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                                                        Predictive Systems, Inc.
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          PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS NAMES BERRY SETHI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


New York City, NY -- August 26, 2002 -- Predictive Systems (Nasdaq: PRDS), a
leading network infrastructure and security consulting firm, today announced it
has named Berry (Neeraj) Sethi, as its Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Sethi rejoined the company as acting CFO in May 2002. He originally joined
Predictive Systems as Vice President of Finance in 1995 upon the founding of the
company. Mr. Sethi was instrumental in taking the company from startup mode to a
public company. Before joining Predictive Systems, Mr. Sethi was Assistant VP
for Global Expense Management at Bankers Trust, and Controller and a financial
analyst at Network Management Inc.

"Berry's experience and knowledge of the company from his previous tenure with
Predictive has been invaluable," said Andy Zimmerman, CEO of Predictive Systems.
"We are very pleased that Berry has made a further commitment to Predictive and
he is having a positive impact on our company in a short period of time.

Mr. Sethi earned a B.A. in Economics and Liberal Arts in 1984 from Osmania
University in India. He received a M.S. in Information Systems from City
College, New York, in 1987 and studied for his M.B.A. in Finance at Baruch
College in New York.

About Predictive Systems

Predictive Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRDS) is a leading consulting firm focused on
building, optimizing, and securing high-performance infrastructures to increase
operational efficiency, mitigate risk, and empower the business initiatives of
Fortune 1000 companies, federal government agencies, and state and local
governments. The firm's Global Integrity Services unit provides professional
information security consulting and managed security services to protect the
critical assets of its clients. Predictive Systems' BusinessFirst(TM) approach
maps technology solutions to business goals, and delivers measurable results.
Headquartered in New York City, Predictive Systems has regional offices
throughout the United States. Internationally, it has offices in Germany, the
Netherlands, and the UK. For additional information, please contact Predictive
Systems at 800-770-4958 or visit www.predictive.com.

Predictive Systems, the Predictive Systems logo, BusinessFirst, and Global
Integrity are trademarks or registered trademarks of Predictive Systems, Inc.
All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.



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future events or future financial results of Predictive Systems. Investors are
cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or
results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should
specifically consider various factors that could cause actual events or results
to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements,
including the matters set forth in Predictive Systems' reports and other
documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




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