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EXHIBIT 10.2

                              ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT

                                  March 1, 2004

JEFFREY C. AUGEN
51 BRETT ROAD
CARMEL, NY 10512

         In  consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration,  TURBOWORX, INC.
(the "Company") and you agree as follows:

         1.       POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

         1.1 The Company  will  engage  you,  and you agree to be engaged by and
serve the  Company,  as an  officer of the  Company.  You will have the title of
President and Chief Executive Officer, reporting to the Chairman of the Board of
Directors.  As President and CEO, you will serve on the Board of Directors,  and
you will be responsible for general and active management of the business of the
Company  and for  ensuring  that all  orders  and  resolutions  of the  Board of
Directors  are carried into effect.  You will also be expected to build and lead
an executive team that will:  (1) Formulate and articulate the company's  vision
and mission;  (2) Formulate and execute major policies,  programs and objectives
to promote  and ensure the  company's  success  and growth;  (3)  Formulate  and
execute  strategic  and  tactical  operational  plans  for  the  company,   with
particular  emphasis on growing revenue and expanding into new markets;  and (4)
Raise  additional  cash equity  investment.  In addition,  you will perform such
other  services as may be requested  from time to time by the Board of Directors
of the Company.  You will perform these duties in Shelton,  Connecticut  or such
other place as you and the Company shall mutually agree.

         1.2 From the date  hereof  through the end of the  Engagement  Term (as
hereinafter  defined),  you will, to the best of your ability,  devote your full
time and best efforts to the  performance  of your duties  hereunder  and to the
business and affairs of the Company  subject to your  involvement  in activities
permitted by Section 5 hereof.

         1.3 As a condition  of your  engagement  by the  Company,  you agree to
become a formal  employee  of ADP  TotalSource,  Inc.  a  professional  employee
organization with whom the Company has contracted to provide contract  employees
and human resources  services.  ADP  TotalSource  will be your sole employer and
will  assign  you to work at  TurboWorx  subject  the  terms of this  agreement.
TurboWorx will be responsible  for all  professional  aspects of your service as
President and CEO,  including  without  limitation  direction of your activities
(including  adherence to TurboWorx policies related to your job),  evaluation of
your performance, and determination of compensation levels. ADP TotalSource will
be solely  responsible  for all other duties  normally  taken on by an employer,
including without limitation payment of salary,

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provision  of  benefits  coverages,  and  compliance  with  standard  employment
policies and  applicable  Federal and state laws relating to employment  and the
workplace.   Notwithstanding   your  relationship  with  ADP  TotalSource,   all
references to "engagement" or "service" or similar or related terms herein shall
refer to your relationship with the Company.

         2. TERM AND TERMINATION.

         2.1 The term of your  engagement  with  the  Company  (the  "Engagement
Term") shall be one (1) year (the  "Initial  Term")  commencing on March 1, 2004
plus  any  extensions   thereof,   provided  that  the  Engagement   Term  shall
automatically  terminate  upon your death and may be  terminated  at any time as
provided in Section 2.2. At the close of the Initial Term, the  Engagement  Term
shall be  automatically  extended for a one (1) year period and thereafter shall
be  automatically  extended  at the  end of  each  one (1)  year  period  for an
additional one (1) year period unless earlier  terminated in accordance with the
terms  hereof,  and unless  either you or the Company  shall have given  written
notice to the other of a desire that such automatic  extension not occur,  which
notice  shall have been given no later than  thirty  days (30) days prior to the
end of the then  current  period.  If either  party gives such notice and absent
earlier  termination in accordance  with the terms hereof,  the last day of your
engagement shall be the last day of the Engagement Term.

         2.2 The  Company  shall  have  the  right,  on  written  notice  to you
specifying the applicable subsection below, to terminate your engagement:

                  (a) immediately for Cause (as defined in Section 2.4), or

                  (b) subject to Section 2.6 hereof,  in the event of your death
                  or disability which, in the reasonable opinion of the Board of
                  Directors, renders you unable or incompetent to carry out your
                  duties,  responsibilities,  and  assignments  with or  without
                  reasonable  accommodation  for a  period  of one  hundred  and
                  twenty (120) consecutive days; or

                  (c) subject to Section 2.6 hereof, immediately without Cause.

         2.3 You shall have the  right,  on written  notice to the  Company,  to
terminate  your  engagement  if you "resign for just cause,"  which shall mean a
resignation  of your  engagement as a direct result of (a) a material  breach by
the Company of its  obligations to you under this  Agreement,  provided that, if
such breach is capable of remedy,  a written  notice  within  sixty (60) days of
such breach and  opportunity  to cure such breach  shall be afforded the Company
and,  in such event,  just cause  shall exist if the Company  shall fail to cure
such breach  within a reasonable  period of time not to exceed  thirty (30) days
after receipt of such notice; or (b) a significant  modification by the Board of
Directors of your duties or authority  (except in connection  with a termination
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b)). You shall also have the right, on
not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Company, to terminate
your  engagement  without  just  cause;  provided  that such  termination  shall
constitute  a  forfeiture  of  any  severance  benefits  otherwise  due  to  you
hereunder.

