Kansas City, Mo. (August 4, 2004) V TranSystems Corporation, an industry leader in providing solutions to the challenges facing its clients, announced today that Scott Pribula has joined the company as Vice President and Manager of TranSystems' Minneapolis operations. Pribula serves as a client manager and project manager for the Shippers, Distributors, Retailers and Manufacturers sector of TranSystems. His appointment to the post coincides with the opening of the office, which represents a new location for TranSystems. Scotts appointment and the opening of the Minneapolis office puts TranSystems shipping, distribution, retail and manufacturers expertise close to the ground and within ready reach of our clients in the sector, said Dave Ladner, Vice President of the market sector for TranSystems. With over 20 years of food and processing experience in the retail and distribution/process arena, Scott has a rock solid understanding of industry issues and practices. He brings the right package of technical and business consulting skills needed to achieve successful project execution on behalf of our clients. Pribula experience includes projects involving food warehouses, food processing facilities, cold storage warehouses, supermarkets and maintenance shops. His technical responsibilities include material handling and logistic studies, due diligence reports, labor studies, master plans, business programming, site development and planning, and regulatory interpretation, permitting and project management for clients located throughout the country. Brian Larson, President, Chairman and CEO of TranSystems notes, With the opening of the Minneapolis office and Scotts appointment, weve expanded both our technical and geographic reach. Through this action, TranSystems is advancing its strategic aim of developing the Shipper, Distributor, Retailer and Manufacturing sector of TranSystems into a national leader. Pribula adds: Our talent enables us to design entire buildings for our distribution and manufacturing clients. Those skills are augmented by the ability to help our clients develop the operation inside of the box. The end result is a full-service firm that can design all aspects of a facility to meets their needs. The office is located at 100 Portland Ave., Crown Plaza Bldg., Suite 275, Minneapolis, MN, 55401. Pribula can be reached at (612) 372-5814. The fax number is (612) 372-5809. Pribula has his B.S. in Construction Engineering from North Dakota State University. About TranSystems TranSystems Corporation provides a full spectrum of technical, specialty and industry-specific managerial services addressing the challenges facing its clients both in the United States and abroad. Undeniably aggressive in its goals, TranSystems' vision is grounded in the reality of its range and depth of expertise. Services to Shippers, Distributors, Retailers and Manufacturers sector comprise one of the major market sectors for the company. Its professionals are committed to serving Fortune 500 consumer goods providers nationwide. Ranked by Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine as one of the top Engineering Design, Transportation and Pure Designers firms in the country, TranSystems 650 employees are located in 30 offices across the nation