For Release November 18, 2005

International Association of Microsoft Certified Professionals Invites Elisabeth Vanderveldt to join the Canadian chapter

Joins ranks at IAMCP with a directorship position

Montreal, Quebec – November 29 – Conamex International announced today that it’s Vice President Business Development, Elisabeth Vanderveldt, has been invited to join the IAMCP, Canadian Chapter, with a directorship position. Elisabeth received the invitation from John Payes, president of the Canadian Chapter.

IAMCP was formed in 1994 to provide Partners a greater voice into Microsoft and to facilitate mutual growth and business development. Members and chapters are worldwide. Chapters are organized and led by member volunteers in cities around the world. Chapter membership fosters personal relationships that lead to mutual business opportunities. The large number of member companies provides a rich array of non-competing service providers with whom partners can offer an expanded portfolio to clients.

The Microsoft Certified Partner program includes more than 15,000 member groups worldwide. As technology has become increasingly complex and specialized, most of these partners have chosen to specialize in specific Microsoft Technologies. Because of this, Microsoft Certified Partners often cannot fill all of the technology needs of their customers.

To solve this challenge, the IAMCP brings together Microsoft Certified Partners in a forum where they can learn more about each other’s companies and capabilities. This enables partners to develop alliances and form virtual corporations, expanding their capabilities and making them more valuable in the marketplace.

This appointment will allow Elisabeth to pursue issues that address partners across the country as well as the opportunity to increase the participation of other female led IT firms at Microsoft events. “I rarely attend a training or product launch that I seem to be the only female in the audience. There is a large contingent of female IT professionals in Canada that can benefit from Microsoft’s rewarding array of seminars and training programs that they don’t seem to be taking advantage of. I hope to make them more aware that their presence is welcome and to discover what issues might be preventing them from attending these events” said Elisabeth. “As Microsoft is amazingly successful at advancing women in IT from within, IAMCP has the opportunity to do so from within their own ranks. In addition IAMCP is doing philanthropic work in different regions world wide. I hope to unify the efforts of each IAMCP chapter so that we can involve even more member firms in fundraising efforts and give us the opportunity to communicate and interact with other chapters on a regular basis”.