Chicago-based technology consulting firm Burwood Group establishes Central Illinois office.

Contact: Jeff Hartweg
309 661 4603 phone
jhartweg@burwood.com email

CHICAGO July 11, 2003 – Burwood Group, Inc., a Chicago based technology infrastructure solutions provider has established a new office in Central Illinois to support a growing client base there. The office will be based in Bloomington.

"As a result of the excellent reputation Burwood Group developed while conducting business in Chicago since 1997 and the response from our partners, we have received several offers to conduct business downstate" says Jeff Hartweg, Managing Director of the Bloomington office. "We view Central Illinois as an extremely viable and growing market. We have a chance to serve an excellent client base and contribute to developing the local job market". Hartweg, a Bloomington native, returns after working in Chicago and abroad since 1992.

The company will focus its energies on the entire Central Illinois marketplace and provide infrastructure planning, technology strategy development, program management, and implementation services as the core of its services offering. Burwood Group has delivered security, converged communications and enterprise management solutions to some of the most well-known and respected companies in Illinois. "We view this as an opportunity to better deliver the phenomenal solutions for which Burwood is known to Central Illinois. Additionally, we view the local colleges such as Heartland, Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State as great pools of talent for recruiting".

"Jeff brings a significant level of technology strategy, planning and infrastructure experience to Burwood Group and we’re excited for his leadership in Bloomington," says Jim Hart, Senior Vice President in the Chicago office. "His experiences designing and running large technology infrastructures and designing technology strategies for large financial services and manufacturing organizations will be an asset to the business and technology community in Central Illinois".

About Burwood Group
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Burwood Group is a technology consulting firm with deep expertise in internetworking, security, network management, and converged networking with solutions deployed across many industries including healthcare, education, financial services, and manufacturing / distribution. Burwood Group was recently named one of the top five fastest growing solution providers by CRN magazine.

To learn more about Burwood Group, call (309) 661-4603.