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Friday, October 2, 2009

Local Law Firm Helps Sponsor Saturday Daytona International Speedway Event to Benefit the Children’s Cancer Foundation

DAYTONA BEACH – The Port Orange-based law firm of Rue & Ziffra is serving as a platinum sponsor for the 4th annual “Red, White and Blue Gala Night,” a fundraiser to benefit the Children’s Cancer Foundation on Saturday[10/3] at Daytona International Speedway.

The event – scheduled from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Daytona 500 Club – will include dinner, cocktails, dancing, casino games, silent and live auctions, door prizes, a disc jockey from radio station 105.9, and music by Stetson University’s Jazz Ensemble, as well as a performance by nationally-known singer Michele Anastasio.

Corporate tables are available and seating is limited. Advanced tickets are $50 per person and $100 per couple. Admission at the door will be $75 and $125, respectively.

Sponsorship like that provided by the firm and other area businesses will enable the Children’s Cancer Foundation to provide a year-round support base for children and their families who are facing cancer.

It’s one way the personal-injury firm gives back to the community, said Allan Ziffra, president and founder.

“What better cause could we possibly support than a group that provides so much and helps families deal with the emotional and financial costs associated with fighting cancer,” Ziffra said.

For more information about the gala, please call 386-747-3962 or visit http://www.childrenscancerfoundationinc.org/

About Rue & Ziffra:
Founded by John D. Rue and Allan L. Ziffra, the personal-injury law firm of Rue & Ziffra has served the Central Florida community for more than 25 years. The firm’s commitment to its profession and its clients has earned it a reputation as one of the top personal-injury law firms in Central Florida. Known for handling everything from automobile and motorcycle accidents to medical malpractice, wrongful death, and social security and disability cases, Rue & Ziffra has recovered millions of dollars for injured clients and their families. With a staff of eight attorneys, the firm maintains offices in Port Orange and Orange City.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Allan L. Ziffra, President, Rue & Ziffra, 386-788-7700 or allanz@rueziffra.com

Shane Snipes, Promotions/Advertising Director, Rue & Ziffra, 386-788-7700 or shanes@rueziffra.com

Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-532-8862, 407-644-4142 or chagervandyke@yahoo.com

Friday, September 18, 2009

Engineering & Computer Simulation among Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 picks

ORLANDO, Fla. - Engineering & Computer Simulation, Inc. (ECS), the Orlando-based firm that develops simulation technology for corporate, academic and military training programs, was recently named to Inc. magazine’s list of “Top 500” fastest growing U.S. companies.

ECS, which reported $11.6 million in revenues last year, has deep roots in Central Florida and is an active participant in the Edward Lowe Foundation’s economic gardening initiative – the CEO Nexus/PeerSpectives™ program, according to Steve Quello, president of CEO Nexus.

A public-private initiative affiliated with the University of Central Florida Department of Research and Commercialization, CEO Nexus brings together local second-stage business leaders in a forum with successful mentoring CEOs of companies in the region.

“ECS’s achievement as one of this year’s Inc fastest growing is a genuine testimonial to economic gardening’s benefits, especially accelerating business growth cycles,” said Dr. Tom O’Neal, associate vice president of the UCF Department of Research and Commercialization.

ECS, located at The Quadrangle on University Blvd. and Alafaya Trail near the UCF Campus, is part of the simulation cluster that the UCF Business Incubation Program and CEO Nexus are helping to cultivate, Quello said.

For more information, contact
Steve Quello, President/Principal, CEO Nexus 407-590-6101; squello@ceonexus.com

Dr. Tom O’Neal, Executive Director, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407 882-1120, oneal@mail.ucf.edu

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142; lvershelco@aol.com

About ECS:
ECS (Engineering & Computer Simulation, Inc.) creates high impact solutions to improve training and education across the spectrum of corporate, academic and military training domains. Our design professionals and engineers work closely with clients to provide solutions that can be tailored to people from diverse backgrounds and that are capable of providing graphic simulated experiences that can be shared with geographically dispersed teams of people.

About CEO Nexus:
CEO Nexus is a public-private initiative that provides second-stage business leaders—owners, CEOs and presidents—with practical tools and techniques designed specifically for growing second-stage companies. Sponsors include The Edward Lowe Foundation, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, the University of Central Florida Office of Research & Commercialization, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Enterprise Florida and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce.