Anteon Appoints Marcus J. Collier as Group President of Systems Engineering Group

FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT) announced today the appointment of Marcus J. Collier as Group President of the Systems Engineering Group (SEG), one of Anteon's three strategic business units.  SEG provides professional services and information technology solutions to the Department of the Navy, Marine Corps, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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"We are pleased to announce Marcus Collier's new leadership role, as President of our SEG strategic business unit, where he has served as a key executive for the past eight years," stated Dan Johnson, Anteon's chief operating officer.  "Marcus has been instrumental in expanding Anteon's presence into the Homeland Security and Littoral Combat market, plus other mission-critical NAVSEA and SPAWAR programs. We look forward to his leadership as we grow our information technology and engineering systems and services business with the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Coast Guard, and FEMA."

Mr. Collier joined Anteon in June 1997 as a Department Manager supporting the Aegis Destroyer program and served in several additional management positions leading to this recent appointment -- including work on PEO Carriers, PEO Ships, PEO IWS, and Naval Personnel Center, Millington, all key Navy commands, programs and initiatives.  Mr. Collier holds a bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in business administration (MBA) in International Finance from George Washington University.

Prior to joining Anteon, Mr. Collier held engineering and management positions at PRC, Inc., a professional services corporation in Washington, DC. During his last three years at PRC, he served as the Program Management Core Competency Director, assessing overall corporate efficiency, identifying industry best practices, and bringing them into the corporation through comprehensive training programs and internal process improvement.

About Anteon

Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology company serving the U.S. Federal government and international customers.  Anteon designs, integrates, maintains, and upgrades state-of-the- art systems for national defense, intelligence, homeland security, and other high priority government missions.  Anteon provides numerous government clients with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services, and simulation and training skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. The Company was founded in 1976 and currently employs over 9,500 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide.  Anteon consistently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys, and has been named to the Forbes List of the 400 Best Big Companies in 2005, earning distinction on the Forbes Platinum List.  Anteon is listed on the Standards & Poor's MidCap 400 Index. For more information, visit http://www.anteon.com/.

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