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Burntsand Appoints Al Lucchese, Jr. as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development

^{Published on 2009-06-09 17:02:28, Last Modified on 2009-06-09 17:03:20 - Market Wire}
 

 TORONTO, ON, June 9, 2009. /CNW/ - Burntsand Inc. (Burntsand) (TSX:BRT), a North American business consulting and technology services company, today announced the hiring of Al Lucchese Jr. to the new position of Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Lucchese will have responsibility to lead strategic planning and the implementation of programs and initiatives related to corporate strategy and new business development. He will be responsible for developing and sustaining strategic relationships with established and emerging technology providers and to further drive growth organically and through a disciplined acquisition strategy. Mr. Lucchese has held executive positions in both public and private companies in the business consulting and technology service sector including the following: President and Chief Executive Officer, netNumina Solutions, Inc.; Vice President & Partner, Whittman-Hart, Inc.; and Co-Owner, General Manager and Vice President Sales, QCC, Incorporated. Mr. Lucchese began his career at the IBM Corp. as a Marketing Representative. He has a B.S., Business Administration degree from Merrimack College. As a member of the executive team, Mr. Lucchese will report directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Burntsand, Mr. Martin L. Glover. "We are excited and pleased to have someone with Al's background, experience and track record of success joining Burntsand and for him to focus on opportunities that are available to us in today's business environment", said Martin L. Glover, Burntsand President and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe that Al's leadership will enable Burntsand to realize increased revenue and market share growth through the leverage of our current and future business model. Burntsand's current partners and emerging technology providers will be pleased to have Mr. Lucchese engaged as a strategic member of the Burntsand executive team", added Mr. Glover. About Burntsand Burntsand is a leader in the delivery of technology consulting services for customers with complex information processing and information management requirements in three practice areas - Enterprise Content Management, Collaboration and Service Management - aligned around our strategic partners, EMC, Microsoft and BMC. The Company delivers strategic design, technology architecture and custom application development through our proven Time-to-Value methodology, which mitigates business risk and speeds process improvements and returns. Headquartered in Toronto, Burntsand operates from locations across North America. The Company's shares (TSX: BRT) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Learn more about Burntsand at [ www.burntsand.com ]. %SEDAR: 00007529E 

For further information: Martin L. Glover, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tel: (617) 923-6611, Email: [ MGlover@burntsand.com ]; Stephen Massel, Chief Financial Officer, Tel: (416) 234-3852, Email: [ SMassel@burntsand.com ]; Al Lucchese Jr., Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Email: [ ALucchese@burntsand.com ]