Kansas City-based Adams-Gabbert Acquires South Dakota-based Milo Belle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Adams-Gabbert & Associates, LLC, an Operational Improvement Management Consulting company, today announced the acquisition of Milo Belle Consultants, LLC a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) firm with complimentary services.

Milo Belle provides consulting services for GRC disciplines, such as internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Purchase Card Industry (PCI) compliance, risk assessment, IT assessment, banking loan file review, and other related services. Milo Belle uses its national footprint to serve clients in this growing space from its regional locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul; Denver; Phoenix; Nashville; now in St. Louis and Kansas City and surrounding regions; and its headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Brian Gramm, President of Milo Belle, commented, "We are very excited to expand our ability to serve clients by being a part of Adams-Gabbert. Our core services, such as PCI compliance, SOX testing, and internal audit projects often uncover client needs which call for the specific skill sets the professionals at Adams-Gabbert have developed.  Strategic Planning, Project Management and Operational Process Analysis are an integral part of compliance and risk-based projects.  We are eager to bring those solutions to our clients. It will simply make our partnership with our clients easier, more constructive, and more cost effective." Mr. Gramm will remain President of Milo Belle Consultants.

Jo Anne Gabbert, President of the Bicknell Family Holding Company and Founder of Adams-Gabbert, noted, "Client service drives the growth and innovation of Adams-Gabbert.  Bringing Milo Belle's talent, services, geographic reach, and forward-thinking approach to our clients is exciting. Many of our project management and business process improvement clients have asked about SOX, loan review audits, IT sourcing and internal audit outsourcing and we now have the ability to offer those services and take client service to a higher level. In addition, we are now better positioned to pursue our national growth strategy at an accelerated pace."

Adams-Gabbert provides extensive management consulting services, project management, and process analysis to a wide range of corporate clients for the purpose of improving business operations in the Kansas City and St. Louis area. The company has been bestowed with a number of honors and awards including Ingram's Magazine's "Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses" in 2006, as well as being named one of the top diversity-owned businesses in Missouri by DiversityBusiness.com. For more information, please visit www.AdamsGabbert.com.

Milo Belle Consultants, LLC is a Governance, Risk and Compliance professional services firm, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) services, internal audit outsourcing, PCI DSS compliance, financial institution compliance (loan file review, FDICIA, etc.) risk assessment, IT assessment, and related consulting services.  Our team offers comprehensive consulting and staff augmentation solutions to companies of any size. Our professional staff range from former CFOs and Controllers, and Internal Control specialists. Milo Belle's corporate headquarters are in Sioux Falls, with additional locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, Denver, Phoenix, and Nashville. For more information, please visit www.MiloBelle.com.

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