Costa Mesa, CA, May 22, 2007 -- Resources Global Professionals, a leading multinational provider of professional services and the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: RECN), announced today the promotion of Tanja Cebula to Senior Vice President and member of the company's six-member Executive Officer Group.
Ms. Cebula, 45, a 10-year veteran of Resources Global Professionals, is responsible for the company's Western Region, which includes 18 U.S. offices from Honolulu to Kansas City and is Resources' second largest global region. In this role, she oversees operations, financials and recruiting while mentoring teams and offering strategic guidance to the practices within the region. This promotion also reflects Ms. Cebula's impact outside of her official responsibilities, including her marketing guidance, influence on Resources' corporate culture and overall leadership contributions.
Ms. Cebula began her Resources career in 1997, when Resources was still a subsidiary of Deloitte & Touche, as Managing Director and founder of the Company's Portland, Oregon office. She played a key role in Resources' management-led buyout from Deloitte & Touche in 1999. She moved to Southern California as Regional Managing Director in 2000 to oversee offices in that area, taking on responsibility for the Pacific Northwest in 2002 and the entire Western Region in 2004. Over the last two years, revenues for the Western Region have almost doubled while, since 2000, Southern California revenues have increased nearly fivefold.
"It is with great pleasure that I announce Tanja's promotion to Senior Vice President and welcome her to our Executive Officer Group, where her insights will be highly valued," said Donald B. Murray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Resources Global Professionals. "This promotion is very well deserved and recognizes Tanja's contribution as one of the leaders from the beginning of our business. For more than a decade, Tanja has helped us build a strong corporate culture, successful business strategy and well respected position in the marketplace."
Prior to her Resources career, Ms. Cebula served as Product Director for Johnson & Johnson Medical in Dallas, Texas and Senior Auditor for Deloitte & Touche in Portland, Oregon.
Currently, she is on the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation Board in Orange, California. In addition, she co-founded the Breast Health Awareness Foundation whose mission is to bring breast cancer awareness to corporate America. A five-year breast cancer survivor, Ms. Cebula is an avid runner and proponent of exercise for health and well-being. She has also served on the board of the Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement.
Ms. Cebula received her Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University and her Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. She and her family reside in Tustin, California.
ABOUT RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS
Resources Global Professionals is the only professional services firm dedicated to helping clients change their business from the inside out. Working as members of client teams, we solve problems, execute and transfer knowledge. Partnering with business leaders, we drive internal change across all parts of a global enterprise finance and accounting, human capital, information management, internal audit, legal and supply chain management.
Resources Global was founded in 1996 within a Big Four firm. Today, we are a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: RECN) with a market cap exceeding $1.5 billion. Our 3,900 professionals, from more than 80 practice offices, serve 2,100 clients in 56 countries.
Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Resources Global has served 81 of the Fortune 100 and more than half of the Fortune Global 100.
The company was recently honored as one of America's 200 Best Small Companies by Forbes magazine. Selected for the fifth consecutive year, Resources placed #66 on the Forbes list. In September, 2006, Resources was named #61 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies and in June, Resources placed #21 on BusinessWeek's list of 100 Hot Growth Companies to watch.
The Company is listed on NASDAQ's new Global Select Market, the exchange's highest listing tier. More information about Resources is available at http://www.resourcesglobal.com.
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