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         2.4 The  term  "Cause"  shall  mean:  (a)  your  continued  failure  to
substantially  perform  your  duties  hereunder  (other  than any  such  failure
resulting from your  incapacity  due to physical or mental  illness) or any such
actual or anticipated  failure;  (b) your willful engagement in misconduct which
is materially  injurious to the Company's business or reputation,  monetarily or
otherwise;  (c) your violation of any material  provision of this Agreement;  or
(d) your conviction of an act of fraud,  embezzlement or another crime involving
moral  turpitude,  in any such case either (x)  involving the Company or (y) not
involving  the Company  but which,  in the opinion of a majority of the Board of
Directors  (other than you, if you are a Director),  is materially  injurious to
the  Company's  business  or  reputation.  You  shall not be deemed to have been
terminated  for Cause unless (1) prior written  notice has been delivered to you
setting  forth the reasons for the  Company's  intention to terminate for Cause,
and (2) a period of twenty (20) days has elapsed  since  delivery of such notice
during  which  you  were  afforded  an  opportunity  to cure  to the  reasonable
satisfaction  of a majority  of the Board of  Directors  (other  than  you),  if
capable of remedy,  the reasons for the  Company's  intention to  terminate  for
Cause.

         2.5 If you are  terminated  for Cause or your  engagement is terminated
due to death or  disability  pursuant to Section  2.2(b) or you resign for other
than just cause, neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company shall have
any  further  obligation  to you or your  personal  representatives  under  this
Agreement,  except for salary and bonus earned  hereunder and unpaid at the date
of termination,  any other payments due under applicable law, and reimbursements
of permitted  business  expenses in accordance with Company policy. On or before
the date of termination of your engagement,  you shall return to the Company all
records  and other  personal  property  of the  Company  in your  possession  or
control, including all confidential,  proprietary or trade secret information of
the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

         2.6 If the  Company  terminates  your  engagement  without  Cause under
Section  2.2(c) or you resign for just  cause  under  Section  2.3  hereof,  the
Company shall pay to you an amount equal to the aggregate  amount paid to you in
Base Salary (as  hereinafter  defined) during the three (3) months prior to such
termination, less applicable taxes and withholding (the "Severance Payment"), in
the manner and subject to the terms and conditions as hereinafter provided,  and
the Company shall arrange to provide to you during such period medical,  dental,
life and disability insurance benefits on the same basis as they would have been
provided  to you had your  engagement  not been  terminated  (collectively,  the
"Severance Benefits"). The Severance Payment shall be payable in installments on
such date or dates on which  Base  Salary  would  have been paid to you had your
engagement not been terminated.

         Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  the Company,  in its
sole  discretion,  may require that as a condition of eligibility for payment of
the Severance  Payment and Severance  Benefits as described in this Section 2.6,
you shall have  signed a release in the form  specified  by the Company and such
release shall be effective in accordance with its terms. Your failure or refusal
to sign such a release or the revocation by you of such a release, to the extent
permitted  by its terms,  shall  disqualify  you from  receiving  the  Severance
Payment and Severance  Benefits  hereunder,  and you shall instead  receive such
other  severance  benefits,  if any, as the Company shall  determine in its sole
discretion.  If you file a lawsuit,  charge,  complaint or other claim asserting
any claim or demand within the scope of any such release,  the Company,  whether
or not such claim is valid,  shall retain all rights and benefits of the release
and, in addition, shall be

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entitled to cancel any and all future  obligations of the release and recoup the
value of all severance  payments and benefits paid hereunder,  together with the
Company's costs.

         2.7 In the event of the  termination of your  engagement by the Company
within one (1) year following a "change in control" of the Company (including if
you  "resign  for just cause" as defined in Section 2.3 during such one (1) year
period),  you will be entitled to any bonuses for the then  current  fiscal year
under any bonus plans then in effect as if fully earned.  Benefits payable under
this  Section  2.7 upon a change in control  may subject you to an excise tax as
"excess  parachute  payments" under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.  The Company will reimburse you for all excise taxes paid, but
the  reimbursement  will  constitute  an excess  parachute  payment  and will be
subject to further  excise tax.  Such further  excise tax will  trigger  further
reimbursement  by the  Company.  For  purposes of this Section 2.7, a "change in
control" of the Company shall include (i) a sale of all or substantially  all of
the assets or  business  of the  Company;  (ii) a sale or other  transfer by the
shareholders  of the  Company  to a single  entity or  person  (or to a group of
entities  or  persons  acting  in  concert),  in  one  or a  series  of  related
transactions,  of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the
capital  stock of the Company  entitled to vote for the  election of  directors,
(including  securities  convertible into such voting shares of the Company);  or
(iii) a merger or  consolidation of the Company into or with any other entity or
entities if, as a result  thereof,  more than fifty  percent (50%) of the voting
shares of the entity  surviving such merger or  consolidation is held by persons
or entities which are not shareholders of the Company  immediately prior to such
event.

         3. COMPENSATION.

         3.1 BASE SALARY.  The Company  shall arrange for you to receive for the
services to be rendered  hereunder  a Base Salary  ("Base  Salary") at an annual
rate  of One  hundred  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  ($175,000),  subject  to
customary  withholding for federal,  state and local taxes as may be required by
ADP  TotalSource.  Such Base Salary shall be payable  periodically in conformity
with the prevailing  practice of ADP TotalSource or the Company as such practice
shall be  established  or modified from time to time.  Such Base Salary shall be
subject to increase from time to time to take into account  appropriate  cost of
living adjustments and general compensation increases based on performance.

         3.2 BONUS.  The  Company  shall  also pay you an annual  bonus of up to
twenty-five thousand ($25,000) per year based on targets to be determined by the
Board of Directors.  In its sole discretion,  the Company may arrange for you to
receive  other  bonus or  incentive  compensation  based on such  factors as the
Company deems appropriate.

         3.3 EQUITY.  From time to time, and subject to approval of the Board of
Directors and to the terms of the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan or such other
stock plan as may then be in effect,  the Company  will grant you stock  options
for shares of the Company's common stock.

