Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners Announces Inaugural Ownership and Growth Strategies Conference

Exclusive conference to present the most effective strategies for corporate growth and building real and sustainable value for architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms.

MAYNARD, Mass., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners today announced its 2011 A/E Ownership and Growth Strategies Conference, to be held November 2-4, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida.  The accounting firm DiCicco, Gulman & Company, LLP and law firm Lawson & Weitzen, LLP are co-sponsors of the conference.

This conference will draw principals, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and industry advisors from leading national and international A/E and environmental consulting firms.  The conference will focus on: strategies and initiatives executives can implement to reignite their growth; ownership and leadership succession topics; and succession planning techniques to prepare the next generation of industry leaders.

"We are excited to host this conference that addresses the two preeminent challenges confronting A/E leaders today – organizational growth and ownership transition," said Ian Rusk, Managing Principal of Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners.  "The program will also include a wide variety of opportunities for networking and highlighting industry best practices."

Speakers and Moderators include:

• John Bierly, AIA, Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group
• Anthony Brown, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer, exp Global
• George Christodoulo, Senior Partner, Lawson & Weitzen, LLP
• Steve Gido, CFA, Principal, Rusk O'Brien, Gido + Partners
• Bob Kelleher, Founder and CEO, The Employee Engagement Group
• Mel Lester, President, The Business Edge
• Mike O'Brien, ASA, Principal, Rusk O'Brien, Gido + Partners
• Corey Rosen, Former Executive Director, National Center for Employee Ownership
• Ian Rusk, ASA, Managing Principal, Rusk O'Brien, Gido + Partners
• Gerry Salontai, P.E., CEO, Salontai Consulting Group, LLC
• Mark (Rusty) Sherwood, Vice President, McGraw-Hill Construction
• David Sullivan, Jr., CPA, Partner, Commercial Business Group, Dicicco, Gulman and Company

"We've brought together an unparalleled faculty of speakers and panelists in order to provide attendees with unique insight, new ideas, and trends and tactics to help them achieve their organizational goals," added Steve Gido, Principal of Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners.

Conference topics include:

• Motivating your A/E workforce and preparing the next generation of firm leaders;
• Ownership structures that engage and motivate your key personnel;
• Building a strategic plan to get your firm to the next level;
• How to accelerate your growth through strategic acquisitions and effective integration;
• Ensuring shareholder liquidity while sustaining your firm's value; and
• Creating a powerful and effective board of directors

For additional information on the conference, with complete registration and program details, please visit www.rog-partners.com.  Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

About Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners

Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners serves as a trusted advisor to clients in the engineering, architecture and environmental consulting fields. Its principals combine management expertise, technical backgrounds, professional training and accreditations, high-level personal involvement and more than 50 years of experience providing business planning, ownership transition, merger and acquisition consulting services to the world's premier engineering, architectural and environmental consulting firms. Together the principals have worked with more than 500 companies across the US, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East, and been responsible for some of the largest merger and acquisition transactions in the industry over the past 20 years across. Rusk O'Brien Gido + Partners operates from offices in the metropolitan Boston and Washington, D.C. areas. For more information, visit the firm's website at www.rog-partners.com or call toll-free at (800) 543-5259.

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