Quepasa Strengthens Executive Team With the Appointment of Two Industry Veterans

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quepasa Corporation (Nasdaq: QPSA), owner of Quepasa.com, an online social community for young Latinos, today announced it has hired Brian Garrett to serve as VP of Business Development and Strategy and Paulo Maia as the General Manager of Quepasa Brazil, which is slated to launch in late March.

"Since relaunching Quepasa last February we've increased our audience exponentially and are now recognized as the second largest U.S. based Latino website," said John C. Abbott, Quepasa's CEO. "We are adding these two highly experienced individuals to our executive team to help lead additional user growth and to implement revenue-generating initiatives and partnerships."

Prior to joining Quepasa, Garrett was co-founder and managing director of Crosscut Ventures, a new fund inLos Angeles focused on new media and technology. He has spent the last eight years investing in numerous early-stage companies as a venture capitalist and has been actively advising several companies in the digital media ecosystem. Garrett received his B.S. and MBA from Stanford University.

In his new role at Quepasa, Garrett will be responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities and partnerships as well as creating revenue-generating initiatives.

Maia brings nearly a decade of experience to Quepasa. As General Manager of Quepasa Brazil, Maia will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of daily operations inBrazil including development, production, sales, promotions and the overall launch of the site.

Before joining Quepasa, Maia was CEO of ClickFilmes, a video-on-demand distributor of interactive content. Prior to ClickFilmes, Maia was country manager of Agematis France, which released online automatic backup software called Steek inBrazil. Maia was also co-founder and CEO of NzPhone, a development software startup company, and was co-founder of the website E Gol, which specialized in sports alerts to cell phone and instant messengers. Maia graduated from the prestigious marketing institute ESPM - Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing and received his BA from FGV - Fundacao Getulio Vargas.

About Quepasa Corporation

Quepasa Corporation (NASDAQ: QPSA), headquartered inWest Palm Beach, FL (with offices inLos Angeles, Scottsdale,Miami and Hermosillo, MX), owns Quepasa.com, one of the world's largest, bicultural, Latino online communities committed to providing fun, competitive, interactive, and easy to use social tools, and rich multimedia content to embrace Latinos, and empower them to connect on-line, and share their interests, ideas, and activities.

    Contact: Luz Maria Castellanos
    LMC Media
    (323) 924-2835
    LMC@LMCMediaConsulting.com

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