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This posting is sponsored by SOX Automation, Inc.

I had the pleasure to take part at the CPA High Tech Industries Conference for Financial Professionals together with my sponsor SOX Automation, Inc, at September 22th 2006.

A special thank you I like to send to Mark Jensen which is Partner & National Director, Venture Capital Services, at Deloitte & Touche LLP, for his program point: Impact of Sarbanes Oxley on Smaller Public Companies. He has given in his elaboration an deep insight about the problematics and cost explosions at smaller public companies. Our sponsor greatly appreciated also the recommendation for SOX Automation, Inc software SOX DISC®.

Especially his explanations of which steps should companies take now to ensure compliance with Sec 404 was very instructive.

Below you can see a picture, which shows me (on the left hand side) at the conference sponsor table of SOX Automation, Inc:

At September 22th 2006, the California CPA Education Foundation will be holding the “High Tech Industries Conference for Financial Professionals” in Santa Clara.

One of the Highlights speaker will be Mark E. Jensen, CPA whis speech “Impact of Sarbanes Oxley on Smaller Public Companies”.

About Mark E. Jensen:

Mark Jensen is Partner & National Director, Venture Capital Services, at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, Jensen was the CFO for Redleaf Group Inc., a venture capital firm providing services and capital for pre-seed and seed-stage technology companies. He joined Redleaf after serving as the Silicon Valley office managing partner and global high-technology industry leader for another Big 5 professional services firm.

Mark is a frequent speaker on issues impacting early-stage venture capital-backed companies and has most recently presented to the venture capital community on the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on early-stage pre-public companies. Current speaking engagements have included the annual meeting of the International Limited Partners Association (portfolio valuation issues), The Dartmouth Foster Center for Private Equity (valuation issues and Model Form Limited Partnership Agreements), and the 2004 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (Sarbanes-Oxley impact on the venture capital industry). He has recently been appointed to the SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies, which has a charter to review the impact of regulation on smaller public companies and companies going public.