Crowe Chizek’s Campbell, Hannifin and Liu named Microsoft® Most Valuable Professionals

OAK BROOK, Ill. (Jan. 8, 2008) – Chad Campbell, Dustin Hannifin and Darren Liu of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC have been selected as Microsoft® Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). The Microsoft MVP award recognizes a select group of individuals from around the world for their outstanding leadership in online and offline technical communities.

Campbell, a Performance Services professional in Crowe’s Louisville, Ky. office, has made tremendous strides with client application development specifically related to Microsoft’s new Web application platform, Silverlight. He has authored several articles, as well as an upcoming book titled Silverlight 2.0 in Action. Campbell is one of only 42 client application MVPs in the world.

Hannifin, an Enterprise Solutions professional in Crowe’s South Bend, Ind. office, was recognized for his work with the Microsoft Office SharePoint server. He is a co-founder of the Michiana Information Technology Professionals Users Group and presents to the group several times a year. He also provides technical guidance on a wide variety of Microsoft products via newsgroups and his blog. Hannifin is one of only 82 professionals worldwide to receive this award in the SharePoint server category.

Liu, a Performance Services professional in Crowe’s Oak Brook, Ill. office, received this honor for his contributions to Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM). An active participant in both Chinese and English CRM online communities, he supports the United States Microsoft CRM newsgroup and also started his own Chinese CRM online group. Liu is one of only 21 CRM MVPs worldwide.

The MVPs actively participate in a variety of Microsoft technical communities in which a worldwide network of people communicate, support and provide feedback about a variety of technologies including Microsoft products and services.

For more information about the MVP program and related news, log on to http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. More information about Microsoft Technical Communities can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/.

About Crowe Chizek and Crowe Group
Crowe Group LLP, the parent company of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC (www.crowechizek.com), is one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core purpose of “Building Value with Values®,” Crowe assists clients in reaching their goals through services ranging from assurance and financial advisory to performance, risk and tax consulting. Crowe professionals provide public and private companies with thought leadership to clients in the financial services, healthcare, government, private equity sponsored, inventory based and not-for-profit industry sectors, among many others. With 23 offices and more than 2,300 personnel, Crowe has been recognized by a number of organizations as one of the country’s best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as the leading independent member of Horwath International.

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Contact: Jan Lippman, 312.899.8414, jan.lippman@crowehorwath.com