Barbara Yastine Joins Symphony Services' Board of Directors; Yastine Comes to Symphony Services with 23 Years of Financial Leadership Experience Gained from Top Global Financial Services Firms.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Symphony Services, a global provider of collaborative, full lifecycle outsourcing solutions for commercial-grade software, product engineering and analytic processes, today announced the appointment of Barbara Yastine to Symphony Services' Board of Directors. She comes to Symphony with substantial financial, executive and leadership experience from global institutions such as Citigroup and Credit Suisse Group. In this new role, Barbara will be chairing Symphony Services' audit committee as well as fulfilling her obligations as an independent board member.

In her role as the Chair of the audit committee, Barbara will lead the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities related to the integrity of Symphony's financial statements and internal controls, the engagement of its external auditors and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

"I'm excited to join a rapidly-growing, strategically-focused company like Symphony Services," said Barbara Yastine. "I'm impressed with the company's talented management team, business model and track record--and look forward to helping keep Symphony at the forefront of the global commercial software and product engineering outsourcing industry."

Prior to joining Symphony Services, Barbara was most recently the CFO of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the global investment bank of Credit Suisse Group (CSG). While there, she served on CSG's executive board, as well as CSFB's operating committee and executive board. Before joining CSFB, Barbara held numerous positions with Citigroup and its predecessors during her 15 year tenure. Most recently, she served as CFO of Citigroup's Global Corporate and Investment Bank (GCIB) and was a member of Citigroup's Management Committee and the GCIB operating committee. In addition to her professional duties, Barbara also chairs the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Phoenix House, the nation's leading provider of drug and alcohol abuse treatment and prevention services operating more than one hundred programs in nine states.

"I look forward to working with Barbara as we continue to build a world class company and a robust financial infrastructure, keeping pace with ever-changing compliance and accounting regulations," said Gordon Brooks, president and CEO of Symphony Services. "Her deep financial expertise gained from leadership roles at CSFB and Citigroup will lend tremendous credibility to Symphony Services as we become an increasingly important player on the global stage."

About Symphony Services

Symphony Services is a global provider of collaborative, full lifecycle outsourcing solutions for commercial-grade software, product engineering and analytic processes. The company helps clients optimize performance and time-to-market, delivering superior value by integrating world-class functional and technology expertise with deep domain knowledge and global operations excellence. Symphony is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in Waltham, MA, Dallas, TX, Nashville TN, Harrow, UK and delivery centers in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune, India. For more information, please visit www.symphonysv.com, e-mail us at [e-mail] or call Heather Dalloul, director, business development at 1.650.935-9534.

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