Third Annual Crystal Ball User Conference Attracts Crystal Ball Users and Risk Analysis Professionals From Around the World

Denver, May 4, 2006

Decisioneering , Inc., an innovator of software and services for risk analysis and optimization, today is pleased to announce the overwhelming success of its third annual global user conference. The Crystal Ball User Conference held May 1-3, in Denver, drew more than 150 attendees from a broad range of industries, companies and countries.

'We would like to thank all of our customers and partners for their participation in making this conference such a tremendous success,' said Lucie Trepanier, Crystal Ball User Conference chair and director of marketing at Decisioneering. 'We heard wonderful feedback from all those involved in the conference, and we will continue to try and provide a forum where risk modeling professionals from all industries can gather and learn from one another.'

This year’s conference began with a keynote speech given by David Gainer, Group Program Manager of Microsoft Excel. Gainer provided insights into Microsoft’s vision for Excel and its motivation for the soon-to-be-released Excel 2007.  He also discussed the significant features his team will include in Excel 2007 such as improved spreadsheet fundamentals, business intelligence capabilities and server-based workbooks.

The conference featured 18 sessions and 13 workshops from speakers representing companies that included Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Xerox, Intel, Carlson Marketing, Marathon Oil and Booz Allen Hamilton. Attendees came from a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, government, oil and gas, utility, engineering and finance, and represented 34 states and 16 countries.

Another highlight of the conference was the keynote speech on the second day by Aaron Brown, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and world-renowned author on the topic of 'The Art of Uncalculated Risk.' In addition, Eric Wainwright, CTO of Decisioneering, gave attendees a sneak peek at some of the new features, enhancements and capabilities that will be integrated into the next major release of Crystal Ball software.

For more information on the 2006 Crystal Ball User Conference, go to www.crystalball.com/cbuc.

About Decisioneering, Inc.

Founded in 1986, Denver-based Decisioneering, Inc., is a privately-held company that provides software, training and consulting services that simplify risk analysis and improve decision-making. The company’s offerings include Crystal Ball, the industry-leading risk analysis package. For more information about the company, call 800.289.2550 (in US) or +1 303.534.1515 or visit Decisioneering’s Web site, www.crystalball.com.