         (a) Your  initial  option grant shall be for that number of shares that
         equals the result of multiplying 0.05 (the "Fraction")  times the total
         number of  outstanding  securities  of the Company as of  December  31,
         2003,  calculated on a Fully  Diluted  Basis.  Seventeen  forty-eighths
         (17/48) of your initial option grant (approximately 35.417%) shall vest
         as of February 29,  2004.  Thereafter,  one-forty-eighth  (1/48) of the
         grant (approximately

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         2.083% of the options)  shall vest on the final day of each  subsequent
         month of your  engagement  so that all  options in your  initial  grant
         shall have vested by September  30, 2006.  (Should your  engagement  be
         terminated for any reason before all options have vested,  any unvested
         options would be forfeited.)

         (b) As of June 30, 2004, and as of the end of each subsequent  calendar
         quarter,  the  Company  shall  grant you options for a number of shares
         that  equals the result of  multiplying  the  Fraction  times the total
         number of  outstanding  securities of the Company as of the end of such
         quarter,  calculated  on a Fully  Diluted  Basis,  reduced by the total
         number  of  options  already  granted  to you  under  the terms of this
         Agreement.  The options granted under this Subsection 3.3(b) shall vest
         evenly  (1/48 of the  options on the final day of each  month) over the
         48-month  period  following  the  date  of  the  grant.   (Should  your
         engagement be terminated for any reason before all options have vested,
         any unvested options would be forfeited.)

         (c) Notwithstanding the other terms of this Paragraph 3.3, in the event
         of the  termination  of your  engagement by the Company  within one (1)
         year  following  a "change  in  control"  of the  Company as defined in
         Section  2.7  (including  if you  "resign for just cause" as defined in
         Section 2.3 during such one (1) year period),  all granted but unvested
         options shall immediately  become fully vested,  and, in addition,  the
         Company  shall  grant you fully  vested  options for a number of shares
         that  equals the result of  multiplying  the  Fraction  times the total
         number  of  outstanding  securities  of the  Company  as of the date of
         termination,  calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis, reduced by the total
         number  of  options  already  granted  to you  under  the terms of this
         Agreement.

         3.4 BUSINESS  EXPENSES.  You shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all
reasonable  expenses  incurred in connection with the performance of your duties
hereunder  provided  that you shall,  as a condition  of  reimbursement,  submit
verification  of the nature and amount of such expenses in  accordance  with the
reimbursement policy from time to time adopted by the Company.

         4.  OTHER BENEFITS.

         4.1 VACATION.  You shall be entitled to vacation in accordance with the
vacation policy of the Company,  as the same may be in effect from time to time,
without loss of  compensation  or other benefits to which you are entitled under
this  Agreement,  to be  taken  at  such  times  as you may  reasonably  select.
Initially, you shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of vacation per year.

         4.2 OTHER BENEFIT  PROGRAMS.  The Company will provide to you all other
benefits generally  available to those serving in equivalent  positions,  as the
same may be in effect from time to time.

         5.  OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.

         5.1 Except with the prior  written  consent of the  Company's  Board of
Directors, you will not during the term of this Agreement undertake or engage in
any other  employment  or  occupation  except as permitted by Section 5.3.  This
provision shall not be deemed to preclude

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your  co-employment  relationship  with  ADP  TotalSource,  your  membership  in
professional  societies,  reasonable  service on the board or similar  governing
body of any not-for-profit organization, lecturing or the acceptance of honorary
positions,  that are in any case  incidental  to your  service for the  Company,
which are not adverse or antagonistic to or competitive  with the Company or its
subsidiaries or affiliates, their business or prospects,  financial or otherwise
and are consistent with your obligations regarding the confidential, proprietary
and trade secret  information of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates
pursuant to the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement between you and
the Company.

         5.2  Except  as  permitted  by  Section  5.3,  you will not  assume  or
participate  in,  directly  or  indirectly,  whether  as an  officer,  director,
stockholder,  partner, proprietor,  associate,  representative or otherwise, any
position or interest  adverse or antagonistic to the Company or its subsidiaries
or affiliates, their business or prospects,  financial or otherwise, or take any
action towards any of the foregoing.

         5.3 During the term of this Agreement,  except on behalf of the Company
or its  subsidiaries  or its affiliates,  you will not,  directly or indirectly,
whether as an officer, director,  stockholder,  partner, proprietor,  associate,
representative  or  otherwise,  become or be  interested  in any  other  person,
corporation,  firm,  partnership  or  other  entity  whatsoever  which  directly
competes with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates,  in any part of the
world,  in any line of business  engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the
Company  or  its   subsidiaries   or  affiliates  (or  any  successor  to  their
businesses).  With  respect to any company or  partnership  which does  directly
compete with the Company or its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates,  this Section 5.3
shall not prohibit you from owning (i) as a passive  investor only, an aggregate
of not more than one percent (1%) of the total stock or equity interests of such
company or partnership if the same are publicly traded,  or (ii) stock or equity
interests of such company or  partnership  through mutual funds or other similar
investment vehicles over which you retain no investment discretion.

         6.  POST-ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

         6.1 You understand and acknowledge  that the provisions of this Section
6 are necessary to protect the legitimate  business interests of the Company and
are fair and  reasonable  for numerous  reasons,  including  your receipt of the
specific consideration expressed in Section 3 of this Agreement. In addition, as
a result of your position  with the Company,  you have had, and will continue to
have,   access  to  significant   confidential,   proprietary  or  trade  secret
information of the Company, so that, if you were employed by a competitor of the
Company,  there  would be a  substantial  risk to the Company of your use of its
confidential,  proprietary or trade secret information.  Based on the foregoing,
for a period of twelve (12) months after the  termination of your  engagement by
the Company,  absent the Company's prior written  approval (with  concurrence by
the Board of Directors of the Company), you will not directly or indirectly:

                  (a) render any services to, or engage in any  activities  for,
         any other  person,  firm,  corporation  or business  organization  with
         respect to any product, process, technology or service, in existence or
         under  development  which  substantially  resembles or competes  with a
         product,  process,  or service of the  Company  in  existence  or under

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         development   upon   which   you   worked  or   exercised   supervisory
         responsibility at any time during your engagement by the Company;

                  (b) solicit  any person  engaged by the Company to break their
         engagement with the Company or offer or cause to be offered  employment
         to any person who was engaged by the Company at any time during the six
         (6) months prior to the termination of your engagement by the Company;

                  (c)  entice,  induce or  encourage  any person  engaged by the
         Company to engage in any  activity  which,  were it done by you,  would
         violate any provision of this Section 6; or

                  (d)  otherwise  attempt  to  interfere  with  or  disrupt  the
         business  or  activities  of  the  Company  or  its   subsidiaries   or
         affiliates.

