San Diego, California -- Bruce Geier, founder, President & CEO of San Diego based Technology Integration Group (TIG) was awarded Entrepreneur Of The Year® by Ernst & Young at an award ceremony held at the Hilton Torrey Pines Wednesday, June 16th.

The companies selected were reviewed and approved by an esteemed panel of judges for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® San Diego program. The panel acknowledged that each finalist company represented adds great value to the community. 27 semi-finalists were selected the 18 chosen finalists were represented in 7 categories at the awards banquet. Collectively, the semi-finalist companies are representative of 12,000 jobs created and revenue of $1,500,000,000.00

“I am truly honored and humbled to have been selected as a finalist and awarded Entrepreneur Of The Year by Ernst and Young. This prestigious award represents the risks, trials and tribulations that all entrepreneurs must endure to be successful in business,” said Bruce Geier. “I share this award with all of TIG’s valued employees who continue to share my dream. Without their dedication, TIG would not be what it is today. I also share this award with TIG’s valued industry partners and clients whose collective support has permitted the necessary growth in order to give back to the communities TIG calls home,” Geier said.

Award recipients from the San Diego Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® program are eligible for competition in the international program sponsored by the Entrepreneur Of The Year Institute in November 2004.

About Technology Integration Group (TIG) - San Diego based Technology Integration Group (TIG) is a proven leader in implementing IT advances to benefit organizations nationwide. Founded and headquartered in San Diego for nearly 23 years, TIG is a minority-owned, certified Small Business by U.S. SBA standards with 285 employees. Over the years, the company’s vision has remained the same: remove network redundancy, reduce operating cost, increase efficiency and assist their clients’ profitability through advances in computing technology. TIG has earned its reputation as a financially stable, well-established computer system integrator and reliable IT solutions consultant. A member of many national Minority Business Councils, TIG embraces entrepreneurial spirit and encourages reciprocal minority business growth.

With 17 offices located from Honolulu to Philadelphia, TIG fully understands the daily operational infrastructure needs of growing organizations, regardless of size. A nationally recognized diversity supplier providing a broad range of high-end computing solutions, services and integration to corporate, government and education clients nationwide, TIG specializes in solutions including: enterprise storage, enterprise security assessments, telecommunications and cost management services, wireless & cellular access, network infrastructure management, web development and hosting, remote access, multi-platform hardware and software consulting, custom programming, B2B e-commerce, project staffing, asset management, help desk and desk side support, Engineering and field technical support, enterprise print cost management and custom office furniture solutions incorporating data cabling and telephony with desktop computing. TIG also provides traditional procurement and support of “Just-In-Time” (JIT) contracts for hardware, software as well as routinely purchased computer supplies and accessories. It is clear that organizations today require an extremely high level of technical expertise to support their internal infrastructure. TIG leverages over two decades of industry experience to assist their clients achieve their goals.

TIG is committed to giving back to the communities where they hold branch presence. Since December of 2001, TIG has successfully donated over 650 PCs and color monitors to assist in building computer labs in disadvantaged school districts through its flagship program, Computers for Kids. Since 1994, TIG has donated nearly $400,000.00 to charitable organizations through a wide range of innovative community related programs.

Headquartered in San Diego, additional TIG offices are located in Irvine, Los Alamitos, Torrance, San Ramon, Honolulu, Seattle, Boise, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Dallas, San Antonio, Boulder, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia. For more information about TIG, visit www.tig.com

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Denise Mahaffey

Director of Marketing

Technology Integration Group

7810 Trade Street

San Diego, CA 92121

Tel: 858-566-1900 Ext. 2700