Sterling Network Group Appoints Evan Eckstein To Regional Post.

QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999--

The establishment of its second region, and the appointment of Evan J. Eckstein as Vice President of the New York/New Jersey region was announced today by the Sterling Network Group.

Eckstein will oversee all aspects of operations in the region, including selection of a permanent office site, and the hiring of engineering and technical telecommunications talent to sell fixed-price consulting and engineering project services to service providers in the New York/New Jersey region. Sterling Network Group also assists clients by providing the expertise they need to design, implement and manage complex voice and data networks. Target customers include telecommunications companies, internet service providers, application service providers, and other data intensive companies.

"Evan's experience and broad base are a tremendous value-add to Sterling. We are excited to have someone of Evan's caliber in the Sterling line-up," said Brian Costello, president, Sterling Network Group.

Immediately prior to joining Sterling Network Group, Eckstein spent over three years as a sales professional and a business development executive with International Network Services (INS). In that capacity he helped grow the NY region from 1 to over 50 consultants, while realizing over $12 million in internetworking consulting revenue from Fortune 500 firms.

In addition, he managed several of the large internetworking projects, and assisted in the development of new, packaged engineering offerings.

From May, 1991 until he joined INS, Eckstein was a senior account executive, Dci/Data Net, Teterboro, NJ, where he was responsible for sales of consulting services and data communications and hardware to major financial institutions in Manhattan. Prior to that, he was a major account manager, MTI Systems, New York, NY, where he sold minicomputer and microcomputer networking solutions.

He began his professional career with NCR Corporation as a college intern and graduated to a successful sales career in the company's Financial Division.

Eckstein received a bachelor of science degree in marketing and management from New York University's Stern School of Business in June, 1987.

He holds memberships in the Wall Street Telecommunications Association, CommunicationsManagers Associations, and the American Management Association.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, he currently resides in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, with his wife, the former Camelia Fernandez of New Jersey. The couple has one son, Noah, age 3 and one daughter, Olivia, age 6 months.

The Sterling Network Group provides fixed-price consulting services to emerging service providers nationwide. Sterling is a market leader positioned to accelerate the growth of multi-service networks that will deliver 21st century business applications.

Sterling has developed a unique On Time, On Budget delivery model to optimize clients' time to market. Sterling Network Group was founded in July, 1998. The company is privately held, and a rapid regional expansion program is underway. More information on Sterling Network Group can be found on The World Wide Web at www.sterlingnetwork.com.