David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Vern McDonald, business development director in the firm’s information technology practice, who also serves as executive vice president of the RTP chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, attended the AITP Members Summit held Jan. 22-23 in Chicago. Awards were presented for excellence in the field of Information Technology. McDonald accepted an award for Distinguished Information Science on behalf of Dr.

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts has announced today John T. Boese, Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “False Claims Act Enforcement: Understanding the Legal Landscape LIVE Webcast” This 2-hour event is scheduled for May 5, 2010, Wednesday, at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2010_False.html)

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast on "Nonprofit Organization Mergers, Consolidations, and Other Combinations: Accounting and Legal Issues". This two-hour event is scheduled on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.

Freeland Systems conducted a public foreclosure sale on March 5, 2010 of certain assets previously sold to Kardia Health Systems, including certain AccessPoint technology, copyrights, customer lists, and trade names and logos. Freeland Systems purchased all of these assets at the foreclosure sale and, consequently, are once again owned by Freeland Systems.

The CIO Government Summit team is pleased to announce that Harvey Koeppel, Executive Director, Center for CIO Leadership, will participate in the government technology event for CIOs and senior level IT executives as the Master of Ceremonies. In this role, Koeppel will help develop agenda content and present the welcome address to summit attendees. The CIO Government Summit will be held May 23-26, 2010 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Lake Chapin Shores—one of southwest Michigan’s newest vacation-home developments—has attracted second-home buyers despite the general economy and slowdown in real estate activity locally and across the country. The 21-home community on Lake Chapin is now one third sold, in sharp contrast to many home development properties the past two years.

The most challenging economic environment since the Depression has provided distressed investing practitioners with an extraordinaire entry point; successful subject matter experts debated strategies to take advantage of these opportunities last year at Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2009; many of them are returning to New York City to share their lessons learned and necessary adjustments to their successful strategies investing in financial assets, distressed debt and real estate.

The ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) hosted a public debate entitled “Future of Audit” to discuss the increasing public interest in the work of auditors in current economic conditions around the world. Topics discussed included role of audit in society, tackling the lack of transparency, addressing corruption, calls for stricter adherence to existing regulations and greater cooperation with regulators, the economics of audit in times of downturn, proportionate and fair limitation of auditor liability.

Managing Partner and Chief Strategist Donna Vincent Roa today announced the launch of Maryland-based Vincent Roa Group, LLC, a company that provides executives with world-class strategic communication, brand management, and public relations services.

Founded at a time of increasing global interest in environmental issues and corporate social responsibility, Vincent Roa Group specializes in communication about the earth and its people—science, environment, sustainability, energy, LEED®, public health, technology, and lifestyle communications.

The Triangle Technology Executives Council (www.ncttec.net), a nonprofit organization dedicated to continuous education and economic development of technology companies in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced that the organization will present a panel discussing best practices for job interviews to North Carolina State University’s Institute for Advanced Analytics (www.analytics.ncsu.edu) at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15.

Sandy Abalos, managing partner of Abalos & Associates, PLLC (www.abaloscpa.com), a full service CPA firm, will be featured in the 2010 Woman’s Advantage Page-A-Day Calendar. The calendar includes daily advice from successful women business owners across the U.S. and Canada on topics such as strategy, teambuilding, marketing and finance. Each day will provide advice from a thriving woman entrepreneur, who is successfully expanding their business.

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Larry Dunlap, managing partner of Haircolorxperts (www.haircolorxpertsraleigh.com), has announced that the Raleigh salon, located in Cameron Village at 2030 Cameron Street, has been honored with the Best of Citysearch award in the categories of hair color, hair salon and highlights. The Best of Citysearch is a nationwide competition, where users choose which local businesses they want to nominate for the Best of Citysearch poll. Once the polls are created, users vote on the top nominees within their city.

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GoldenNetworking.com will host on February 26th, 2010, Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 (http://www.DistressedInvestingLeadersForum.com) at Kirkland & Ellis' New York City headquarters.

Matthew Baron, Principal, Simon Development Group, expressed his views of the Distressed Commercial Property Markets in an article in The Epoch Times, anticipating that "the real estate market is gearing up for a deluge of distressed commercial properties". Mr. Baron sees now opportunities in the distressed market after "sitting on the sidelines” for the past twelve months.

