Tony Tortorice, Ex Government CIO and Former Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Joins the SADA Systems Advisory Board

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SADA Systems, Inc. (http://www.sadasystems.com), premier cloud computing IT firm, today announced the appointment of Tony Tortorice to its Board of Advisors.

Tony Tortorice, the former CIO for the State of Washington, LA Unified School District, LA Community College District and Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, will begin serving as an advisor to the leading cloud computing IT firm starting February of 2011. Tortorice has worked as the CIO of large government organizations 2001 to 2010, serving as senior IT executive for the State of Washington and member of the Governor's Cabinet responsible for statewide IT strategy, policy and standards development working with state agency directors and their CIOs. Prior to the State of Washington, Tortorice headed the IT department at two of California's largest educational institutions--the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Community College District. Prior to his work as a CIO, Tortorice was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led an IT audit and security practice for higher education clients.

The advisory board appointment at SADA Systems brings Tortorice back to his consultant roots. Founded in 2000, North Hollywood-based SADA Systems is a full-service IT firm delivering cloud computing solutions as well as managed IT services, custom web and application development for Fortune 500 organizations, small businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies. SADA is one of the world's first 10 Google Apps partners and one of the first Microsoft Online Services partners, specializing in the Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) and Live@edu suite (now Office 365). SADA recently released its password synchronization solution, Authentication Magic, for both Google Apps and Microsoft Online.

"We are extremely pleased to have Tony Tortorice join our Advisory Board. His extensive experience and expertise leading IT in large organizations will provide invaluable perspective as we continue to grow. He knows the buying side having been a CIO, and he knows the delivery side, having been a partner at PwC - he brings forth the perfect perspective SADA can learn a lot from," said CEO Tony Safoian.

"I'm happy to be joining forces with the SADA Systems team, particularly given all that they have accomplished in cloud computing services to date and the ambitious roadmap ahead," said Tortorice.

CONTACT:  Linda Tsan, Marketing Manager of SADA Systems, Inc., +1-818-766-2400, [email protected]

SOURCE SADA Systems, Inc.