The Association of Professionals in Business Management (APBM) Announces Partnership with SmartPros Ltd.

APBM and SmartPros join together to offer CPE credits and professional development in new partnership.

Los Angeles (PRWEB) June 13, 2003 - The Association of Professionals in Business Management (APBM) announces today its partnership with SmartPros Ltd., a leading provider of continuing professional education since 1981.

APBM sponsors the Certified Business Manager (CBM) certification, which is based on an MBA curriculum and is the most comprehensive business generalist certification program available. The CBM is to business managers as the CPA is to accountants, as the PE is to engineers, and as the CFA is to investment analysts.

As a component of the partnership, SmartPros will offer APBMs approximately 2,300 CBMs a variety of continuing education opportunities, including online courses in its Professional Education Center, http://education.smartpros.com. All SmartPros courses are available to CBMs to fulfill their annual requirement of 20 continuing professional education (CPE) credits.

In addition, SmartPros will provide visitors to its accounting and finance Web portal with detailed information on the CBM certification at http://www.smartpros.com/x37462.xml.

The CBM is a unique and rigorous certification, and we are pleased to serve as a CPE resource for CBMs, as well as to present the program to our Web portal visitors," said Dr. William Grollman, SmartPros President. When presented alongside other high-profile certifications such as the CPA, CMA and CIA, the CBM is not only a worthy addition to this group, but is complementary as well."

APBM and SmartPros will fit each other perfectly," says Ms. Devi Vallabhaneni, President/CEO, APBM. SmartPros has an amazing membership base that will gain from the CBM, and APBM has found a great source for CPE credits in SmartPros."

About APBM

APBM (www.cbmexam.com) is a leading global educational service association that sponsors the CBM credential. APBM has partnered with Harvard Business Review, MITs Sloan Management Review, Prometric Testing Centers, Chauncey Group International (subsidiary of ETS), and Thomson Learning to bring you the most comprehensive business management certification.

About SmartPros Ltd.
SmartPros (www.smartpros.com) is a leader in online and offline continuing education for professionals. Founded in 1981, SmartPros provides services and content to its professional and corporate clients in a variety of media including Web, CD-ROM, and video, and currently offers more than 2,000 of hours of content online. In the accounting market, SmartPros also produces a predominant news and information portal that receives 250,000+ visits per month and provides services to more than 100,000 subscribers.
Contact: APBM, Los Angeles
Rachel Kenney
818/415-2397
rachel@cbmexam.com