Novato, CA-October 6, 2003: Catalyst Systems, LLC, a healthcare consulting company specializing in precision staffing solutions, is pleased to announce the promotion of Marlene Holland, MPA, RN, to director of project consulting.

In this role, Marlene will lead the company's project consulting practices and supervise its project consultants. This will include the hiring and training of consultants, project assignment and evaluation, and the implementation of consulting process improvement strategies. Ms. Holland has been with Catalyst for six years; she formerly was a senior project consultant for the company.

An expert in the healthcare project consulting arena, Marlene served in a variety of related positions during her 25-year nursing career. She held staff and management positions in medical/surgical, pediatrics, newborn nursery, and critical care units. More recently, her career focused on project management in patient care redesign undertakings. These redesign areas have included critical care, case management, medical/surgical, information systems, clinical laboratory, and human resources. Additionally, she has managed a number of patient classification/staff activity studies in acute care settings.

Ms. Holland earned a masters degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco, a bachelors degree in health services management from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA, and a nursing diploma from the Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing in Alexandria, VA.

"We are delighted to promote Marlene to her new and challenging role as director of project consulting," said Catalyst CEO and co-founder Dr. Holly De Groot, PhD, RN, FAAN. "Her breadth of experience gives her invaluable insight into every new project and client situation."

Nurse-owned and operated, Catalyst Systems has provided healthcare organizations across the nation with its leading EVALISYS® Patient Classification System and objective workload studies for more than 18 years. Catalyst maintains the largest objective database of its type on workload and staff utilization. The company is the leading authority on the collection and usage of such data in meeting patient care needs and ensuring that nursing staff is devoted to appropriate patient-focused activities. For more information on Catalyst, please email info@catsys.com, call 415-893-7600 or visit the website at www.catsys.com.