Insightful Appoints Meshberg, Reidel and Ozur to Board

Insightful Corporation, formerly MathSoft Inc, a leading provider of solutions for predictive analysis, data mining and business intelligence, announced the appointment of Sam Meshberg, Art Reidel and Mark Ozur to its board of directors.

Collectively, these executives bring extensive experience in building and growing sustainable, long-term shareholder value in high-tech companies.

Meshberg, Reidel and Ozur bring specific expertise that will benefit Insightful as it continues to establish itself as an independent player, following its divestiture of MathSoft's Engineering and Education Products Division (EEPD) on Jan. 23, 2001. Current Insightful board members include Chris Covington, General Partner of Covington Associates, Shawn Javid, president and chief executive officer, Insightful Corporation and former MathSoft chairman, president and CEO, Charles Digate who will serve as chairman of the board until at least July. Meshberg, Reidel and Ozur will occupy the board positions being vacated by Walter Pile, June Rokoff and David Martin.

"These appointments bring a wealth of intellectual and strategic resources that will help Insightful expand its operations and increase shareholder value. Their business experience and perspective will help us refine and execute our growth strategy and capitalize on future growth opportunities," said Shawn Javid, president and chief executive officer, Insightful Corporation. "We are thrilled to have a board with such strong experience in data analysis and organizational growth."

Meshberg is president of FMIS, an investment company providing financial and investment services for select private investors. His expertise as a financial manager and chief executive includes strategic planning, organization building and financial management for growing businesses. While president of Philson and chief financial officer of Emson, both privately-held manufacturing businesses, his business development know-how and operations acumen culminated in the steady growth and high value sale of both businesses.

Reidel is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pharsight Corporation. Immediately prior to joining Pharsight, he provided consulting services to start-ups as well as established companies in the high-tech arena. Reidel's experience also includes serving as vice president of business development for Viewlogic Systems Inc and president and chief executive officer of Sunrise Test Systems Inc, a privately held software firm acquired by Viewlogic.

Ozur brings more than 20 years of experience in computing and telecommunications from start-ups to Fortune 1000 companies. Currently, Ozur is chief technical officer for edge2net, a $100 million-a-year global provider of international telecommunications services. Prior to edge2net, he was president and chief executive officer of PulsePoint Communications, a publicly traded telecommunications enhanced services company. Earlier in his career he was vice president, engineering for Precision Visuals, Inc, and served in a variety of software development roles for Digital Equipment Corporation.

About Insightful Corporation, formerly known as Mathsoft Inc

Founded in 1984, and following its January 2001 sale of its Engineering and Educational Products Division, MathSoft now does business as Insightful Corporation. Insightful Corporation is a leading supplier of software and services for predictive analysis, data mining and business intelligence. Its customers include most of the major financial services, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, high tech manufacturing and telecommunications firms throughout the world, in addition to a large number of research institutions in government and academia. The company has more than 145 employees, with corporate offices in Seattle, Washington and Bagshot, England and an extensive network of international distributors. More information about Insightful Corporation is available at www.insightful.com, at 206-283-8802, by fax at 206-283-8691 or via mail at 1700 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98109.

Contact Insightful Corporation, Judy McOstrich, 206-283-8802 x356, jmcostrich@insightful.com.