Richmond, VA—August 11, 2008 - Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial and engineering consulting services, announced today that the company’s Technology sector has made three strategic hires to support their industry-leading application development team.

Shailesh Gavathe comes to Timmons Group from Sprint Nextel where he was a Geospatial Engineer/Analyst. Gavathe brings to Timmons Group a strong background in very large data sets and web services development skills.

U.G.Viswanath “Vish” comes to Timmons Group from Data Transfer Solutions, located in Fort Collins, CO, where he was a GIS Software Engineer. Vish was also formerly with Sanborn where he was in involved in Land Management applications development; a core competency for Timmons Group.  Vish brings a strong background in software architecture and agile development skills.  His development projects have been profiled by ESRI in recent podcasts.

Sekhar Kafle comes to Timmons Group from ESRI, located in Redlands, CA, where he was a Software Engineer.  Sekhar was responsible for the Military Analyst extension for ArcGIS Server while at ESRI as well as other project including Geospatial Appliance software.  Kafle brings to Timmons Group an extensive knowledge of the ESRI products and product life cycle management.  He is extremely well-versed in the ADF and server object extensions.

“We are proud to have these individuals join our staff.  Our reputation is increasing in the GIS community and our ability to recruit high-end staff is also increasing.  We’re excited about what these new hires will bring to our core competencies and ability to serve our clients,” said Lowell Ballard, Director of Advanced Technology for Timmons Group.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Mobile and Enterprise solutions.  Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with ESRI.  Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the ESRI Business Partner of the Year award and the ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year award.  Timmons Group was selected, as part of the Virginia Department of Forestry IFRIS project, to participate in the 2007 ESRI User conference plenary session.  An opportunity provided to only two ESRI solutions in the world this year.

For more information about Timmons Group’s technology services, contact Lowell Ballard at Email Contact or visit http://www.timmons.com/markets-and-services/technology.asp.

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