Zoot Enterprises Announces Forty New Staff Positions at Four Corners Headquarters

February 24, 2005

Bozeman, Mont – Zoot Enterprises, a local high-tech company based in Four Corners, announced today that it is adding 40 new positions in the next month to support its dramatic increase in sales. Growth in 2004 exceeded 70% and the company is expecting its momentum to continue.

“Our goal at Zoot is to change the world by bringing new capabilities to the financial industry,” says Chris Nelson, President and CEO of Zoot Enterprises. “We have pioneered many new technologies in credit decisioning and continue to have a great impact. We look forward to helping each of our customers become more successful in their business.”

To meet the additional demand for services, Zoot will hire 40 new employees in the coming month. These new hires will be in addition to ongoing hires, including 12 new employees hired last month. Ten different employee classifications are included in this search. The classifications include: Administrative Assistant, Customer Support Technician, Project Manager, Account Strategist, System Architect, Quality Assurance Analyst, Applications Developer, Database Programmer, Java Developer, Systems Administrator and Sales. Many jobs in quality assurance and applications development are appropriate for individuals with nontechnical backgrounds. In fact, several positions are open to all degrees and backgrounds.

Zoot provides many great benefits, such as medical, dental, and life insurance benefits; flex spending plans for dependent and health care expenses; short- and long-term disability; a matching 401(k) plan; team building parties; and even cool tie-dye t-shirts. And of course, great friends and the opportunity to change the financial services world.

About Zoot Enterprises
Zoot Enterprises has been a pioneer in the financial industry’s instant credit decisioning arena for 15 years. Zoot is a leader in providing advanced instant credit decisioning solutions and application processing systems to large financial institutions. They are the technical engine behind many dramatic changes to the way leading national banks work in today’s world. The ability to meet virtually any credit origination need has led to long-term partnerships with seven of the top 10 banks in America. Visit www.zootweb.com or call 406-586-5050 for more information.

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