March 10, 2010

DALLAS - sbaAccess and C5 People Solutions have announced a strategic alliance to offer a more complete set of services to SBA lenders nationwide. The alliance will allow the two firms to better serve their existing clientele, as well as the many lenders entering the SBA sector and growing their programs.

sbaAccess, headed by Principals Karen McHugh and Brian Burke, is a national consulting firm well known and regarded for its "Tip of the Week." The firm prides itself in taking a tailored approach to assessing a client's unique needs and delivering services to match-first listening to the client and then working to prescribe a unique approach that will assure their ultimate success in SBA lending. Areas of specialty include Policy & Procedure Setup, On-site Risk Reviews, Guaranty Denial / Repair Negotiations, Training, and its popular "Lender Lifeline" telephone/email support.

C5 People Solutions, headed by Principals Dustin Baker and Paul VanZant, is an SBA-specialized recruitment and human capital consultancy that exists to attract, assess, and align the right people in the right positions for the right purposes. The firm applies its proprietary C5TM methodology to understand a client's corporate identity, allowing it to deliver candidates who truly "fit" and are positioned to be long-term contributors. It also offers executive training and business consulting services to organizations determined to grow the right way.

"The current environment is very unique," said sbaAccess Principal Brian Burke. "Regulatory oversight is tighter than ever, yet banks are being told to pump credit into Main Street. The pressure is high for banks to devote more resources to their SBA lending efforts, but the cost of making that investment without the right people in place, or with faulty processes or checks and balances, can be worse than the cost of staying on the sideline. This alliance will allow us to address both of these challenges more effectively at a really critical point in time."

The partnership between the two firms is built on long-standing relationships and a shared a vision of client service that is focused on people rather than transactions.

"I believe our alliance is a natural extension of a mutual trust and respect between Brian and Karen and me that has been built up over a number of years serving this sector together," said C5 Principal Dustin Baker. "At the end of the day, it's always about relationships, and you want to partner with people you can trust with your name and reputation. That's how I think we all feel about what we're building."

CONTACT

Brian Burke Dustin Baker sbaAccess C5 People Solutions 214.507.7720 972.335.1200 bburke@sbaAccess.com dustin@c5ps.com