IPR Appoints Ray Lerro Vice President of Business Resiliency Services

Former Bank One DR & Quality Assurance Consultant and SunGard Program Manager Joins IPR Team to Aid Clients with Strategies for Continuous Data Availability

Conshohocken, PA, November 9, 2007— IPR International, LLC, a recognized industry leader in Managed Data Protection Services, today announced that Ray Lerro has joined IPR as Vice President of Business Resiliency Services, a new specialty within IPR that will specialize in helping clients continue operations despite interruptions and adverse conditions within their own environments. 

“Ray Lerro has a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience developing, designing and implementing actionable disaster recovery strategies for many of the largest companies in the world,” said Michael J. Emmi, Chairman and CEO of IPR International.  “Ray brings a unique understanding of DR to IPR and our clients.  IPR clients worldwide are clamoring for a better DR model.  They understand that the old, subscription based model showed itself to be broken on 9-11 and again, during Hurricane Katrina.  We feel extremely fortunate to add someone of his caliber and stature to our team and to bring those talents to our clients.”

A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Mr. Lerro brings over 30 years of IT, DR and Business Continuity experience to IPR International.  Before joining IPR, Mr. Lerro held several key positions in the Disaster Recovery field, including Disaster Recovery Specialist for AAA Mid-Atlantic, Senior Project Manager for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for Vanguard Partners, DR & Quality Assurance Consultant for Bank One and Program Manager for SunGard Planning Solutions, and Datacenter Project Manager for Prudential Insurance.  Mr. Lerro graduated from LaSalle University and was a Missile Guidance Systems Technician in the US Air Force. He and his family live in Warminster, PA.

IPR International is a recognized industry leader in Managed Data Protection Services.  
Through its comprehensive suite of solutions, IPR protects, preserves, secures and makes available client data at all times, no matter when or where the data was created and no matter when or where it is needed.   Through constantly improving and evolving services and a passion for security, integrity, availability and ingenuity, IPR helps clients maintain their own business operations and support them through any interruptions.  IPR is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA and serves clients in 17 countries worldwide.

For more information about IPR International and the services it provides, visit the company web site at www.iprintl.com, or contact:

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