Local Business Gains National Recognition Daniel Penn Associates Named Among Connecticut’s Top 50

West Hartford, CT – January 2, 2007

In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named Daniel Penn Associates (DPA) of West Hartford as one of the “Top 50 diversity-owned businesses in the state of Connecticut (Div50).”

The Div50 is the 7th annual listing of the Connecticut’s top 50 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from below $1 million to over $150 million the companies listed on the Div50 represent the State’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. Major corporations that wish to increase spending with diversity owned companies seek to do business with Div50 members like DPA.

The Impact of Diversity Business

Spurred by recent economic and demographic trends, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country are looking more and more to buy products and services from diversity owned companies. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

DPA is a minority owned and operated management consulting and training firm with a proven track record of helping clients improve performance, reduce costs and achieve true competitive advantage. “We are proud to be named among the top fifty diversity-owned businesses in Connecticut,” said Tony Rodriquez, President.

“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that founded DiversityBusiness.com. “This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

The Div50 is a classification that represents the top 50 diversity-owned (Women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in Connecticut, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div50 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “7thh Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com

About Daniel Penn Associates

Since 1978, DPA has served private industry and government with services including business process re-engineering, change management, cost reduction programs, lean transformation, organizational improvement, supply chain logistics and optimization, and supplier diversity programs. Based in West Hartford, CT, DPA works with clients including Banco Santander, Puerto Rico; Centocor, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Michelin North American Operations; Stryker Biotech; General Services Administration; PeoplesBank, United Technologies Corporation; and Wyeth Pharmaceutical.

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, with over 32,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the U.S. that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. Members use the site’s technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT.

Additional Information:
Tony Rodriguez, President, Daniel Penn Associates
Phone: 860-232-8577
Email: info@danielpenn.com

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