You agree  that if you act in  violation  of this  Section 6, the number of days
that you are in  violation  will be added to the time period  specified  in this
Section 6.

         6.2 Regardless of the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 6 shall
not apply to you (i) in the event that the Company breaches any material term or
provision  hereof and has not cured such breach  within 60 days after  receiving
written  notice of the breach,  (ii) the Company  terminates  you for any reason
(other  than  Cause),  or (iii) you "resign  for just  cause" (as  described  in
Section 2.3 hereof).

         7.  REMEDIES.  Your  duties  under  Section  6, if any,  shall  survive
termination of your  engagement by the Company.  You  acknowledge and agree that
any breach by you of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement will
result in irreparable and continuing  damage to the Company and that a remedy at
law for any breach or threatened  breach by you of the provisions of Section 6.1
would be inadequate,  and you therefore agree that the Company shall be entitled
to temporary,  preliminary and permanent  injunctive  relief in case of any such
breach or  threatened  breach.  The  prevailing  party in an action  under  this
Agreement  shall be  entitled  to  recover  its  costs and  expenses,  including
attorneys'  fees.  Nothing in this Agreement  shall be construed to prohibit the
Company from pursuing any other remedy available to it at law or in equity,  the
parties having agreed that all remedies are cumulative.

         8.   MISCELLANEOUS.

         8.1  ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement and the rights and  obligations of the
parties  hereto  shall  bind  and  inure  to the  benefit  of any  successor  or
successors of the Company by  reorganization,  merger or  consolidation  and any
assignee of all or  substantially  all of its  business  and  properties  or the
business or  properties of the Company or any  subsidiary  or division  thereof,
but,  except as to any such  successor or assignee of the Company,  neither this
Agreement nor any rights or benefits hereunder may be assigned by the Company or
you.

         8.2 INTERPRETATION. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this  Agreement  shall,  for any reason,  be held to be  invalid,  illegal or
unenforceable in any respect,  such invalidity,  illegality or  unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions of this

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Agreement.  If  moreover,  any one or more of the  provisions  contained in this
Agreement  shall for any reason be held to be excessively  broad as to duration,
geographical  scope,  activity or subject,  the parties  expressly  agree that a
court may rewrite  and modify such  provisions  so as to be  enforceable  to the
fullest extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear.

         8.3 NOTICES. All notices,  consents,  waivers, and other communications
under this  Agreement  must be in  writing  and will be deemed to have been duly
given when (a) delivered by hand (with  written  confirmation  of receipt),  (b)
sent by facsimile (with written  confirmation of receipt),  provided that a copy
is mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested,  or (c) when received by
the addressee,  if sent by a nationally  recognized  overnight  delivery service
(receipt  requested),  in each case to the  appropriate  addresses and facsimile
numbers set forth below (or to such other  addresses and facsimile  numbers as a
party may designate by notice to the other parties):

         If to the Company:                 TurboWorx, Inc.
                                            3 Enterprise Drive, Suite 401
                                            Shelton, CT 06484
                                            Attention:  CEO

         If to you:                         Jeffrey C. Augen
                                            51 Brett Road
                                            Carmel, NY 10512

         8.4 WAIVERS. If either party shall waive any breach of any provision of
this  Agreement,  he or it shall  not  thereby  be  deemed  to have  waived  any
preceding  or  succeeding  breach  of the same or any  other  provision  of this
Agreement.

         8.5  HEADINGS.  The  headings of the  sections  hereof are inserted for
convenience  only and shall not be deemed to  constitute  a part  hereof  nor to
affect the meaning hereof.

         8.6 APPLICABLE  LAW. This Agreement  shall be governed by and construed
(both as to validity and  performance)  and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of  Connecticut  applicable to agreements  made and to be performed
wholly  within such  jurisdiction.  The  Company  and you hereby  agree that the
courts of the State of  Connecticut  located  in the County of New Haven and the
United States  District  Court for the District of  Connecticut  each shall have
personal  jurisdiction  and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the
Company and you.

         8.7 COMPLETE AGREEMENT;  AMENDMENTS;  PRIOR AGREEMENTS.  The foregoing,
together  with  the  Proprietary   Information  and  Inventions  Agreement  (the
"Inventions  Agreement") between you and the Company, is the entire agreement of
the parties  with respect to the subject  matter  hereof and may not be amended,
supplemented,  canceled or discharged except by written  instrument  executed by
both parties hereto.  In the event of a conflict  between the provisions of this
Agreement and the Inventions  Agreement,  the provisions of this Agreement shall
control.

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         8.8 COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall constitute a complete and original
instrument  but  all of  which  together  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same
agreement,  and it shall not be necessary when making proof of this Agreement or
any counterpart thereof to account for any other counterpart.

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         If you are in  agreement  with the  foregoing,  please so  indicate  by
signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter.

                                                       TURBOWORX, INC.

