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06.02.2010    Maurie James Named Chief Operations Officer
Maurie James joins ClearBlade executive team.

ClearBlade, an Austin, TX-based consulting company specializing in Enterprise Optimization, has promoted Maurie James to Chief Operations Officer. Ms. James joined ClearBlade in March 2008 as Vice President of Operations and has helped engineer ClearBlade's significant growth over the past 2 years.

"We are very excited to promote Maurie to our executive team. She has been an integral part of ClearBlade's early development and will continue to be a key component as we expand our business. Maurie will be responsible for overseeing ClearBlade's growth over the next several years as we ramp-up our solutions and delivery capacity," said Eric Simone, CEO of ClearBlade.

Maurie has over 24 years of experience in systems engineering and software development. She was responsible for creating a technology focused practice for Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group. The core of this group later became the services arm for Austin Software Foundry. As part owner of Austin Software Foundry, (ASF) and Managing Director of the services arm, she assisted in seeking out an acquisition strategy to allow for necessary growth. ASF was a $3 million software and consulting firm which was acquired by Noblestar in 1998. Ms. James holds a BBA in Data Processing and Analysis (MIS) from the University of Texas in Austin, TX.