Item    4007414                 93/04/23        09:57 
From: CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway 
Subject: NeXT Hires VP of North American Sales and Marketing

News:

For Immediate Release

Contact: Karen Steele NeXT Computer (415) 780-3781

NeXT Hires VP of North American Sales and Marketing

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 23, 1993 - NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced
that it has hired Warren M. Weiss as its new vice president of North American
sales and marketing.  Weiss will begin his new duties on May 1, and
approximately one-third of the 220-person software company will report to him.

"Warren is a strong addition to our new senior management team," said Steven
P. Jobs, chairman, president and CEO of NeXT.  "Warren was our first choice
among several talented candidates, and he has just the right sales and
marketing experience to help us chart our new course as a software company."

"I would like to be part of the future of computing," Weiss said. "Executives
who run corporations worldwide are looking for a quantum leap in software
development productivity, and I believe NEXTSTEP is the answer."

Weiss will report directly to Jobs, joining Bernhard Woebker, vice president
of European operations; Brett Bachman, director of product marketing; Paul
Hegarty, director of engineering; and Jean-Marie Hullot, chief technical
officer.  NeXT is in the process of recruiting a chief financial officer to
complete its new senior management team.


Background on Weiss

Weiss, 36, has a distinguished career in marketing and sales management for
software companies.  Most recently, he was vice president of North American
operations for Continuum, a $127 million software and outsourcing company
specializing in the financial services industry.  Weiss grew his sales from
$17 million to $60 million in one year, as well as starting the company's
outsourcing business from scratch.

From 1980 to 1991, Weiss was with Dun & Bradstreet Software, where he began as
an account executive and rose to vice president and general manager.  Weiss
was the youngest vice president and officer in the history of the company,
with responsiblity for a $100 million business with 400 employees.


About NeXT

NeXT develops and markets the industry-acclaimed NEXTSTEP object-oriented
software for industry-standard computer architectures.  NEXTSTEP is used by
customers to develop and deploy client/server applications, using both custom
and shrink-wrapped productivity software.  NeXT is headquartered at 900
Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063.



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