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TriZetto Names Brad Samson Vice President of IR & Corporate Communications
Tech-Industry Veteran to Guide Communications as
Company Transitions to Profitability
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – September 9, 2003 – The TriZetto® Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TZIX) named Brad Samson vice president of its Investor Relations and Corporate Communications functions. In this role, Samson will manage the investor program and oversee a coordinated communications strategy targeting investors, media and employees.
"I am pleased to welcome Brad to the TriZetto team," said Jeffrey H. Margolis, chairman and chief executive officer for TriZetto. "The breadth of Brad's professional experiences will contribute to TriZetto's continued growth and progress toward profitability."
Samson's investor relations, public relations and corporate communications experience includes almost 20 years with various technology and business process outsourcing companies. Most recently, Samson served as vice president of investor relations and public relations for Universal Access, which provides outsourced telecommunications services. Prior to Universal Access, Samson spent almost 10 years as director of investor relations and public relations for Wallace Computer Services, an outsourced print services company serving Fortune 1000 clients.
Samson also held senior positions at public relations agencies Hill and Knowlton in Chicago and Burson-Marsteller in New York City. Significant clients included Apple Computer, Ameritech, Sears/Dean Witter, Stern Stewart & Company, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Prior to his agency work, Samson helped launch two start-up computer and software companies in Boulder, Colo., handling marketing communications as well as market and product analysis.
Samson earned both his bachelor's degree in marketing and master's degree in business administration from the University of Denver.
About TriZetto
The TriZetto Group, Inc. offers a broad portfolio of healthcare information technology (IT) products and services that can be delivered individually or combined to create a comprehensive solution.
The company provides:
- leading proprietary and third-party software, including e-business applications;
- outsourced services, such as software hosting, transaction processing and IT department operations; and
- strategic and implementation consulting.
TriZetto is focused on three healthcare markets: payers, benefits administrators and physician groups. Its more than 450 customers represent approximately 40 percent of the U.S. insured population. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be reached at (949) 719-2200 or www.trizetto.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include statements about future net revenues, profits, and financial results, the market for TriZetto's services, future service offerings, client and partner relationships, and TriZetto's operational capabilities. Actual results may differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including the effectiveness of TriZetto's implementation of its business plan, the market's acceptance of TriZetto's services, risks associated with management of growth, reliance on third parties to supply key components of TriZetto's services, attraction and retention of employees, variability of quarterly operating results, competitive factors, risks associated with acquisitions, changes in demand for third party products or solutions, which form the basis of TriZetto's service offerings, financial stability of our customers, the ability of TriZetto to meet its contractual obligations to customers, changes in government laws and regulations and risks associated with rapidly changing technology, as well as the other risks identified in TriZetto's Form 10-K and other SEC filings.
CONTACTS:
TriZetto Media Relations
Audrey Mautner
303-495-7197
audrey.mautner@trizetto.com
TriZetto Investor Relations
Brad Samson
949-719-2220
brad.samson@trizetto.com
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