Siteworx, Inc., one of the largest independent Web design and software development companies in metro Washington, D.C., has appointed Sal Leone to the position of Director of Business Development. With this appointment, the company will open a Manhattan office, providing a critical beachfront for the further expansion of its national customer base.

Mr. Leone brings more than 10 years successful sales experience in the media & advertising, entertainment and hospitality verticals and a proven track record building successful business alliances with leading software/hardware publishers such as Microsoft, Adobe, and McAfee.

Siteworx provides the full range of Web design and software development capabilities to clients across a wide range of industries. With a time-tested user experience methodology , award-winning creative design capabilities, and some of the most advanced Web development talent available on the east coast, the company is well positioned for substantial growth. In fact, Siteworx boasts Web development expertise in virtually every environment including Java, .Net, Python and LAMP.

“New York offers tremendous opportunity for pure play Web companies like Siteworx … this week’s Web 2.0 Expo New York is just one proof point of the industry’s growing recognition of that fact. To fuel our growth, it really wasn’t a question of if we’d have a New York office, but when,” said President Tim McLaughlin.