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August 16, 2008 - Raleigh, NC - Sageworks Inc., the developer of ProfitCents, announced today that Rick Richardson, president of Richardson Media & Technologies, a multi-media and strategic technology consulting company, has been named to the company’s CPA Advisory Board. Members of the advisory board serve as external advisors to the management team and the company’s board of directors to help identify, launch and develop improvements to current products as well as provide strategic direction to new ventures. Sageworks currently has 7,500 accounting firm clients who subscribe to the ProfitCents suite of patented financial analysis tools.
Richardson brings particular expertise in accounting technology to the Advisory Board. His own business, Richardson Media & Technologies, was founded as a company focused on the creative and cost-effective planning and use of current and future technologies. Prior to forming this business, Rick had a 28-year career in technology with Ernst & Young, the last twelve years of which he served as National Director of Technology. He has been named to the “Technology 100” - the annual honors list of the 100 key achievers in technology in America, and honored by the American Institute of CPAs with a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the profession in the field of technology.
Mr. Richardson is a sought after speaker around the world, providing his annual forecast of future technology trends to thousands of business executives, professionals, community leaders, educators, and students.
The CPA Advisory Board is intended to promote the overall quality and effectiveness of Sageworks solutions for the company’s CPA clients. “As our CPA Advisory Board gains momentum and provides invaluable insight into the needs of the accounting market, we look forward to improving our current technology and developing new technologies that enable accountants to work seamlessly and efficiently” says Brian Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer of Sageworks, Inc.
About Sageworks, Inc.
Sageworks is a financial services and information company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Recently named to the Inc. 500’s list of fastest growing privately held companies in the United States, Sageworks is the developer of FIND (Financial Information into Narrative Data), a patented artificial intelligence technology that converts financial numbers into plain-language. Sageworks has licensed its core technology to thousands of accounting firms, financial institutions, and information providers.
For more information on Sageworks, please visit their corporate website at http://www.sageworksinc.com and product website at http://www.profitcents.com
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