Atlantic Data Services Names Nancy Egan As Vice-President.

QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999--

Egan to Direct Emerging ADS Practice Area of CRM 

Atlantic Data Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSC), an IT strategy consulting and systems integration firm, announced the appointment of Nancy T. Egan as vice president and director to oversee the company's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practice area.

Egan is responsible for coordinating the efforts of business development, operations and alliance partners to provide financial institutions with strategic and tactical services in support of their CRM business objectives.

Prior to joining ADS, Egan founded Relationship Management Solutions. She is an authority on organizational, operational and technology strategies for CRM, and has directed landmark studies, designed and developed organizational assessment models, and consulted with senior executives across the financial industries for more than 25 years. She was also employed with Innovative Systems, Inc., Hercules, Inc., Mellon Bank, and Comshare, Inc.

Bill Gallagher, president of ADS, said, "Nancy brings with her an extensive background in client information strategy, as well as marketing, sales and service strategy. We are pleased to have her expertise as we work to expand in the area of CRM."

Egan has earned an MBA from Widener College and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut. She is a frequent contributor to many professional journals and has been quoted in Data Management Review and Insurance & Technology Magazine. She has also spoken at numerous conferences including those sponsored by: ABA, Clemson University, DCI, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Hogan Systems, IASA, ICM Telecommunications Marketing, and ISI.

About Atlantic Data Services, Inc.

Founded in 1980, ADS, based in Quincy, Mass., provides information technology strategy consulting and systems integration services to customers exclusively in the financial services industry. ADS offers rapid, cost effective IT solutions to the business challenges faced by financial services companies through its in-depth financial services experience, technological expertise and project management skills. The company's service offerings are organized around four areas: IT Strategy Consulting, Consolidations and Conversions, Year 2000 Resolution and Electronic Commerce and Internet Banking.

For additional information on ADS contact Mary Newell at [phone] ext. 4110, email [e-mail], or write One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Mass. 02169. Visit its Internet site at www.atlanticdataservices.com.

This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe-harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements cover, among other items: events, conditions and financial trends that may effect the Company's future plans of operation, business strategy, growth of operations and financial position. Any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are necessarily subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated.