Systems Alliance Hires Former Sun Microsystems Sales Director Alan Morris to Grow IT and Web Consulting Business in Tennessee

Business Wire, April 14, 2009

Accomplished Sales Exec with Significant Higher Ed and Healthcare Experience, Morris will Manage Systems Alliance Sales Efforts in Tennessee and Surrounding States

SPARKS, Md. -- Systems Alliance, Inc., a regional systems integrator providing high-value IT and business consulting services, today announced Alan Morris, formerly a territory sales director for Sun Microsystems responsible for growing Sun’s higher education and healthcare business in Tennessee and neighboring states, has joined the company as a senior business development executive. Based in Nashville, Morris will lead Systems Alliance’s regional sales team, serving IT Infrastructure and Web Consulting clients in Tennessee and the surrounding states.

“Alan Morris is an accomplished business development executive and sales manager, with strong local roots and client relationships at many of the region’s most-respected colleges, universities and healthcare centers,” said Ric Hughes, president and CEO, Systems Alliance. “As we expand our business in Tennessee and surrounding states, we’re very pleased to have a professional of Alan’s caliber leading the Systems Alliance sales team

With over 25 years of experience, Morris joins Systems Alliance from Sun Microsystems, where since 1995 he held a series of sales and sales management positions, most recently as sales manager of General Territory Accounts covering Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi. In this role Morris was focused on growing Sun’s hardware, software and services business with many of the region’s leading colleges, universities and healthcare centers.

Before Sun, Morris held sales and account management positions with Motorola Computer Group, Unisys Corporation, South Central Bell, the Computer Shoppe and NCR Corporation. He is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, from which he received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology degree.

About Systems Alliance

Systems Alliance, Inc., founded in 1993, provides business and technology consulting services to leading corporate and public sector clients, including Asurion, Condé Nast, Johns Hopkins Institutions, Random House, Inc., Baltimore County Government, and Maryland Department of Transportation. Systems Alliance has local offices in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. To learn more, visit http://www.systemsalliance.com.