                                                       By: _____________________
                                                       Name:
                                                       Title:

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

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      Jeffrey C. AugenEXHIBIT 10.3

                              ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT

                                  March 1, 2004

ANDREW H. SHERMAN
1 CRESTVIEW DRIVE
NORTH HAVEN, CT 06473

         In  consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration,  TURBOWORX, INC.
(the "Company") and you agree as follows:

         1.  POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

         1.1 The Company  will  engage  you,  and you agree to be engaged by and
serve the Company, as an officer of the Company. You will have the title of Vice
President of Operations and Chief Technology Officer, reporting to the President
of the Company.  As Vice President of Operations and Chief  Technology  Officer,
your  responsibilities  will include  working with senior  management  and other
appropriate  members  of the  TurboWorx  team to: (1) Lead the  development  and
execution of a strategic  technology plan for the Company; (2) Build a portfolio
of protectable  intellectual  property for the Company,  including  patents when
appropriate;  (3) Expand the Company's  business to address technical  computing
opportunities in new vertical  industries in addition to the Life Sciences;  (4)
Plan and implement corporate strategy;  (5) Participate in corporate and product
marketing activities;  (6) Oversee day-to-day operations of the Company; and (7)
Perform  such  other  services  as may be  requested  from  time  to time by the
President  or the Board of Directors  of the  Company.  You will  perform  these
duties in Shelton,  Connecticut or such other place as you and the Company shall
mutually agree.

         1.2 From the date  hereof  through the end of the  Engagement  Term (as
hereinafter  defined),  you will, to the best of your ability,  devote your full
time and best efforts to the  performance  of your duties  hereunder  and to the
business and affairs of the Company  subject to your  involvement  in activities
permitted by Section 5 hereof.

         1.3 As a condition  of your  engagement  by the  Company,  you agree to
become a formal  employee  of ADP  TotalSource,  Inc.  a  professional  employee
organization with whom the Company has contracted to provide contract  employees
and human resources  services.  ADP  TotalSource  will be your sole employer and
will  assign  you to work at  TurboWorx  subject  the  terms of this  agreement.
TurboWorx will be responsible  for all  professional  aspects of your service as
Vice President of Operations and Chief  Technology  Officer,  including  without
limitation  direction  of your  activities  (including  adherence  to  TurboWorx
policies related to your job), evaluation of your performance, and determination
of compensation levels. ADP TotalSource will be solely responsible for all other
duties normally taken on by an employer, including without limitation payment of
salary, provision of benefits coverages, and compliance

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with standard employment policies and applicable Federal and state laws relating
to employment  and the workplace.  Notwithstanding  your  relationship  with ADP
TotalSource,  all references to  "engagement" or "service" or similar or related
terms herein shall refer to your relationship with the Company.

         2.  TERM AND TERMINATION.

         2.1 The term of your  engagement  with  the  Company  (the  "Engagement
Term") shall be one (1) year (the  "Initial  Term")  commencing on March 1, 2004
plus  any  extensions   thereof,   provided  that  the  Engagement   Term  shall
automatically  terminate  upon your death and may be  terminated  at any time as
provided in Section 2.2. At the close of the Initial Term, the  Engagement  Term
shall be  automatically  extended for a one (1) year period and thereafter shall
be  automatically  extended  at the  end of  each  one (1)  year  period  for an
additional one (1) year period unless earlier  terminated in accordance with the
terms  hereof,  and unless  either you or the Company  shall have given  written
notice to the other of a desire that such automatic  extension not occur,  which
notice  shall have been given no later than  thirty  days (30) days prior to the
end of the then  current  period.  If either  party gives such notice and absent
earlier  termination in accordance  with the terms hereof,  the last day of your
engagement shall be the last day of the Engagement Term.

         2.2 The  Company  shall  have  the  right,  on  written  notice  to you
specifying the applicable subsection below, to terminate your engagement:

                  (a) immediately for Cause (as defined in Section 2.4), or

                  (b) subject to Section 2.6 hereof,  in the event of your death
                  or disability which, in the reasonable opinion of the Board of
                  Directors, renders you unable or incompetent to carry out your
                  duties,  responsibilities,  and  assignments  with or  without
                  reasonable  accommodation  for a  period  of one  hundred  and
                  twenty (120) consecutive days; or

                  (c) subject to Section 2.6 hereof, immediately without Cause.

         2.3 You shall have the  right,  on written  notice to the  Company,  to
terminate  your  engagement  if you "resign for just cause,"  which shall mean a
resignation  of your  engagement as a direct result of (a) a material  breach by
the Company of its  obligations to you under this  Agreement,  provided that, if
such breach is capable of remedy,  a written  notice  within  sixty (60) days of
such breach and  opportunity  to cure such breach  shall be afforded the Company
and,  in such event,  just cause  shall exist if the Company  shall fail to cure
such breach  within a reasonable  period of time not to exceed  thirty (30) days
after receipt of such notice; or (b) a significant  modification by the Board of
Directors of your duties or authority  (except in connection  with a termination
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b)). You shall also have the right, on
not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Company, to terminate
your  engagement  without  just  cause;  provided  that such  termination  shall
constitute  a  forfeiture  of  any  severance  benefits  otherwise  due  to  you
hereunder.

