CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GTSI (R) Corp. (Nasdaq: GTSI) an IT enterprise infrastructure solutions and services provider to government, announced that Denise Harrison to Chief Information Officer (CIO). She will be responsible for all of GTSI's internal information technology and take on the additional critical business responsibilities including functional analysis, help desk and hardware infrastructure. She will report directly to Scott Friedlander, President and Chief Operating Officer.

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A 19-year veteran of GTSI, Ms. Harrison was Vice President. Applications and Information Resources for the past two years before being promoted to CIO. During her tenure at GTSI, she has held a number of positions of ascending responsibility with the company in several areas -- Finance, Contracts, Bids and Proposals and eBusiness -- before joining the Information Technology organization in 2003.

"During her career with GTSI, Denise has been an outstanding performer and leader," said Mr. Friedlander. "She has delivered exceptional results on IT projects large or small. I know she will continue to make our infrastructure a competitive differentiator. Through her role as CIO, she will help GTSI leverage its technology investments to meet or exceed customer expectations and provide our professional staff timely data. We are also extremely proud that Denise serves as another example of GTSI's investment in succession planning as part of its commitment to a formal Human Capital Program."

"With the CIO role constantly evolving, it becomes more important for a CIO to provide business value to the organization as well as to be able to determine and provide effective technology tools," said Ms. Harrison. "As GTSI continues to grow and evolve, the CIO has an important role to play in making sure the process and procedures we employ will help to make the tools more effective and ultimately make the business more profitable."

During her tenure at GTSI, Ms. Harrison, managed the team that rebuilt the GTSI.com applications to support GTSI's growth in eBusiness and eProcurement, supported key IDIQ proposal efforts, managed the corporate budget systems and processes, and managed GTSI bank relationships for the line of credit.

For a four-year period, Ms. Harrison left GTSI to work for Siemens Computers Systems (formerly Pyramid Technology, a manufacturer of mini-computer technology) where she was Field Sales Administration Manager supervising staff in Dallas, Atlanta and Mclean. She also worked for Unisys Global Services as Operations Project Manager responsible for analysis and support of the global service contracts in the federal government. She returned to GTSI in 2000 to take significant management responsibility for the Company's growing eBusiness initiatives.

Ms. Harrison holds a BS in Economics from George Mason University. In addition, she is PMP (Project Management Professional) certified.

Ms. Harrison is active in Women in Leadership and Women in Technology. She also volunteers her time in her community.

About GTSI Corp.

GTSI Corp. provides a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach to IT infrastructure solutions delivered through industry-leading professional and financial services. GTSI employs a proactive, strategic methodology that streamlines technology lifecycle management, from initial assessment to acquisition, implementation, refresh, and disposal. TLM allows government agencies to implement solutions of national and local significance quickly and cost-effectively. GTSI's certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology innovators. These experts use proven, repeatable processes to design, deploy, manage, and support simple to complex solutions, to meet governments' current and future requirements and business objectives. GTSI is headquartered in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Further information about the Company is available at www.GTSI.com/About.

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