February 22, 2008 – Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement andcontrol solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the appointment of John O’Connellas its Vice-President of Sales and Business Development. Mr. O’Connell is a seasoned executive withover 25 years of experience in the automation industry. John was most recently at OSIsoft where hesuccessfully initiated partner programs for strategic customers in the life sciences and power industries.Prior to joining OSIsoft, Mr. O’Connell was a partner at Technology 2 Market a sales and marketingconsulting firm, and held executive positions at Krohne Inc. a leading manufacturer of flow and levelmeasurement systems.

At Finesse Solutions, Mr. O’Connell will be responsible for worldwide sales of sensor and automationsystems products. Mr. O’Connell said, “I am extremely excited to join Finesse, as I believe the companyhas a tremendous opportunity to solve many real-world problems in life science measurement andcontrol applications.”

According to Finesse Solutions CEO Dr. Barbara Paldus, “We are experiencing significant growth asour products are gaining acceptance in the life science industry. We are extremely pleased to havesomeone of John’s caliber join our company, in order to guide the sales organization to meet ouraggressive objectives.”

About FinesseCalifornia-based Finesse Solutions, LLC, leads the way in developing new measurement and controltechnologies, in order to enable the transition to single-use systems, bring new capabilities to existingbioreactor platforms, and harmonize global bio-process information transfer. Our current product familyprovides comprehensive measurement and control solutions for upstream processes in the biotechand pharmaceutical industries.