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Sophie Grigg Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Technology Officer for Lorica Solutions
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Don Jensen Joins Company as Vice President of Sales
Staffing Moves Round-Out Lorica�s
Senior Leadership Team for
Continued Product Innovation
and Market Penetration
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Buffalo, New York, June 17, 2009 � Mark Holzberg, Chairman and CEO of Lorica Solutions (www.loricasolutions.com), the leader in converged managed networks for the hospitality industry, has announced the appointments of Sophie Grigg to the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer and Don Jensen to the position of Vice President of Sales. Both Grigg and Jensen report to Holzberg. Grigg joined Lorica at the end of 2008 as the Company�s COO and added the CTO title in June, 2009. She came to Lorica after spending over six years with PAR SpringerMiller (PSMS), most recently as Vice President of Advanced Product Technology and previously Vice President of Research and Development. At PSMS, Grigg�s duties ranged from responsibility for all new development for the Company�s property management and food and beverage systems to a complete re-engineering of the Company�s principal product line. As part of this latter responsibility, she established the software development group responsible for building PSMS�s next generation software platform while working to redefine the Company�s value proposition to target new markets. Before becoming involved in the hospitality industry at PSMS in 2002, Grigg had gained extensive experience in senior technology positions in the US and her native Australia, including serving as VP of Development at Systems Corporation, VP of Information Technology at State Street Bank and Trust and, earlier, as a Senior Systems Engineer at IBM. �Sophie has been making a very significant contribution to Lorica from the moment she walked in the door�, commented Holzberg. �She brings a wealth of hospitality and general technology leadership experience, and is particularly well suited to manage the development and articulation of new concepts into products and services that are innovative, meet customer needs and come in on time and on budget�. Grigg is the winner of the 2009 HTNG 5 Year Technical Leadership Award. Grigg comments, �I knew Lorica very well from our mutual participation
on various HTNG projects and we had many industry relationships in common,
especially among several of the major hotel brands. As I engaged
in discussions with Mark and his team at Lorica, I really became inspired
and intrigued with the direction of the Company and the role I could play
as part of a group of really talented people. I am thrilled to have
joined the Company -- Lorica is one of the most dynamic and �can do� organizations
in hospitality today. We�re helping customers to get incredible flexibility
and performance out of their networks using our Lorica Room Center and
Management Node and we�re doing some powerful extensions to our product
line up. It�s wonderful to save customers money, provide them best of breed
technology and help them to proactively manage their networks and deliver
a great result for their guests�.
�Don brings to Lorica the precise mix of sales and marketing experience that the Company needs and a rolodex that is second to none�, said Holzberg. �He�s smart, seasoned and aggressive and also has a tremendous amount of integrity and respect within the industry � I could not be happier that Don has joined the Lorica team�. Jensen adds, �I am pleased and excited to be carrying the message of Lorica�s value proposition to our customers. One of the important things I�ve learned is that the real effectiveness of any technology offering can only be measured by how much it benefits the people it serves. Lorica�s network convergence products are a breakthrough in terms of simplicity and manageability for the hotel owner, as well as creating other tangible advantages with reduced equipment and cable costs. Lorica is an innovation leader and will be at the forefront of the wave of �One Network � Many Apps� solutions, that will be sweeping into the hotel business in the coming years. I look forward to serving our industry with this great product set, and in doing so, growing the business significantly�. About Lorica Solutions
Lorica serves hotels ranging from five-star resorts to select service properties, including such brands as Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, Mandarin Oriental, Choice, Trump International, InterContinental, Radisson, and others. The company is headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Lorica will be exhibiting at the HITEC Show in Anaheim,
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