August 17, 2009 (FinancialWire) — A technology management consulting firm specializing in providing specialty information technology services, Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGW) (www.edgewater.com, “Edgewater” or the “company”), announced the election of Dan O’Connell to its board of directors.

“We are very pleased to have Dan join our Board,” commented Shirley Singleton, Edgewater’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We believe that Dan’s extensive background in both the public and private sectors, which includes international, federal, state and private company experience, will be of great value as we continue to execute Edgewater’s strategic growth and development initiatives.”

O’Connell is an attorney and real estate developer with extensive management experience. He has worked in public, quasi-public and private institutions in Boston and Washington, DC. Most recently, from January 2007 to February 2009, O’Connell served as the secretary of Housing and Economic Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to that time, he served as an executive vice president, Partner, and senior member of the Meredith & Grew’s Development and Advisory Services Group.

Before joining Meredith & Grew, O’Connell served as a Principal in the Development Services Group at Spaulding & Slye Colliers, providing strategic counsel and execution capabilities to governmental, institutional and corporate clients. He was in charge of several large-scale development projects, including Fan Pier, Boston; North Point, Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville; and the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority.

O’Connell has also served in the public sector as former Executive director of the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency, now MassDevelopment, and as director of Planning and Development for the Massachusetts Port Authority. He also served as chief of staff to Congressman Ed Markey.

O’Connell has served as Co-chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Real Estate Development Committee, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Beaches, and on the board of directors for the Island Alliance, Boston Harbor Islands National Park. He holds an A.B. from Harvard College and a law degree from Harvard Law School.

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