Former Sprint CIO Richard LeFave Joins Validas as Senior Advisor

MISSOURI CITY, Texas, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Validas Inc. (http://www.myvalidas.com/), which reduces consumer, business and government wireless expenses by more than 25 percent through dispute resolution and rate plan "right-sizing", today announced that former Sprint and Nextel CIO Richard LeFave has joined the company as Senior Advisor, Technology. In this advisory role, Mr. LeFave will help to guide Validas' product management and business development efforts.

Mr. LeFave brings more than 30 years of executive management experience in the telecommunications industry to Validas, having held senior management positions with New England Telephone, Nextel Communications and most recently with Sprint. Mr. LeFave retired earlier this year after overseeing the information technology merger of Sprint and Nextel as CIO. In 2007, Oracle Magazine named Mr. LeFave its CIO of the year for successfully navigating the companies through this effort.

"We are excited to add such a prestigious and valuable individual to the Validas team," says Tom Pepe, CEO for Validas. "It is a great validation of our message, approach and product to win the support of someone with Mr. LeFave's knowledge, experience and tremendous skills."

"In my opinion, Validas is helping to solve the biggest problems plaguing today's wireless industry," says LeFave. "Its ability to reduce rate plan confusion, instill customers with confidence in their services, drive loyalty and optimize wireless expenditures is impressive. Further, its technology is practical and effective. Given these factors, and the company's energetic management, I am looking forward to helping Validas along the road to great success."

About Validas

Validas (www.myvalidas.com) offers a unique, Web-based capability that saves wireless users -- enterprise, government and consumer - more than 20 percent per year on their wireless services. Validas helps Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular subscribers to manage their minutes; identify and resolve billing and rating errors; and "right size" their rate plans. Using patent-pending technology, Validas provides detailed usage analyses, side by side rate plan comparisons and recommendations, and automates the wireless expense management process.

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