TACT Appoints Michael Prude Chief Operating Officer; Company's Board Increases Membership to Seven and Adds Two New Members
2006年6月13日 - 9:30PM
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The A Consulting Team, Inc. ("TACT") (Nasdaq Capital Market: TACX)
today announced that it has appointed Michael Prude, who has served
as the Company's Chief Technology Officer since 2004, as its Chief
Operating Officer. The Company also announced that its Board of
Directors approved an increase in the number of directors to seven
from five and approved the appointments of Shankar N. Ram, a
seasoned IT service executive, and Daniel L. Thomas, founder of the
accounting firm Thomas & Associates, to its Board. TACT's Board
of Directors resolved to further increase the number of directors
to nine at its next annual meeting, which the Company plans to hold
in August 2006. Michael Prude, who joined TACT in 1993, has over
twenty years experience developing and delivering technology
solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. Mr. Prude began his career
managing technology development projects for Long Island Trust
Company (subsequently acquired by the Bank of New York Company). He
also worked with Citibank and Barclays Bank, where he architected,
managed and delivered complex IT projects, and TRECOM, where he
served as Delivery Account Manager. Prior to joining TACT, he
founded an IT service consulting company whose clients' included
leading financial institutions such as Chase Manhattan Bank and
First Boston. While serving as TACT's Chief Technology Officer he
was responsible for sales, recruiting and project delivery. Mr.
Prude attended Polytechnic University where he received his
education in electrical engineering. Mr. Ram, has over 30 years
experience, most of which is in the information technology services
sector, including the designing and implementation of software
solutions for major corporations. He currently serves as president
and CEO, and serves on the Board of Directors, of Laxmi Group,
Inc., a company that specializes in IT staff augmentation, project
management and consulting that Mr. Ram founded and which is now a
subsidiary of Helios & Matheson Information Technology Ltd. Mr.
Ram also founded and served as president and CEO of Importers
Software Services, Inc., a software solutions company focused on
international business applications for import, export, duty
management, NAFTA management and tracking. In addition, he has
served as a director on the Boards of Prumatech, Inc., a provider
of IT solutions and services for plant maintenance and materials
management; Netwin Solutions, Inc., a company involved in the
design and deployment of trade software for UPS Supply Chain
Solutions; and Ignify Inc., an eBusiness, IT consulting and
software services firm. He is an active member in several
international trade associations. Mr. Ram received a Bachelors of
Engineering degree from the University of Madras (India) and holds
a Masters of Science in Systems Science from Louisiana State
University (Baton Rouge). Mr. Thomas is a certified public
accountant with over 30 years of public and private accounting
experience, covering areas such as acquisition consulting, due
diligence, internal accounting control, systems implementation, and
fraud prevention and investigation. Prior to founding Thomas &
Associates, he was Audit Partner in Charge with Corbin & Wertz
(presently Wertz & Company), a CPA firm located in California.
Mr. Thomas received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from
California State Polytechnic, University of Pomona, where he
graduated summa cum laude. He is a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the
Orange County Sheriff's Department and has served as president of
the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Orange Country
Chapter) and on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Head
Start Program. Commenting on the appointments, Shmuel BenTov,
TACT's president and CEO, said, "Michael Prude's promotion to Chief
Operating Officer is well earned. He has materially contributed to
TACT's development as an expert in combining leading-edge
technology with proven methodology to deliver ROIs to its clients.
His expanded role will further reinforce TACT's position as a
trusted long-term business partner." Mr. BenTov added, "The
addition of Shankar Ram and Daniel Thomas to our board of directors
further diversifies the board." About TACT TACT (Nasdaq Capital
Market: TACX) has built a reputation for cutting-edge IT Solutions
that is exemplified by its impressive roster of Fortune 1000
customers. TACT focuses on a business-oriented, value-added
approach to its end-to-end IT Services and Business Process
Outsourcing solutions. For over 20 years, TACT has enabled
significant ROI gains in Business Intelligence, Custom Application
Development, Strategic Sourcing, Support and Maintenance, Data
Supply Chain, Collaboration, Quality Assurance, Project Portfolio
Management, and other specific vertical solutions. TACT has offices
in New York City; Clark, New Jersey; and Bangalore, India. More
information about TACT(R) can be found at its web site at
http://www.tact.com. "Safe Harbor" Statements under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements made in this
press release which are not historical facts, including those that
refer to TACT plans, beliefs and intentions, are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking statements, and include, but are not limited
to, TACT's ability to scale its existing and any new businesses.
For a more complete description of the risks that apply to TACT's
business, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Company's actual results may differ
materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of certain factors set forth under Risk
Factors and elsewhere in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2006.
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