Cramer Announces New US Hires; Experienced Industry Figures Attracted by Strategic Opportunities.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004

Cramer, the leading independent provider of telecom inventory management solutions, today announced the appointment of three highly experienced professionals to key positions in the US.

Adan Pope joins Cramer as its Principal OSS Architect. In that role, he will interact with Cramer customers, prospects, and industry leaders to articulate and refine Cramer's vision for inventory management and its impacts to the OSS. Previously, Pope served as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Engineering at Clear Communications, where he led product definition and development activities for the network management and service assurance software vendor. Earlier in his career, Pope was in charge of the Network Solutions Group's Product Development Department at Tellabs, and was a software developer at AT&T Bell Labs.

Andrew Krueger brings 15 years of OSS experience to his position as a Senior Consultant at Cramer. Most recently, he was Lead Solutions Architect at CoManage Corporation, where he focused on the development and deployment of data integrity solutions within the OSS framework. Krueger also has held development and product management positions at Acterna, where his provisioning, discovery, and activation solutions were deployed at MCI, Verizon, and AT&T Canada.

Tracy Miller will lead Cramer's sales initiatives in the Western Region of the US. He comes to Cramer from Amdocs, where he was responsible for providing complex OSS and BSS solutions to Tier 1 operators. Prior to that, Tracy was responsible for regional sales and delivery operations for DMR Consulting Group, and also served as National Sales Manager for IBM's Telecommunications Industry Solutions Unit.

"We are delighted to welcome such experienced professionals to these key roles", commented Cramer CEO Jerry Crook. "Adan, Andrew and Tracy bring particular depth of knowledge of the US market and telecom operations, and will help us build on our success to date."

About Cramer Systems

Cramer Systems, named "Best Overall OSS Company" in 2003 by Billing World and OSS Today, is the leading provider of Inventory Management and provisioning automation solutions for the global telecommunications industry. Targeting Tier 1 wireline and wireless operators worldwide, Cramer lowers costs and reduces time to market by automating processes that rely on a detailed knowledge of network inventory, capacity and service configuration information. The Company has over 220 staff at locations worldwide including Bath and London (UK), Washington (US) and Sydney (Australia).

For more information on Cramer, strategic partners and Tier 1 customers, visit www.cramer.com.