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"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="MAS90, MAS 90, MAS20, MAS 20, MAS200, MAS 200, business works, Monterey, Salinas, accounting software, accountant, certified public accountant, QuickBooks, Quick Books, Bookkeeping Software, accountant software, bookkeeping, Ilene Eisen, Monterey County"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_themes/tp-mod1/tp-m1515.css"><meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="tp-mod1 1515, default 15151515"> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default"> </head> <body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <p> <span style="position: absolute; left: 371; top: 16"> <img border="0" src="images/logo4.jpg" alt="ie SOLUTIONS" width="300" height="147"></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <br> </p> <p> </p> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" width="1%"> <p> </p> </td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right; text-autospace: none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right; text-autospace: none; margin-left: .75in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">Contact: Name: Ilene Eisen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right; text-autospace: none; margin-left: .75in"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"> </span></p> <h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-weight: 400">LOCAL CPA EARNS CERTIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY</span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-autospace: none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:Helvetica">Monterey, California, Ilene Eisen, CPA owner of "ie Solutions"<span style="position: relative; top: -3.0pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family: Helvetica">has been awarded the <b>Certified</b> <b>Information Technology Professional (CITP)</b> designation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Eisen has also been accepted as a Charter Member due to her early qualification of this new designation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">The CITP designation, established this year by the AICPA, is awarded to CPAs with significant experience in information technology strategic planning, implementation, management, and business strategies for information systems. The CPA/CITP serves as the bridge between management and the technology department, leveraging the CPA's strategic and business skills.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">"Market research reveals that business owners and executives need impartial guidance in making strategic technology-related decisions, "says Gary Boomer, former chair of the AICPA's Information Technology Executive Committee." Currently, no particular professional owns this space. This is where the CPA with the AICPA CITP designation will provide a valuable service."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Eisen met the requirements to earn the designation, including a CPA certificate, evidence of her technology business experience and life-long learning activities. Experience and learning include the areas of information technology strategic planning; information systems management; systems architecture; business applications and e-business; security, privacy and contingency planning; system development, acquisition, and project management; systems auditing and internal control; databases and database management.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">CPAs who have earned the CITP designation must re-certify their accreditation every three years. To do so, they must document their involvement in technology services and complete a prescribed amount of related life long learning activities during this three year period.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">The AICPA is the national professional association of CPAs with more than 350,000 members in public practice, business and industry, government and education.<br> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica">Eisen owns and operates “ie Solutions” a </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:Helvetica">Monterey</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica"> based consulting firm that specializes in providing integrated accounting software and organization information systems solutions. </span><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Eisen has combined her formal education in Information Systems with over 25 years of accounting experience to create a solid foundation for her accounting software consulting practice. By specifically targeting accounting software, Eisen provides a greater efficiency and higher quality and timeliness of information for her clients. </span></font><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica"> ie Solutions sells, installs, and provides ongoing support services for MAS90, Business Works, QuickBooks and other accounting software packages.</span></p> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h5> </h5> </td></tr></table></body> </html><script language="JavaScript" src="http://l.yimg.com/d/lib/smb/js/hosting/cp/js_source/whv2_001.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="http://visit.webhosting.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1338169315" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript>