December 11, 2006 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) Solid Cactus, a Wilkes-Barre PA based website design and marketing agency today announced the addition of Farukh Shroff as General Manager of Internet Marketing.

Mr. Shroff is a well-known and highly regarded expert in affiliate program management and search engine marketing. He brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise that will allow Solid Cactus to further position itself as one of the leading Internet marketing companies in the country. Mr. Shroff’s technical skills and insight into trends will allow him and his team to effectively create and manage successful on-line advertising campaigns for Solid Cactus clients.

“Farukh will be the leader of a department that is an incredibly important facet of ecommerce,” said co-founder and company spokesman Scott Sanfilippo. “Search engine marketing revolves around a web site’s ability to communicate its contents to search engines. Farukh’s department will be able to track return on investment from pay-per-click and other online marketing venues to maximize the clients spend. Farukh is a guru in internet marketing, and we fully expect to tap his wealth of knowledge to make the Solid Cactus search engine marketing division the best in the industry. Co-founder Joe Palko and I are managing the growth of a company from just 16 employees to years ago to over 75 people today. With each expansion we want to be sure to enhance our stature in the industry. Landing Farukh is a home run for us!”

Mr. Shroff is a Certified Microsoft Professional and holds a degree in Information Technology from Pennsylvania State University as well as a degree in Business administration and Computer Networking.