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         2.4 The  term  "Cause"  shall  mean:  (a)  your  continued  failure  to
substantially  perform  your  duties  hereunder  (other  than any  such  failure
resulting from your  incapacity  due to physical or mental  illness) or any such
actual or anticipated  failure;  (b) your willful engagement in misconduct which
is materially  injurious to the Company's business or reputation,  monetarily or
otherwise;  (c) your violation of any material  provision of this Agreement;  or
(d) your conviction of an act of fraud,  embezzlement or another crime involving
moral  turpitude,  in any such case either (x)  involving the Company or (y) not
involving  the Company  but which,  in the opinion of a majority of the Board of
Directors  (other than you, if you are a Director),  is materially  injurious to
the  Company's  business  or  reputation.  You  shall not be deemed to have been
terminated  for Cause unless (1) prior written  notice has been delivered to you
setting  forth the reasons for the  Company's  intention to terminate for Cause,
and (2) a period of twenty (20) days has elapsed  since  delivery of such notice
during  which  you  were  afforded  an  opportunity  to cure  to the  reasonable
satisfaction  of a majority  of the Board of  Directors  (other  than  you),  if
capable of remedy,  the reasons for the  Company's  intention to  terminate  for
Cause.

         2.5 If you are  terminated  for Cause or your  engagement is terminated
due to death or  disability  pursuant to Section  2.2(b) or you resign for other
than just cause, neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company shall have
any  further  obligation  to you or your  personal  representatives  under  this
Agreement,  except for salary and bonus earned  hereunder and unpaid at the date
of termination,  any other payments due under applicable law, and reimbursements
of permitted  business  expenses in accordance with Company policy. On or before
the date of termination of your engagement,  you shall return to the Company all
records  and other  personal  property  of the  Company  in your  possession  or
control, including all confidential,  proprietary or trade secret information of
the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

         2.6 If the  Company  terminates  your  engagement  without  Cause under
Section  2.2(c) or you resign for just  cause  under  Section  2.3  hereof,  the
Company shall pay to you an amount equal to the aggregate  amount paid to you in
Base Salary (as  hereinafter  defined) during the three (3) months prior to such
termination, less applicable taxes and withholding (the "Severance Payment"), in
the manner and subject to the terms and conditions as hereinafter provided,  and
the Company shall arrange to provide to you during such period medical,  dental,
life and disability insurance benefits on the same basis as they would have been
provided  to you had your  engagement  not been  terminated  (collectively,  the
"Severance Benefits"). The Severance Payment shall be payable in installments on
such date or dates on which  Base  Salary  would  have been paid to you had your
engagement not been terminated.

         Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  the Company,  in its
sole  discretion,  may require that as a condition of eligibility for payment of
the Severance  Payment and Severance  Benefits as described in this Section 2.6,
you shall have  signed a release in the form  specified  by the Company and such
release shall be effective in accordance with its terms. Your failure or refusal
to sign such a release or the revocation by you of such a release, to the extent
permitted  by its terms,  shall  disqualify  you from  receiving  the  Severance
Payment and Severance  Benefits  hereunder,  and you shall instead  receive such
other  severance  benefits,  if any, as the Company shall  determine in its sole
discretion.  If you file a lawsuit,  charge,  complaint or other claim asserting
any claim or demand within the scope of any such release,  the Company,  whether
or not such claim is valid,  shall retain all rights and benefits of the release
and, in addition,  shall be

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entitled to cancel any and all future  obligations of the release and recoup the
value of all severance  payments and benefits paid hereunder,  together with the
Company's costs.

         2.7 In the event of the  termination of your  engagement by the Company
within one (1) year following a "change in control" of the Company (including if
you  "resign  for just cause" as defined in Section 2.3 during such one (1) year
period),  you will be entitled to any bonuses for the then  current  fiscal year
under any bonus plans then in effect as if fully earned.  Benefits payable under
this  Section  2.7 upon a change in control  may subject you to an excise tax as
"excess  parachute  payments" under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.  The Company will reimburse you for all excise taxes paid, but
the  reimbursement  will  constitute  an excess  parachute  payment  and will be
subject to further  excise tax.  Such further  excise tax will  trigger  further
reimbursement  by the  Company.  For  purposes of this Section 2.7, a "change in
control" of the Company shall include (i) a sale of all or substantially  all of
the assets or  business  of the  Company;  (ii) a sale or other  transfer by the
shareholders  of the  Company  to a single  entity or  person  (or to a group of
entities  or  persons  acting  in  concert),  in  one  or a  series  of  related
transactions,  of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the
capital  stock of the Company  entitled to vote for the  election of  directors,
(including  securities  convertible into such voting shares of the Company);  or
(iii) a merger or  consolidation of the Company into or with any other entity or
entities if, as a result  thereof,  more than fifty  percent (50%) of the voting
shares of the entity  surviving such merger or  consolidation is held by persons
or entities which are not shareholders of the Company  immediately prior to such
event.

         3.  COMPENSATION.

         3.1 BASE SALARY.  The Company  shall arrange for you to receive for the
services to be rendered  hereunder  a Base Salary  ("Base  Salary") at an annual
rate of One hundred  sixty  thousand  dollars  ($160,000),  subject to customary
withholding  for  federal,  state  and  local  taxes as may be  required  by ADP
TotalSource.  Such Base Salary shall be payable  periodically in conformity with
the prevailing practice of ADP TotalSource or the Company as such practice shall
be established or modified from time to time.  Such Base Salary shall be subject
to increase  from time to time to take into account  appropriate  cost of living
adjustments and general compensation increases based on performance.

         3.2 BONUS.  The  Company  shall  also pay you an annual  bonus of up to
twenty-five thousand ($25,000) per year based on targets to be determined by the
Board of Directors.  In its sole discretion,  the Company may arrange for you to
receive  other  bonus or  incentive  compensation  based on such  factors as the
Company deems appropriate.

         3.3 EQUITY.  From time to time, and subject to approval of the Board of
Directors and to the terms of the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan or such other
stock plan as may then be in effect,  the Company  will grant you stock  options
for shares of the Company's common stock.

