Apex Systems Inc.

Apex wins Verizon 2007 Supplier Excellence Award for IT Services

RICHMOND, VA- April, 2008- Verizon Communications has awarded Apex Systems, a professional staffing firm based in Richmond, VA, a 2007 Supplier Excellence Award for IT Services. This award recognizes companies that support Verizon’s commitment to continuous improvement of quality and service to its customers through a passion for excellence. Criteria for winning includes: quality of service, year-over-year growth, a commitment to supplier diversity, meeting and exceeding performance metrics, providing cost management solutions and excellent customer service.

"Verizon is focused on delivering the best customer experience so we expect the highest quality service from our vendors, which keeps us focused on the business of serving our customers," said George Dowell, vice president of Supply Chain Services, Verizon Services Operations. Apex is among 10 vendors that have received a 2007 Verizon Supplier Excellence Award for delivering advanced products and services and for consistently demonstrating a commitment to excellence. In two short years, Apex Systems has gone from the 180th supplier to a Top Five supplier for Verizon.

"We are incredibly excited to receive this award," remarked Brian Callaghan, a founder and co-CEO of Apex, "It is a wonderful way for Verizon to validate the efforts of its suppliers, and we appreciate being recognized for our work in 2007."

About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 69 million customers nationwide.  Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network.  A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 228,600 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.