ATLANTA, Ga., July 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- PKF North American Network, an association of independently owned accounting and consulting firms, and iLumen, Inc., today jointly announced a strategic relationship to provide financial monitoring and benchmarking services to its member firms and those of ProfitCrew, Inc.(tm), PKF's new sister entity.
PKF North American Network has 89 member firms in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, representing more than $621 million in total revenues. Just-launched ProfitCrew(tm) is an association of accountants and business advisors dedicated to helping contractors build profitable businesses.
"ProfitCrew(tm) achieves its mission by providing members with highly specialized marketing, technical and professional development resources, empowering them to attract and retain contractors as clients and to better serve the construction owner's business needs," said Suzanne Verity, President of ProfitCrew(tm). "The iLumen Financial Information Network fits perfectly into our objective of offering proprietary construction-related resources to our members. iLumen will enable an electronic flow of financial information and comparative benchmarking trends from construction clients to their CPAs."
"PKF member firms, specifically those participating in ProfitCrew(tm), represent the ideal type of firm to implement the iLumen Financial Information Network. They are focused on providing industry-specific expertise and advice to their clients throughout the year," said Robert H. Woosley, Chief Executive Officer of iLumen. With iLumen, ProfitCrew(tm) firms will have access to real-time financial analysis, rolling twelve-month reports and trending industry comparisons for their construction clients.
PKF North American Network also has entered into a marketing partnership with iLumen to provide members with the ability to implement the iLumen Financial Information Network as a firm-branded service across all of their business clients.
About PKF North American Network
PKF North American Network is an association of independently owned accounting and consulting firms with offices throughout the world. The mission of the association is to improve the profitability of its member firms while helping them maintain local ownership. PKF North American Network provides service coverage worldwide through its affiliation with PKF International.
For more information go to www.pkfna.org or call 770-279-4560. ProfitCrew(tm) is a trademark of PKF North American Network, Inc., all rights reserved.
About iLumen
iLumen, Inc. is a financial information technology company that delivers and manages private-company data gathering and analysis solutions designed to solve critical problems in risk management, financial compliance and financial oversight within the banking, accounting and corporate environments. iLumen's services are based on a proprietary (patent pending) data warehousing engine known as iMonitor(r) that automates and standardizes the gathering, mapping, analysis and benchmarking of electronic accounting data from private companies.
For more information visit www.ilumen.com or call 404-446-1600. iLumen(tm) and iMonitor(r) are trademarks of iLumen, Inc., all rights reserved.