Ralph J. DiLeone, managing partner at The DiLeone Law Group, P.C. (www.dileone.com), has been appointed to the board of directors of Junior Achievement (JA) of eastern North Carolina, a worldwide organization dedicated to educating students on entrepreneurship, the modern workplace and financial management. As a high school student, DiLeone participated in four separate JA companies which included serving as a disc jockey for WGCL 98.5, a rock-n-roll radio station which sponsored his JA company during his senior year.

David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Crystal Suazo, CPA and partner at the firm, will provide job search tips to members of the Raleigh chapter of the American Society for Quality during the networking portion of the organization’s professional development dinner meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at the N.C. State University Club at 4200 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh. The event begins with the networking at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and a presentation from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Ronald D.

Russell Bedford International has selected Business Consulting as its Kazakh member firm, representing one of the first steps in the global audit network's expansion into Central Asia.

Business Consulting is an independent audit practice, established in 2007 in Almaty, the largest city and commercial capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

After months of preparation, GoldenNetworking.com successfully hosted Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (http://www.PrivateEquityLeadersForum.com), at DLA Piper's Midtown headquarters. Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009 included a presentation by DLA Piper's Banking Regulation team, on the "Theory and Practice of Private Equity Firms Investing in Failed Banks".

Larry Dunlap, managing partner of Haircolorxperts (www.haircolorxpertsraleigh.com), has announced that the salon has added Drew Horton as a master specialist to work at both the Arboretum at Weston and Cameron Village salon locations. Horton received a degree in business administration and human resource management from Wake Technical Community College as well as a cosmetology degree from Mitchell’s Academy.

Rusty Conner, Managing Director of DLA Piper's Washington DC Office, will present at Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (http://www.PrivateEquityLeadersForum.com), on December 11th, New York City. Mr. Rusty will provide an overview of the new policies issued by the FDIC for private equity firms interested in acquiring troubled banks.

Investment practitioners and Banking Regulatory experts with tremendous Washington experience will participate at GoldenNetworking.com's Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (http://www.PrivateEquityLeadersForum.com), December 11th, DLA Piper, New York City, forum where private equity executives will be able to ask their most pressing questions to our experienced and distinguished lineup of speakers and panelists, on potentially buying a financial institution.

Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (http://www.PrivateEquityLeadersForum.com), December 11th, New York City, is expected to draw more than 700 business executives for informative and enlightening discussions, on the pros and cons of acquiring troubled banks, with experienced private equity executives, investors, managers, bankers, lawyers and practitioners from leading firms, including:
· Ralph Deppisch, Principal, Luminous Ventures
· Kenneth DiLaura, Chairman of the Board, Lakeside Community Bank

David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced the firm was a sponsor for the 2009 PLM Families Together (PLMFT) Homeward Journey breakfast on Nov. 12. The event included presentations from board members and testimonials from PLMFT program graduates and their children.

David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Beth Shandley, senior financial recruiter at the firm, was a featured panelist for the Alumni Panel Night, hosted by the Career Management Center at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, on Nov 9. Discussion topics included best practices when reaching out to an executive recruiter, insights into particular market sectors, career transitions, maintaining visibility and networking.

For the business leaders in attendance at the Outsourcing Institute’s Outsourcing Summit, Excend provides guidance on tactics for determining which services can be outsourced to Latin American providers as well as recommended administrative activities for managing the relationships with those providers.

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast entitled: “Protecting Your Tax Strategies From Discovery by the Taxing Authorities after U.S. v. Textron, Inc. (No. 07-2631 1st Cir. Aug. 13, 2009)”. This two-hour event is scheduled on December 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET.

David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Peter Zierz, a consultant for Vaco, has received the 2009 Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in North Carolina for his significant volunteer efforts and impact on the community.

The Culture Network is proud to announce that actor Steven Bauer will be a featured performer at the first Art for Autism event to be held Friday, December 18, 2009 at The David K Space from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Also featured will be a selection of paintings from renowned artist Barry Gross. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Autism Society of America - Palm Beaches, and to The Center for Autism Related Disabilities (C.A.R.D.).

David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced the release of a podcast discussing the role of the Vaco Financial division. In the podcast, Nick Palacios, accounting financial recruiter at the firm, discusses the types of positions that Vaco Financial most often fills as well as the difference between Vaco Financial and Vaco Resources.

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The Distributed Computing Industry Association (www.DCIA.info), a trade organization with more than one-hundred Member companies, including peer-to-peer, cloud computing, and social networking software developers and distributors (P2Ps), Internet service providers (ISPs), content rights holders (CRHs), and service-and-support companies, today announced the agenda and principal speakers for its upcoming P2P MEDIA SUMMIT at CES.