilitate civic engagement between those entities and their residents and visitors. iCity's mobile applications make it easy for local governments to keep users informed and engaged by blending communication, news, information and social media tools into a uniquely branded, mobile civic engagement solution for a local community (see www.icity.us for more information).