By John T. BradshawPublished On: November 14, 2007

FOCUS Represents TouchStar in Acquisition of Data-Tel Solutions

Washington, DC (November 14, 2007) – Today, FOCUS, LLC a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced they represented TouchStar in its recent acquisition of Data-Tel, Solutions.

“TouchStar purchased Data-Tel because of the performance oriented technology they offer to a wide network of more than 500 call center customers, which aligns with TouchStar’s strategic growth plan,” said John Bradshaw, FOCUS Partner.

TouchStar develops and supports world class call center technology with on-site and hosted deployment options. TouchStar serves over 2,500 businesses on six continents from its headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices in New York, Phoenix, Davenport, Mumbai, Manila, and Manchester. TouchStar’s fully integrated products include: inbound and outbound call center software, PSTN and VoIP telecommunications hardware, predictive dialers, automated voice messaging, scripting, recording, monitoring, quality analysis, advanced ACD & IVR, reporting, compliance management, and an IP PBX phone system.

Steve Bederman, CEO of TouchStar, commented: “FOCUS has been a wonderful partner. We are looking forward to working with FOCUS through a series of planned global acquisitions and expansions in the months ahead.”

Arizona-based Data-Tel has been providing call center systems since 1991. They were one of the first companies to develop and utilize advanced predictive dialer technology. As a TouchStar company, Data-Tel will continue to serve its clients and offer a wider range of available products and services.

About FOCUS

FOCUS, LLC provides a range of middle market investment banking services across the U.S. with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate finance. FOCUS is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. FOCUS specializes in business units with transactions or revenues in the $5-300 million range, serving entrepreneurs, corporate owners and various types of investors across a broad range of industries, throughout the U.S. and worldwide. FOCUS bankers are seasoned operating and financial executives with extensive transaction experience. Securities transactions are conducted by affiliated FINRA broker dealer, Wm H. Murphy Co. For more information on FOCUS, visit www.focusbankers.com.

John T. Bradshaw has over 40 years experience in sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and systems engineering with corporations specializing in technology-driven business products and services. Mr. Bradshaw has been a successful entrepreneur of his own startup companies as well as a senior executive in both large and small organizations. Prior to joining FOCUS as an Investment Banker in 2004 specializing in M&A and Capital Raises for the lower middle market ($10M to $300M valuation), Mr. Bradshaw was the founder and former President and Chief Executive Officer of CareCall, Inc., a customer service outsourcing company that was sold to Array Services in 2003. Mr. Bradshaw founded CareCall in 1993 and grew the company from inception to over $17 million in sales with 500 Full Time Equivalent employees. utilizing four locations based in the Midwest. Prior to founding CareCall, Mr. Bradshaw was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales and Managing Director of International Operations for Online Computer Systems, a division of Reed Elsevier. Mr. Bradshaw spent over 13 years at Xerox and Filenet (now part of IBM) in manufacturing in various executive position in Materials Management and Operations producing sophisticated technology products such as Disk Drives, Printing Systems, and Electronic components Mr. Bradshaw has a B.B.A., with honors, specializing in Computer Science, Math and Statistics from the University of Texas, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Bradshaw carries all major securities licenses required for Investment Banking.