Businesses all over the world count on KPMG for accounting. KPMG is the smallest, yet one of the most geographically dispersed of accounting's Big Four firms, which also includes Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. KPMG, a cooperative that operates as an umbrella organization for its global network of member firms, has organized its structure into three operating regions: the Americas (which includes KPMG L.L.P.); Australia and Asia/Pacific; and Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Member firms' offerings include audit, tax, and advisory services. KPMG focuses on clients in such industries as financial services, consumer products, and government.

CSU Chico, or Chico State, opened its doors in 1889 as Chico State Normal School. No longer a teacher-training school only, the university has more than 60 undergraduate majors, offered by its seven colleges. Enrollment is about 15,000, including some 2,000 graduate students. The school has a large College of Agriculture, which offers degrees in agribusiness, animal science, and plant science, as well as focusing on applied agricultural research. In 2005 hackers broke into the university's computer system, stealing the names and Social Security numbers of more than 59,000 people, including prospective students as well as current and former students and faculty members.

ABC Financial Services, Inc. mission is two-fold: to be the resource for cutting edge technology in the health and fitness industry, and to collect the most money from the most members, every day.ABC's core is comprised of Jim Bottin, Founder and CEO, alongside a powerful executive team, all with years of experience as fitness industry veterans. Jim Bottin's history in the industry began in 1974, when he opened his own martial arts studios in Arkansas. Five years later, he began expanding those studios into fitness centers. In 1981, ABC Financial was founded as a solution to the software and billing needs for Bottin's own chain of 13 health clubs. Beginning as a specialized solution for a private owner, ABC was so effective it quickly grew to a client base outside of Mr. Bottin's ownership-- a client base exceeding 3,000 health and fitness clubs across the country today.

Powell, Ebert & Smolik, P.C. is an Austin, Texas based firm of Certified Public Accountants founded in 1992 when Big Five accounting firm tax partners Daniel B. Powell, III, Vernon J. Ebert and Jim B. Smolik joined their practices together. In 1996, 1999 & 2002 respectively, Robert A. Schriber, Bradley P. Blessing and Julia A. Clark became partners. The firm has consistently grown each year and is ranked among the largest locally owned CPA firms in the Austin area. Together, the firm's principals have collectively served the Austin community for over 90 years and have a combined total of over 35 years tax experience with Big Five firms. Powell, Ebert & Smolik, P.C. believe that providing these services requires personal attention and the firm serves a broad range of clients in the professional service, technology, real estate, manufacturing, financial, entertainment, oil and gas, and retail industries.

If you need to replace your CEO but don't want just any average Joe, talk to Integre Partners. The executive search firm provides senior-level recruiting, across such industries as insurance, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, and healthcare. The company also provides buy-side mergers & acquisitions consulting services. The company was formed in 2005 with the merger of three executive search firms; Dieckman & Associates, Whittlesey & Associates, and R. Green & Associates.

Applied Intellectual Capital creates sustainable, market-driven solutions for meeting today’s emerging challenges. As a product development company, AIC funds, develops, patents, and commercializes breakthrough technologies in electrochemistry.AIC is committed to developing and defining electrochemical technologies and engineering practices that support a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable future. With its own research and rapid-prototyping facilities, AIC nurtures applied science technologies, from ideas and lab notes to commercial-ready products and services. Our time to market can be as little as two years – that’s a significant improvement over the seven-plus years commonly associated with the applied-science sector.AIC streamlines research and development by investing in complementary sets of applied sciences that the company then spins out into dedicated technology companies addressing a range of important markets. Simply put, what AIC learns in one market application it applies to another. With its established laboratories, engineering facilities, and experienced staff, AIC avoids the need to build additional resources for each new business stream.

Staffline Recruitment provides temporary and permanent staffing services to multiple industries throughout the UK. Staffline Recruitment Group plc company operates out of 15 branch (Express) locations but specializes in providing on-premises human resources services including recruiting, training, and managing temporary workers, for over 100 companies through its OnSite business (its fastest growing division). Most of the company's revenue comes from placing unskilled temporary workers in the manufacturing, warehouse and logistics, and food processing sectors, but the company also recruits more qualified technical, engineering, and information technology employees, including high-level executives, through its Techsearch division.

Birmingham-Southern College is the result of a merger of Southern University, founded in Greensboro, Ala., in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham, Ala. These two institutions were consolidated on May 30, 1918, under the name of Birmingham-Southern College. 192 wooded acres three miles west of downtown Birmingham. The college has 45 academic, residential, administrative, and athletic buildings/facilities, including 25 new facilities/structures, additions, or renovations completed since 1976. New facilities since 1998 include a campus center, fitness center, 100,000 square-foot science center, and a new Fraternity Row. In addition, renovation was completed in Fall 2002 to reconfigure North Residence Hall to three- and four-bedroom suites for male students, and a renovation project to convert the Phillips Science Building into a center to accommodate the academic needs of the college's Division of Humanities was completed in February 2003.

The University of Arizona Foundation keeps Wildcat funds flowing. The not-for-profit organization raises funds and manages assets for the University of Arizona. University of Arizona Foundation eight-year Campaign Arizona fund-raising program, begun in 1998, garnered $1.2 billion for the school. That money went to endowing faculty positions, increasing scholarships, promoting research, and improving facilities and technology. The Foundation's asset management duties include protecting the value of stocks, bonds, real estate, and other university investments. University of Arizona Foundation also funds and develops educational programs, provides construction assistance, and gives grants to faculty, students, and researchers. University of Arizona Foundation was founded in 1958.

NETSHARE, Inc. provides online executives and professional services job seekers, and recruiters and companies. NETSHARE company provides networking opportunities for senior executives to collaborate and exchange information related to job search and career enhancement. It offers recruitment services for general and operations management, marketing, sales, finance, financial services, engineering, human resources, information systems, consulting, interim assignments, legal, research and development, and medical positions. NETSHARE, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Novato, California.

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