Nathanael V. Lentz

NATHANAEL V. LENTZ has served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Verticalnet, Inc., since November 2002. Previously he was
Verticalnet’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Marketing. Since
joining the company in August 2000, Mr. Lentz has had responsibility for
guiding Verticalnet’s transition from an operator of Internet-
marketplaces to a provider of collaborative supply-chain software
solutions. Previously, Mr. Lentz was a Vice President and Partner of
Mercer Management Consulting, where he was employed from 1991 to 2000.
While at Mercer, Mr. Lentz managed the San Francisco office and was a
leader in global process industries and e-commerce practices. He
received his MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Brown
University.