         (a) Your  initial  option grant shall be for that number of shares that
         equals the result of multiplying 0.03 (the "Fraction")  times the total
         number of  outstanding  securities  of the Company as of  December  31,
         2003,  calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis. Twelve and one-half percent
         (12.5%) of your  initial  option  grant shall vest as of  February  29,
         2004. Thereafter,  one-forty-eighth  (1/48) of the grant (approximately
         2.083% of the options)

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         shall vest on the final day of each subsequent month of your engagement
         so that all options in your  initial  grant shall have vested by August
         31, 2007.  (Should your  engagement be terminated for any reason before
         all options have vested, any unvested options would be forfeited.)

         (b) As of June 30, 2004, and as of the end of each subsequent  calendar
         quarter,  the  Company  shall  grant you options for a number of shares
         that  equals the result of  multiplying  the  Fraction  times the total
         number of  outstanding  securities of the Company as of the end of such
         quarter,  calculated  on a Fully  Diluted  Basis,  reduced by the total
         number  of  options  already  granted  to you  under  the terms of this
         Agreement.  The options granted under this Subsection 3.3(b) shall vest
         evenly  (1/48 of the  options on the final day of each  month) over the
         48-month  period  following  the  date  of  the  grant.   (Should  your
         engagement be terminated for any reason before all options have vested,
         any unvested options would be forfeited.)

         (c) Notwithstanding the other terms of this Paragraph 3.3, in the event
         of the  termination  of your  engagement by the Company  within one (1)
         year  following  a "change  in  control"  of the  Company as defined in
         Section  2.7  (including  if you  "resign for just cause" as defined in
         Section 2.3 during such one (1) year period),  all granted but unvested
         options shall immediately  become fully vested,  and, in addition,  the
         Company  shall  grant you fully  vested  options for a number of shares
         that  equals the result of  multiplying  the  Fraction  times the total
         number  of  outstanding  securities  of the  Company  as of the date of
         termination,  calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis, reduced by the total
         number  of  options  already  granted  to you  under  the terms of this
         Agreement.

         3.4 BUSINESS  EXPENSES.  You shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all
reasonable  expenses  incurred in connection with the performance of your duties
hereunder  provided  that you shall,  as a condition  of  reimbursement,  submit
verification  of the nature and amount of such expenses in  accordance  with the
reimbursement policy from time to time adopted by the Company.

         4.  OTHER BENEFITS.

         4.1 VACATION.  You shall be entitled to vacation in accordance with the
vacation policy of the Company,  as the same may be in effect from time to time,
without loss of  compensation  or other benefits to which you are entitled under
this  Agreement,  to be  taken  at  such  times  as you may  reasonably  select.
Initially, you shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of vacation per year.

         4.2 OTHER BENEFIT  PROGRAMS.  The Company will provide to you all other
benefits generally  available to those serving in equivalent  positions,  as the
same may be in effect from time to time.

         5.  OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.

         5.1 Except with the prior  written  consent of the  Company's  Board of
Directors, you will not during the term of this Agreement undertake or engage in
any other  employment  or  occupation  except as permitted by Section 5.3.  This
provision shall not be deemed to preclude

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your  co-employment  relationship  with  ADP  TotalSource,  your  membership  in
professional  societies,  reasonable  service on the board or similar  governing
body of any not-for-profit organization, lecturing or the acceptance of honorary
positions,  that are in any case  incidental  to your  service for the  Company,
which are not adverse or antagonistic to or competitive  with the Company or its
subsidiaries or affiliates, their business or prospects,  financial or otherwise
and are consistent with your obligations regarding the confidential, proprietary
and trade secret  information of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates
pursuant to the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement between you and
the Company.

         5.2  Except  as  permitted  by  Section  5.3,  you will not  assume  or
participate  in,  directly  or  indirectly,  whether  as an  officer,  director,
stockholder,  partner, proprietor,  associate,  representative or otherwise, any
position or interest  adverse or antagonistic to the Company or its subsidiaries
or affiliates, their business or prospects,  financial or otherwise, or take any
action towards any of the foregoing.

         5.3 During the term of this Agreement,  except on behalf of the Company
or its  subsidiaries  or its affiliates,  you will not,  directly or indirectly,
whether as an officer, director,  stockholder,  partner, proprietor,  associate,
representative  or  otherwise,  become or be  interested  in any  other  person,
corporation,  firm,  partnership  or  other  entity  whatsoever  which  directly
competes with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates,  in any part of the
world,  in any line of business  engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the
Company  or  its   subsidiaries   or  affiliates  (or  any  successor  to  their
businesses).  With  respect to any company or  partnership  which does  directly
compete with the Company or its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates,  this Section 5.3
shall not prohibit you from owning (i) as a passive  investor only, an aggregate
of not more than one percent (1%) of the total stock or equity interests of such
company or partnership if the same are publicly traded,  or (ii) stock or equity
interests of such company or  partnership  through mutual funds or other similar
investment vehicles over which you retain no investment discretion.

         6.       POST-ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

         6.1 You understand and acknowledge  that the provisions of this Section
6 are necessary to protect the legitimate  business interests of the Company and
are fair and  reasonable  for numerous  reasons,  including  your receipt of the
specific consideration expressed in Section 3 of this Agreement. In addition, as
a result of your position  with the Company,  you have had, and will continue to
have,   access  to  significant   confidential,   proprietary  or  trade  secret
information of the Company, so that, if you were employed by a competitor of the
Company,  there  would be a  substantial  risk to the Company of your use of its
confidential,  proprietary or trade secret information.  Based on the foregoing,
for a period of twelve (12) months after the  termination of your  engagement by
the Company,  absent the Company's prior written  approval (with  concurrence by
the Board of Directors of the Company), you will not directly or indirectly:

                  (a) render any services to, or engage in any  activities  for,
         any other  person,  firm,  corporation  or business  organization  with
         respect to any product, process, technology or service, in existence or
         under  development  which  substantially  resembles or competes  with a
         product,  process,  or service of the  Company  in  existence  or under

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         development   upon   which   you   worked  or   exercised   supervisory
         responsibility at any time during your engagement by the Company;

                  (b) solicit  any person  engaged by the Company to break their
         engagement with the Company or offer or cause to be offered  employment
         to any person who was engaged by the Company at any time during the six
         (6) months prior to the termination of your engagement by the Company;

                  (c)  entice,  induce or  encourage  any person  engaged by the
         Company to engage in any  activity  which,  were it done by you,  would
         violate any provision of this Section 6; or

                  (d)  otherwise  attempt  to  interfere  with  or  disrupt  the
         business  or  activities  of  the  Company  or  its   subsidiaries   or
         affiliates.

