Catalyst Names Christopher Toomey Director of Alliances and Channel Development

News 2010 Denver Colorado, May 24, 2010-Catalyst Repository Systems today announced the appointment of Christopher Toomey as Director of Alliances and Channel Development. Mr. Toomey, an attorney with 20 years of business and law-practice experience, previously held the position of Catalyst's Director of Managed Review.

"We are excited to have Chris on board to lead this new initiative at Catalyst," said TJ Gill, Catalyst's Vice President of Sales. "Our partners are integral to our strategy and success and Chris' deep industry knowledge and proven ability to manage partner relationships will make him an invaluable asset to our team and to our partners."

In his new role, Mr. Toomey will lead a new department dedicated to refining and expanding Catalyst's channel strategies and execution for our current partners as well as manage the team that will identify, recruit, develop, and manage channel and strategic relationships for Catalyst in North America.

"The Catalyst partner network is made up of dynamic organizations and many legal and technology professionals," said Toomey. "I very much welcome the opportunity to work with the industry's key players and enhance our clients' experience. This is an exciting time at Catalyst and in the e-discovery industry as we grow and work with a diverse group of organizations."

Broad Legal and Business Experience

In his former position as Director of Managed Review, Mr. Toomey assembled and managed review teams for client projects and consulted with clients on early case assessment, review strategy, and review team efficiency. With his new role, he will continue to manage relationships with review partners and to consult on review project management and e-discovery practice during review.

Prior to joining Catalyst, Mr. Toomey consulted on e-discovery issues, electronic search strategy, litigation management and attorney review services to corporations, law firms and government agencies. In managing electronic discovery and litigation, his experience spans multiple industries involving IP and patents, telecommunications, copyright and trademark disputes, employment, and general business litigation.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Toomey established and managed a law firm in Boston, Mass. His practice focused on bankruptcy, real estate transfers and financing, and insurance. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Toomey served as a Product Manager for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston, responsible for the financial growth and success of catastrophic health insurance products in addition to the development and management of reinsurance partnership programs.

A frequent speaker on topics including e-discovery, early case assessment, review strategy, and case management and planning, Mr. Toomey holds a bachelor's degree from Providence College, an MBA from Suffolk University Sawyer Business School, and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.

About Catalyst

Catalyst Repository Systems is a leading legal-technology company providing secure, scalable multi-lingual document repositories for electronic discovery, litigation support, and other complex regulatory matters. For over a decade, corporations and their counsel have relied on Catalyst to control litigation costs and make review teams more effective. Our systems and supporting services cover the heart of the litigation lifecycle-from processing and analytics, to search, review, production and trial.

Catalyst delivers its software directly and through a global partner network that offers consulting, collection, project management and forensic services. The company manages hundreds of servers in two data centers and has hosted for many of the largest organizations in the world, including five of the world's 10 largest companies, four of the nation's 10 largest insurers and 80 of the nation's 100 largest law firms.

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