USC Consulting Group Establishes Central European Presence

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Joint venture with Ermes and Aizoon Consulting designed to meet growing global need for world class management consulting services

Tampa, FL –October 6, 2010 –USC Consulting Group (USCCG), Ermes, and Aizoon Consulting, operations management, interim management, and information technology consultants respectively, announce the formation of a joint venture to meet the need for world-class management consulting services on both sides of the Atlantic. The new entity, USC Consulting Group Europe, will be headquartered at Via Lanzone 31 in Milan, Italy, and serve clients throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

“Our North American-based clients have frequently asked us to deploy internationally on their behalf,” said USCCG President George Coffey. “Over the years, we’ve provided experienced resources, subject matter expertise, and enabling technology to their operating subsidiaries in 23 countries on five continents. We see this trend accelerating as companies increasingly look for comparable operating efficiencies and attractive returns on invested capital across their global networks.”

Meeting this growing demand led the firm to incorporate in the U.K. and establish a centrally located European presence in Milan, from which it will engage on three continents.

Historically, USCCG has deployed North American-based delivery resources overseas to work with and through local employees to achieve project goals and objectives. However, faced with an improving global economy that is triggering a growing demand for its services on both sides of the Atlantic, the firm decided to add experienced European-based business development and delivery resources as part of an effort to strengthen its ties to the international business community and meet the needs of its increasingly global clientele locally.

According to USC Consulting Group Europe’s Managing Director Massimo Cungi, “With a pool of talented resources available to us on both sides of the Atlantic, we are now able to deploy more rapidly on behalf of clients throughout the world, giving both of us the competitive advantage of time.”

The firm will now pursue growth opportunities bilaterally by leveraging existing multinational client relationships and its principals’ business development resources in Milan, Turin, Rome, and Genoa.

Principals in the joint venture include Ermes founder Massimo Cungi, Aizoon founder Franco Cornagliotto, and USCCG’s John Hannan, who will serve as the venture’s sales manager. USCCG’s VP/Finance Tom Klebeck has been elected to the company’s board of directors.

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About Ermes

Milan-based Ermes, dba 3TManagement, is an independent consulting firm that offers its clients assistance in transition and turnaround environments to solve both short-term and long- term issues. The company, founded by Massimo Cungi, offers the services of professionals who have operated in highly complex situations to manage the operational and financial aspects of transitional/turnaround or restructuring requirements. The company’s goal is to deliver its clients an effective service in a pre-agreed short period of time, offering high loyalty, integrity, and transparency.For more information, visitwww.3tmanagement.it

About Aizoon Consulting

Italy-based Aizoon Consulting provides its customers with the leadership to take them toward the implementation of their development program goals through the deployment of highly professional information technology and engineering specialists. Aizoon is currently the only specialist firm in Italy authorized by the Labour Ministry to provide staff leasing in information technology. Aizoon Consulting has developed close ties with both the Politecnico di Torino, the most important engineering school in Italy, and theSilicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC), a cohesive group of Italian and Italian - American technology executives working in Silicon Valley and supported by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF.)Aizoon Consulting was founded by Franco Cornagliotto. It currently employs more than 400 people and has offices in Turin, Milan, Genoa, and Rome.For more information, visit

www.aizoon.it

Contact: George Coffey, USCCG President

800-888-8872

George.coffey@usccg.com

Massimo Cungi, USCCG Europe Managing Director

+39 02 45 47 314

Massimo.cungi@usccg.eu

About USC Consulting Group (USCCG):USCCG is an independent operations management consulting firm with over 40 years’ experience in the area of business performance improvement, and extensive mining clientele. It combines extensive subject matter expertise with enabling technology to drive and sustain superior operational and financial results. The firm offers an array of services that include Six Sigma, Lean transformation, supply chain optimization, process improvement, project management, value stream mapping, training and facilitation, blended learning solutions, modeling and simulation, world class maintenance management, and asset performance management. USCCG is a Microsoft Managed partner headquartered in Tampa, FL. It also has offices in Chicago, Montreal, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.usccg.com

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