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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2002

Account management professionals needed in Dallas, Austin,

Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Newark and New York

Doug Ortega, President of The Adea Group, Inc., announced today that Adea has launched an aggressive recruiting drive to expand its sales and account management staff in Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Newark and New York regions. The company continues to experience increased demand for its AdeaTeched(TM) technical personnel by a number of clients in these locations.

"Despite much of the news about slowness in the IT services sector there is still a considerable demand for highly experienced, pre-qualified technical talent," said Ortega. "Our AdeaTeched(TM) one-on-one candidate testing and screening program has made us a desirable partner for companies with downsized recruiting staffs."

Adea is seeking account management professionals with at least three years experience in technical staffing, technical solutions development and combination of both. The opportunities are in each of Adea's U.S. offices.

The Adea Group is a leading provider of technical consulting services. In 2001 it was ranked as the 18th fastest growing technical consulting services firm, from a field of 8,000 companies, by Purple Squirrel magazine, a top industry trade publication. Adea is based in Dallas, Texas and is a JAAGIR, L.L.C. company. Adea also has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Washington D.C., and India. Its client list includes ACS, Alcon Labs, Amdahl, Applied Terravision Systems, Babbages, Banderacom, Blockbuster, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Compaq, CompUSA, Computer Sciences Corporation, Coopers Energy, Datum, Emery Worldwide, Ericsson, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, GE Engine Services, Hewlett Packard, Infraworks, Knowledge Base Marketing, KPMG, LCRA, Manugistics, Momentum Software, Michaels, Nortel Networks, Sabre, SBC, Southwest Airlines, Sprint/Sprint E-Solutions, State of Georgia, State of Texas, Sterling Commerce, Travelocity, TSI, Unisource, UPS, Verio, Verizon and Verizon Wireless. The Adea Group is one of the largest certified minority-owned technical services companies in America. It may be visited at www.adea.com.

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The Adea Group was named the 18th fastest growing technical staffing firm in the U.S. by Purple Squirrel magazine in 2001