You agree  that if you act in  violation  of this  Section 6, the number of days
that you are in  violation  will be added to the time period  specified  in this
Section 6.

         6.2 Regardless of the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 6 shall
not apply to you (i) in the event that the Company breaches any material term or
provision  hereof and has not cured such breach  within 60 days after  receiving
written  notice of the breach,  (ii) the Company  terminates  you for any reason
(other  than  Cause),  or (iii) you "resign  for just  cause" (as  described  in
Section 2.3 hereof).

         7.  REMEDIES.  Your  duties  under  Section  6, if any,  shall  survive
termination of your  engagement by the Company.  You  acknowledge and agree that
any breach by you of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement will
result in irreparable and continuing  damage to the Company and that a remedy at
law for any breach or threatened  breach by you of the provisions of Section 6.1
would be inadequate,  and you therefore agree that the Company shall be entitled
to temporary,  preliminary and permanent  injunctive  relief in case of any such
breach or  threatened  breach.  The  prevailing  party in an action  under  this
Agreement  shall be  entitled  to  recover  its  costs and  expenses,  including
attorneys'  fees.  Nothing in this Agreement  shall be construed to prohibit the
Company from pursuing any other remedy available to it at law or in equity,  the
parties having agreed that all remedies are cumulative.

         8.   MISCELLANEOUS.

         8.1  ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement and the rights and  obligations of the
parties  hereto  shall  bind  and  inure  to the  benefit  of any  successor  or
successors of the Company by  reorganization,  merger or  consolidation  and any
assignee of all or  substantially  all of its  business  and  properties  or the
business or  properties of the Company or any  subsidiary  or division  thereof,
but,  except as to any such  successor or assignee of the Company,  neither this
Agreement nor any rights or benefits hereunder may be assigned by the Company or
you.

         8.2 INTERPRETATION. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this  Agreement  shall,  for any reason,  be held to be  invalid,  illegal or
unenforceable in any respect,  such invalidity,  illegality or  unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions of this

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Agreement.  If  moreover,  any one or more of the  provisions  contained in this
Agreement  shall for any reason be held to be excessively  broad as to duration,
geographical  scope,  activity or subject,  the parties  expressly  agree that a
court may rewrite  and modify such  provisions  so as to be  enforceable  to the
fullest extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear.

         8.3 NOTICES. All notices,  consents,  waivers, and other communications
under this  Agreement  must be in  writing  and will be deemed to have been duly
given when (a) delivered by hand (with  written  confirmation  of receipt),  (b)
sent by facsimile (with written  confirmation of receipt),  provided that a copy
is mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested,  or (c) when received by
the addressee,  if sent by a nationally  recognized  overnight  delivery service
(receipt  requested),  in each case to the  appropriate  addresses and facsimile
numbers set forth below (or to such other  addresses and facsimile  numbers as a
party may designate by notice to the other parties):

         If to the Company:                 TurboWorx, Inc.
                                            3 Enterprise Drive, Suite 401
                                            Shelton, CT 06484
                                            Attention:  CEO

         If to you:                         Andrew H. Sherman
                                            1 Crestview Drive
                                            North Haven, CT 06473

         8.4 WAIVERS. If either party shall waive any breach of any provision of
this  Agreement,  he or it shall  not  thereby  be  deemed  to have  waived  any
preceding  or  succeeding  breach  of the same or any  other  provision  of this
Agreement.

         8.5  HEADINGS.  The  headings of the  sections  hereof are inserted for
convenience  only and shall not be deemed to  constitute  a part  hereof  nor to
affect the meaning hereof.

         8.6 APPLICABLE  LAW. This Agreement  shall be governed by and construed
(both as to validity and  performance)  and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of  Connecticut  applicable to agreements  made and to be performed
wholly  within such  jurisdiction.  The  Company  and you hereby  agree that the
courts of the State of  Connecticut  located  in the County of New Haven and the
United States  District  Court for the District of  Connecticut  each shall have
personal  jurisdiction  and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the
Company and you.

         8.7 COMPLETE AGREEMENT;  AMENDMENTS;  PRIOR AGREEMENTS.  The foregoing,
together  with  the  Proprietary   Information  and  Inventions  Agreement  (the
"Inventions  Agreement") between you and the Company, is the entire agreement of
the parties  with respect to the subject  matter  hereof and may not be amended,
supplemented,  canceled or discharged except by written  instrument  executed by
both parties hereto.  In the event of a conflict  between the provisions of this
Agreement and the Inventions  Agreement,  the provisions of this Agreement shall
control.

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         8.8 COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall constitute a complete and original
instrument  but  all of  which  together  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same
agreement,  and it shall not be necessary when making proof of this Agreement or
any counterpart thereof to account for any other counterpart.

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         If you are in  agreement  with the  foregoing,  please so  indicate  by
signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter.

                                                       TURBOWORX, INC.

                                                       By: _____________________
                                                       Name:
                                                       Title:

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

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      Andrew H. Sherman

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