2008-10-08 01:31:01 -

www.sogeti.com - Sogeti, a leading international provider of professional IT services and member of the Capgemini Group, announced today its plans to further grow its Cleveland office. The Sogeti Cleveland office currently employs approximately 50 professionals, primarily serving Cleveland companies in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Manufacturing industries. Sogeti expects an additional 25 to 50 professionals

to join the team in Cleveland in 2009. The addition of these professionals will ensure that Sogeti can continue providing the highest quality service to its clients.

The Sogeti office in Cleveland has already begun this team growth with the addition of two new team members, Geographical Vice President, Martin van den Berg, and a new Account Executive, Lisa Johansson.

Van den Berg has worked for Sogeti Netherlands for nearly 10 years as a Business Unit Manager for Infrastructure Services and Project Management. "We already have a good and solid operation in the Cleveland office with a great team in place. Our plans are to significantly grow the operation over the next few years," shared van den Berg about the Cleveland office. "The region regards us (Sogeti) as a local professional service provider with a global footprint."

Before recently joining Sogeti, Johansson devoted 15 of the past 19 years to telecommunications sales in the Cleveland market selling to Fortune 1,000 accounts. "I am very excited to join a company that has such a strong focus on customer relationships and teamwork," said Johansson. "I am very impressed with the expertise and agility to meet customer demands as well as their depth of worldwide resources that Sogeti brings to its customers. Sogeti has so much to offer clients in this market."

For more information about Sogeti, please visit: www.us.sogeti.com.

About Sogeti USA

Sogeti USA is a premier provider of information technology services to businesses and public-sector organizations. Operating in 23 U.S. locations, Sogeti's business model is built on providing customers with local accountability and flexible delivery options. Sogeti is a leader in helping clients develop, implement, and manage practical IT solutions to help run their business better. With over 40 years of experience, Sogeti offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including Applications Management, Business Consulting, Enterprise Technologies, IBM and Open Solutions, Managed Testing, Microsoft Solutions, Packaged Based Solutions, and Project Consulting Services.

For more, visit www.us.sogeti.com.

ABOUT SOGETI GROUP

Sogeti Group (member of the Capgemini Group), leader in IT services and R&D outsourcing, offers a range of local professional services in High Tech Consulting and Information Technology for large companies through these three complementary areas:

- High Tech or High Tech Consulting

Research & Development with the maintenance in operational conditions:

Outsourcing Research and Development and Innovation Advice.

Scientific and technical research and developments, mechanical design, development of complex systems.

Control and industrial data processing.

- Application Services or systems integration

From the conception to the maintenance of the information system: consulting, architecture, contracting owner's assistance, development, integration, testing and maintenance of application assets.

- Infrastructure Services or integration management and systems administration

Consulting in security and performance of the infrastructures of services IT and Telecom

Supply of all the services indispensable to the rationalization, to the optimization and to the management of the IT structures. Integration of the architectures and of the exploitation, guaranteeing an optimal efficiency of the systems and networks.

In total, Sogeti Group has more than 20,000 professionals in 14 countries with 10,000 in France.

For more information: www.sogeti.com.

Sogeti USA
Kelly Maroney, +1-937-291-8190
Director, Marketing