Altarum Institute Spins off New Company Focused on U.S. Federal Government Market: NewVectors LLC to Provide Consulting, Analysis to Defense, Civilian Agencies

Business Wire, April 3, 2006

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Altarum Institute today announced the creation of NewVectors, a limited liability corporation, providing independent research, consulting and analysis to the U.S. federal government community.

The new entity, comprised largely of Altarum's Enterprise Solutions Division, primarily serves non-health customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, but plans on expanding its reach into the civilian government community. Altarum, a non-profit entity, will retain a controlling interest in the new venture, a for-profit subsidiary.

Deane Stanley, formerly Senior Vice President of Altarum and President of Altarum's Enterprise Solutions Division, will take over as CEO of NewVectors. Mr. Stanley joined Altarum in May 2001, when the company acquired Vector Research, Inc., where he was a Vice President and Director of Defense Programs. Prior to joining Vector Research, he served 28 years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1991 as a senior colonel.

"The creation of NewVectors provides us an unmatched opportunity to focus on our core business - providing strategic research and consulting services to the federal government," said Stanley. "The 150 employees of NewVectors are committed to providing government agencies the tools and techniques they need to transform their businesses into high-performance organizations, while at the same time managing risk. The transition to the new company will be seamless, and our customers will continue to benefit from the same in-depth knowledge and expertise on which they have come to rely."

Core services offered by NewVectors include:

--IT/Weapons System Acquisition Support - offering full life-cycle acquisition support services, including strategic guidance and execution that result in better programs;

--Supply Chain Engineering - providing tools and tailoring processes to transform today's supply chains into agile and lean enterprises to better support the end customer;

--Modeling, Simulation and Decision Support - integrating proven statistical analysis techniques with modeling, simulation and decision support to aid decision makers in finding the optimal solutions to today's complex problems;

--Agent-based Complex Systems - developing and applying advanced agent-based research and complex adaptive systems analysis to create innovative solutions to our customer's challenges in highly dynamic environments.

ABOUT ALTARUM

Altarum Institute is a nonprofit research and innovation institution, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. Altarum is rapidly becoming the nation's preeminent provider of health systems research, analysis and consulting services.

ABOUT NEWVECTORS

NewVectors is a trusted provider of independent research, analysis and consulting services, providing the tools and techniques customers need to achieve mission and business performance while managing risk. For more information, visit www.newvectors.net.