PADOVAN NAMED VP/PRINCIPAL OF THE SEXTANT GROUP

PITTSBURGH PA, MARCH 15, 2001 --
The Sextant Group, Inc. has recently named Patrick M. Padovan as Vice President and Principal of the firm. Pat has been with The Sextant Group since 1996, acting as Director of Engineering.

For more than twenty-five years, Pat has been involved in audio and video systems design and engineering. His experience covers a broad range of project types and applications, including broadcasting, production, and communications. Pat is an expert in audio and video technologies, multimedia display technologies, and user control systems. He is an accomplished team leader and has headed a variety of design and installation projects including large-scale, multi-state systems integration management, and is accustomed to implementing new technologies in a variety of applications.

Pat is responsible for media systems design, engineering and quality control of all Sextant projects. His higher education projects include a new science and technology building at East Carolina University, the Regional Technology Center of Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan, The Classrooms of the Future at the Medical College of Ohio, WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY, a mobile broadcasting unit for SporTVision, Inc., three mobile units for the PGA Tour, the Hetzel Student Union at Penn State University, and the Technology Resource Center at Saint Vincent College. His corporate projects have included training, meeting, conferencing and video conference facilities for FreeMarkets, Inc., Bank One Headquarters in Columbus, OH, Heinz Corporation World Headquarters, Bayer Corporation, Respironics, Inc., Braebender Cox, and Deloitte and Touche.

Pat performed his undergraduate studies at Youngstown State University. He is a member consultant of the National System Contractors Association, the Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the Audio Engineering Society.

The Sextant Group is an award-winning full service digital technology consulting firm specializing in design, engineering and specification of architectural and environmental acoustics, audiovisual systems, IT, telecommunications, security and structured cabling technologies.