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CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION VETERAN JOINS CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS

Memphis, Tenn., January 19, 2005 – Cornerstone Systems, a nationwide provider of transportation and logistics solutions, announced the appointment of Bob Dowd as account executive based in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Mr. Dowd, a lifelong Connecticut resident, will work closely with the Cornerstone Systems offices in Boston and New York to create new clients and provide intermodal, railcar, trucking and logistics services to existing clients.

“We believe Bob will be instrumental in helping meet our sales and customer service goals in the Northeastern United States,” said Rick Rodell, Cornerstone Systems chairman and CEO. “He will truly be a valuable asset to our organization.”

With over 40 years of transportation and logistics experience, Mr. Dowd was most recently with the Hub Group in New York and New Jersey for 16 years, where he served as regional sales manager. Prior to that he held a sales manager position with a regional trucking company based in Connecticut, and he was operations manager for a shipper co-operative association.

Cornerstone Systems offers a full complement of logistics services including intermodal, railcar, truck brokerage, dedicated carriage, on-site management, warehousing and spotting services. Headed by an executive team with over 160 years of experience, Cornerstone continues to attain one of the highest growth rates in the transportation industry.

Promising to provide its customers “rock solid solutions”, Cornerstone Systems has 29 offices nationwide. For more information visit www.cornerstone-systems.com.


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