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| UHY Advisors Taps Valerie Simone as Senior ManagerSimone Will Focus On UHY's Management & Technology Consulting Group
By: UHY Advisors “Valerie Simone’s strong technical knowledge and background in process improvement methodologies make her a highly qualified new addition to the UHY Advisors team,” said Hannafey. Nationally, UHY Advisors is one of the top 20 professional services firms specializing in business consulting and tax services to public and private companies in the Fortune 1000 and middle market. Simone’s professional skills include: Project management and implementation of continuous improvement methodologies, with extensive experience leading cross-functional teams in efforts that: • Reduced costs by more than $100 million • Increased quality, safety and delivery in the automotive and healthcare industries Six Sigma and Lean training • Obtained a Six Sigma Black Belt certification and wrote a Six Sigma course textbook used at the Georgia Institute of Technology • Trained more than 60 healthcare professionals in Lean and attained the designation of Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality from National Association for Healthcare Quality Before joining UHY Advisors, Simone was an independent performance improvement consultant specializing in the healthcare industry. She also served as a President, CEO and co-founder of Corporate Fitness Solutions; co-led a Six Sigma Black Belt project with Fiserv/CheckFree Corporation; Simone was elected the 2012 Education Chair for the Georgia Association for Healthcare and is a member of the Project Management Institute and the National Association for Healthcare Quality. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from the College of William and Mary and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School. Born in Mexico, she is fluent in Spanish and learned French and Italian in school. Her hobbies include martial arts and playing classical guitar. She lives in the East Cobb area of Atlanta. About UHY Advisors UHY Advisors, Inc. delivers professional financial, tax and business consulting services to companies ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 1000 in size and complexity.The firm’s innovative Management & Technology Consulting practice maximizes clients’ financial and operational functions to transform their performance and profitability. Accounting Today ranks the firm as one of the Top 20 professional services firms in the nation and in 2011 the firm was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Atlanta” by Atlanta Business Chronicle. The firm provides these services through wholly owned subsidiary entities that operate under the name of “UHY Advisors” from offices across the United States. UHY Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. UHY LLP is a full service national accounting firm with international resources and a broad range of services that include: SEC audits, internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley reporting as well as turnaround and transaction services. These additional services have been part of the growth of UHY and its commitment to meet the demands of its many clients. UHY LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that performs attest services. UHY Advisors, Inc. and UHY LLP are U.S. members of Urbach Hacker Young International Limited, a UK company, and form part of the international UHY network of legally independent accounting and consulting firms. “UHY” is the brand name for the UHY international network. For additional information please visit us on the Web at http://www.uhy- Contact: Mitch Leff, 404-861-4769, mitch@leffassociates.com End
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