GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1997--

Key Technologist From GDS Will Direct Development

for Transportation Market

Bentley Systems, Inc., (Exton, PA) today announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Scarponcini as geoengineering market and technology executive. With over twenty years experience in geoengineering and civil engineering, Dr. Scarponcini joins Bentley to guide product development in geoengineering with an emphasis on the transportation marketplace.

In this new position, Dr. Scarponcini will be a high-level advisor for new products including Objective MicroStation(TM) and ModelServer Continuum(TM). He will also be the lead product designer and project manager for the Intelligent Transportation Information System focusing on products and technologies to address the lifecycle needs of the transportation market place. Dr. Scarponcini will continue to be an active participant in industry organizations and the key contact for Bentley with the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC).

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice president of geoengineering, notes, "We are very pleased to have one of the true visionaries in the world of spatial and object technologies joining Bentley. Dr. Scarponcini is a rare individual who has clear insight into emerging technologies and the industry experience to forecast where they will lead us." He adds, "We look forward to his contribution to Bentley's technical direction."

Previously, Dr. Scarponcini was a key technologist at Graphic Data Systems (GDS), for specifying the next generation of object-oriented software products. He also contributed to a number of large scale geoengineering projects, including the city of Aurora, Colorado, where he introduced computer-aided engineering and database technologies for the design and construction of roadways.

Dr. Scarponcini was also the technical lead in developing the computer system for the design of the $6 billion wastewater treatment plant in Boston. This system integrated CADD and RDBMS technology to provide plant owners with a database of design information for use in the maintenance and operation of the plant.

Dr. Scarponcini holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Rutgers University and a Master of Science degree in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University. In addition, he earned a Master's and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Missouri-Rolla. His dissertation integrated artificial intelligence with graphics and database technologies to enable automated spatial reasoning about CAD drawings and GIS maps.

For more information on Bentley, please contact the company at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 23-556-0560 (Europe), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia), through E-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through http://www.bentley.com .

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Bentley Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The company now serves over 250,000 professionals in geoengineering, building/plant engineering, and mechanical engineering. Its MicroStation(R) desktop products are proven at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundations of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. Its new line of Internet/intranet-based ModelServer(TM) products are the first to unite engineering and the enterprise. With revenues now over $120M annually, Bentley was listed as the fourth fastest growing on the 1996 Softletter 100 and named 1996 Growth Company of the Year by the Eastern Technology Council. -0-

MicroStation is a registered trademark; and Bentley, ModelServer Continuum, Objective MicroStation and ModelServer are trademarks of Bentley Systems, Inc. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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