Stewart to Drive Technology Advancement and Vision Supporting the Organization’s Continued Global Growth and Momentum

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – September 15, 2014 – Accelerize New Media, Inc. (OTCQB: ACLZ) today announced the appointment of Dave Stewart as Chief Technology Officer of Accelerize and its primary business, CAKE. Stewart most recently served as Executive Vice President of Technology at CAKE, a marketing technology SaaS company, and has been with the organization since its inception. He brings experience managing large research and development teams, and delivering solutions, with a focus on customer requirements and product quality.

“As we continue to drive digital marketing innovation, we depend on leaders such as Dave Stewart with a proven track record of creating the highest-quality products,” said Brian Ross, Chairman and CEO of Accelerize. “I am pleased to have Dave serve as CTO where he will continue to lead advanced product development and provide direction across our research and development team. We are excited about expanding our enterprise product portfolio to include real-time tracking, attribution and optimization specifically designed for advertisers to manage their digital advertising spend.”

Stewart has spent much of the past decade architecting software, and is an expert in systems architecture, front- and back-end web technologies, database design and development, cloud infrastructure, and complex UX design. He joined CAKE while still an undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine. He worked full-time while attending college to help build CAKE from the ground up.

“It is a privilege and an honor to take on this new responsibility within Accelerize and CAKE. Especially at this moment, in which the organization has a clear vocation to continue growing and establishing itself as a leader in the digital marketing industry,” said Stewart. “The entire sector is in a period of rapid evolution towards more real-time, multi-channel and integrated tracking of online spend. Accelerize and CAKE are ideally positioned in the center of this transformation. I am energized to begin this next exciting chapter in the global marketing technology industry.”