Toronto, Canada

Today Ron McArthur, Chief Operating Officer of WSI, announced the appointment of Robert Masson as the newest addition to the WSI management team. Robert has been hired as the Controller of the WSI group of companies effective May 3rd, 2004, replacing John Lucci, who has moved to a new role at Performance Sales International Inc., an Authorized Supplier in the WSI e-marketplace.

Robert brings a wealth of financial experience and acumen to his new role at WSI. A Chartered Accountant accredited with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and with the South African Institute, Rob has had many challenging international financial roles over the past 10 years with IBM, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young.

Robert was most recently with IBM where he was the manager responsible for the forecasting and planning of industry focused sales teams. Previously at Deloitte & Touche as the Controller of a new start up company called “i-Intelligence”, Robert used his extensive knowledge of accounting, internal controls and risk management to develop and implement the financial infrastructure of the company. i-Intelligence focused on customer relationship management (“CRM”) solutions in the small and medium business marketplace. Robert started his financial career at Ernst & Young where he spent three years as an audit supervisor.

Robert's mandate will be to bring the financial infrastructure of WSI to a level necessary to allow our company to continue to grow exponentially and to provide efficient, timely and accurate financial services to our Internet Consultants worldwide.