VTLS Executive Management Reorganization

Blacksburg, VA - VTLS announced a number of changes today in key management positions within the company, all part of a larger plan to re-position the company for the future.

Vinod Chachra will resume his role as President, in addition to his current role as CEO. Cecilia Yourshaw, formerly the Director of Customer Service and Quality, will become the new Vice-President of Operations for VTLS. Carl Grant, the current President and Chief Operating Officer is completing the term of his contract with VTLS, and has notified the Board of Directors that he plans to move in a new direction in his career. Other company operations are realigning as well. Finance and Development and Operations will report to the President and CEO, and Customer Service, Quality, Sales and Marketing and Information Services will report to the new VP of Operations.

"Change is an integral part of ongoing company management," said Vinod Chachra, President & CEO of VTLS. "We are fortunate to have long-term, talented people such as Cecilia Yourshaw ready to step into positions of higher responsibility when opportunities like these emerge. At the same time, we want to thank Carl Grant for his many valuable contributions to VTLS and we sincerely wish him every success in the future."

"I will leave VTLS with very mixed feelings," said Carl Grant. "Working with this exceptional team of people and group of products has been rewarding and our shared successes were many and visionary. I.m sure those successes will continue under this combination of experienced and new leadership. It is with a degree of sadness and excitement that I head toward a new future."

"I look forward to having the opportunity to provide the organizational leadership necessary to make VTLS even more effective and efficient in today's challenging marketplace,. said Ms. Yourshaw. "It is an exciting time to be part of VTLS."