ShoreGroup appoints Jim LaRosa to Vice President of Sales & Operations

Communications industry veteran to lead ShoreGroup’s business operations in the New York metropolitan region.

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 –- ShoreGroup, Inc., a leading converged network solutions and management provider, today announced that Jim LaRosa has been appointed to the newly formed position of Vice President of Sales & Operations. LaRosa, a nationally recognized voice and data communications industry veteran, will lead the sales of ShoreGroup’s converged network professional services, CaseSentry® Systems Management and ShorePatrol™ “Day 2” Operational Support services, and the delivery of converged network services within the company’s New York metropolitan region. LaRosa will report to Robert Kennedy, ShoreGroup’s President and CEO.

Prior to ShoreGroup, LaRosa served as Senior Vice President of NEC Business Network Solutions where he was responsible for the company’s Eastern US Region, consisting of 34 branch office locations and several hundred sales and operations personnel. In this capacity, LaRosa led the organization through a period of aggressive growth to become a national supplier of voice and data communications networks.

"The New York metropolitan area is a key strategic market for ShoreGroup,” said Robert Kennedy. “This new senior management position has been created in direct response to the rapid sales and services expansion we are continuing to experience in this area. Jim brings to ShoreGroup a wealth of expertise and experience that is an extremely valuable asset to have supporting this next phase of our company’s growth. His success running a large national voice and data network solutions integrator, and the building and maintaining of long-term client relationships, will be instrumental to ShoreGroup’s ongoing success in this area.”

“The response that I am receiving from our clients continuously confirms that ShoreGroup holds a leadership position in the design, implementation and ongoing management and support of IP communications networks,” commented Jim LaRosa. “We are a trusted advisor to our clients during the complete lifecycle of their network investment, and our clients are benefiting greatly from the talent and commitment that our employees have in delivering the complete end-to-end solutions that make their business run more efficiently, reliably and competitively. I’m looking forward to working with the team at ShoreGroup to build upon the successes we have achieved and take the company to the next level.”

About ShoreGroup, Inc.

ShoreGroup is an employee owned converged solutions provider delivering management applications, operational maintenance services and infrastructure professional services. As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner with IP Communications Specialization, and a Cisco IP Contact Center (IPCC) Enterprise Advanced Technology Provider (ATP), ShoreGroup designs, deploys, maintains and develops leading management applications for high availability converged networks and customer contact centers. Technology expertise includes IP Telephony, VoIP, communications systems and applications, systems and network management, LAN/WAN, physical layer infrastructure and wireless. Founded in 1999, with over 300 global and national customers, ShoreGroup is based in New York City and Syracuse, NY.

ShoreGroup and ShorePatrol are trademarks, and CaseSentry is a registered trademark of ShoreGroup, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.

FOR:    ShoreGroup, Inc. (www.shoregroup.com)

CONTACT:

Glenn Yeeles

ShoreGroup, Inc.

The ShoreGroup Building

460 West 35th Street

New York, NY 10001

(212) 364-6800

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