COMPANY NEWS

5/12/04 – Comm-Group, Inc. names Stephen W. Mann as Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial Markets.

Chevy Chase, MD, May 12, 2004 – Comm Group, Inc., an information technology consulting firm based in Chevy Chase, MD, has hired Stephen W. Mann as Senior Vice President and Head of its Commercial Markets (CM) practice. Mr. Mann, who joins the Firm today, brings a dozen years’ experience to the newly created role within the Firm. He joins Comm-Group™ from GE Capital Markets, where he headed up equipment lease and loan syndications for GE Commercial Finance’s southeast mid market equipment finance sales team.

“Comm-Group™ is dedicated to continued growth in our core competencies, in addition to building our Commercial Markets practice. Mr. Mann’s expertise relative to corporate finance, capital markets, business development, operations and technology integration will be invaluable to the growth of this Firm,” said Linwood C. Jolly, President of Comm-Group™.

“In addition to managing and growing our Commercial Markets practice, Mr. Mann will be involved in the management of other areas within the Firm, including corporate finance, investor relations, marketing, technology adoption and capital markets,” added Mr. Jolly.

“In order to align Mr. Mann’s business objectives with the long-range goals of the Firm, he will become a Partner in the Firm in early August 2004,” stated Mr. Jolly.

Comm-Group, Inc. is an information technology firm specializing in providing enterprise level technical solutions to the federal government, quasi-governmental agencies, as well as the private sector. Specifically, the Firm provides Enterprise Consulting, Application Development and Implementation Services, Infrastructure Services, Information Assurance, LAN Administration, Website Development and Data Risk Management Consulting.

Linwood C. Jolly founded the Firm in 1999 as an information technology firm, specializing in providing technical expertise to the telecommunications industry. To learn more about Comm-Group, Inc., please visit www.comm-group.com or call 240.235.5033.