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Dan Brown / Jessica GomezMulberry Marketing Communications+1 415/439-8357 or +1 415/420-7880 (mobile) / Twitter: dbrownusc / jgomez13 Copyright Business Wire 2009. Hartman Brings 30 Years Industry Experience to Alight Including Sales andSupport of Pillar and Microsoft BIPLACERVILLE, Calif.–(Business Wire)–Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financialplanning and reporting software, today announced the appointment of Tom Hartmanas Director of Sales. Based in Boston, Hartman will assume responsibility forAlight`s sales activities on the East Coast. Hartman has a long history in sales and support of financial planning andreporting software.

Previous to Alight, he was Director of Sales for KCIComputing, a high end corporate performance management software package. BeforeKCI, he was a Territory Manager and Senior Budget Specialist with the MicrosoftBusiness Intelligence group supporting the Microsoft Helmsman, Forecaster andPerformancePoint product families. Earlier, Hartman had his own consulting firmselling and installing Hyperion Pillar in such companies as The Boston BeerCompany, Bell Canada, NiSource and Hanes Menswear. A Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with an MBA from the College of Williamand Mary, Hartman also has ten years finance experience as an FP&A Manager andController at PYA/Monarch, a subsidiary of Sara Lee, and other financialplanning positions with Colgate Palmolive and Fluor Corporation.

“Alight Planning is the most comprehensive planning and reporting softwarepackage I`ve seen since the early days of Pillar, which I worked withextensively,” said Hartman. “Alight is extending the Pillar traditional withunique architectures and analytic tools for driver-based planning, integratingactuals and scenario analysis. It is a huge opportunity to become a part of theAlight team which truly understands planning and reporting at the customerimplementation level.” “It`s rare to find a person like Tom with hands-on finance credentials plus deepproduct sales and implementation experience with financial software,” said RandHeer, Alight`s founder and CEO. “In particular, Tom`s experience with Pillar,which was developed in substantial part by the current Alight team, and hisextensive knowledge of the competitive landscape for business performancemanagement software will trigger further expansion of Alight`s customer basehere in the US.” About Alight LLC:Rated number one amongst its competitors in customer satisfaction in the 2009BPM Pulse Survey, Alight LLC`s Alight Planning is a true driver-based financialplanning and reporting software package that automates complex business modelingfor more accurate strategic plans, revenue projections, budgets and rollingforecasts.