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Richard M. Crossan Joins Vesta Partners, LLC as Vice President

Stamford, CT - September 20, 2007 - Vesta Partners, LLC a consulting group specializing in Maintenance Management and Enterprise Asset Management Technology Services announced that Richard M. Crossan has joined the firm as Vice President of Integration and Intelligence. Prior to Vesta, Mr. Crossan served as Director in Solutions Management for the SAP xAPP for Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (xMII). Having 11 years with SAP in various roles associated with manufacturing systems and processes, Mr. Crossan is an expert in using xMII for integrating SAP ERP and plant systems. Prior to joining SAP, he spent over 15 years in engineering development, business development, strategy and implementation consulting positions.

"I am thrilled to be part of the Vesta team," stated Crossan. "Vesta separates itself from other technical firms in its use of xMII through superior domain expertise in Asset Management Strategies. Vesta knows maintenance and reliability and can help clients accelerate an implementation and see the valued return on investment."

In his new role at Vesta, Mr. Crossan will lead the Integration and Intelligence business unit. This group will focus on strategic consulting around xMII as well as industry leading skills in RCMO from Meridium, Business Intelligence from SAP, scheduling with a focus on integration, guidance around user interfaces, and much more.

Kahn Ellis, a Senior Partner and COO at Vesta stated, "I am very pleased to have Richard join Vesta. He has a very strong SAP background and I see a large customer demand for xMII. I am confident that Richard will be a great asset to Vesta and our customers. I am excited to see how far we can push the idea of 'Maintenance Intelligence.'"

Mike Maiolo, Senior Partner and President at Vesta added, "xMII serves as one of the cornerstones for the SAP Perfect Plant initiative by establishing a single point of data and process integration between virtually any plant floor system and all releases of SAP ERP. Led by Richard, our team is focused on helping customers use this powerful composite application across manufacturing and maintenance operations."