Memphis, Tennessee
Jan. 9, 2008

Verified Person Inc., a leading provider of background screening services, announces the addition of Brian Schipper, senior vice president of human resources for Cisco Systems Inc., to its board of directors.

“We are pleased about the knowledge and experience Skip will bring to our board of directors,” said Jim Davis, Verified Person CEO. “Skip is a highly respected senior executive with more than 25 years of human resources experience. His insight into our core target audience makes him a great asset to our entire company.”

“Verified Person has shown tremendous growth over the past year in the on-demand background screening space,” said Schipper. “Joining the board of directors now is a great opportunity for me to be a part of this rapid expansion and to lend some insight into marketing to the HR demographic.”

Schipper leads the Human Resources function for $35 billion Cisco Systems Inc, overseeing the “people and organization” strategy for Cisco’s workforce of more than 60,000 employees globally. Prior to joining Cisco, Schipper led the HR function for Microsoft’s Platforms and Services division, providing HR support to more than 20,000 employees globally.

He has also held HR and administration positions with Andor Capital Management in New York, a large hedge-fund management firm with offices on three continents. Prior to Andor, Schipper was the chief HR officer and head of administration for DoubleClick in New York.

Schipper also held three senior HR positions for PepsiCo, including leading HR for PepsiCo Food and Beverage International for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in London. He also spent eight years at Compaq Computer Corp. in Houston as global head of compensation and benefits and head of HR for North America

Schipper has a bachelor’s degree from Hope College and an MBA from Michigan State University.

Verified Person is a privately held company with operations in Memphis and New York with investment from Rho Capital Partners and Sevin Rosen Funds. Other board members include John Sculley, Ira Brind, Jackie Kimzey and Skip Besthoff.

About Verified Person Inc.
Verified Person provides the industry’s most advanced criminal background screening and identity verification services, applying leading-edge technology to traditional search methodologies in order to deliver faster, more accurate results via a simple-to-use Web site. The company’s solutions help healthcare, staffing, financial services, retail and other industry organizations to comply with regulation and to mitigate corporate threats such as workplace violence, internal theft and fraud, and poor employee selection. Verified Person was founded by John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, and Tal Moise. The company is headquartered in New York. For more information visit: http://www.verifiedperson.com/