ATS Corporation Appoints John Hassoun as Senior Vice President of Federal Operations

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Corporation ("ATSC" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: ATSC), a leading information technology company that delivers innovative technology solutions to government and commercial organizations, today announced that John Hassoun has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Federal Programs.  Mr. Hassoun has a distinguished record of nearly 20 years of corporate experience in leading and managing operations, strategy and business development in high growth government information technology businesses.

"John Hassoun brings to ATSC a proven track record of leading corporations in executing new strategies to grow and build their business and expand into new markets," said ATSC Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sidney E. Fuchs. "We are delighted to welcome such an accomplished executive leader as John to ATSC to help us accelerate our company's growth, especially in the national security and defense arenas."

Hassoun comes to ATSC from Global Strategies Group, an international risk management services company based in Dubai where he served as Chief Executive Officer.  Prior to that, he served as CEO for the risk mitigation solutions company Olive Group.  Previously, Hassoun held steadily increasing executive leadership roles with Veridian Corporation and General Dynamics, where he served as General Manager of Engineering Development and Integration Services managing 10,000 people.  Hassoun launched his career as a program manager with the U.S. Air Force.

Hassoun holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Factors and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Wright State University.  He has authored over 20 technical reports and research papers on topics involving advanced technology.

About ATS Corporation

ATSC is a leading provider of software and systems development, systems integration, infrastructure management and outsourcing, information sharing, training and consulting to the Department of Defense, Federal civilian agencies, public safety and national security customers, as well as commercial enterprises.  Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the Company has more than 600 employees at 10 locations across the country.

Additional information about ATSC may be found at www.atsc.com.

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