Cary Smithson Receives Healthcare Businesswomen Association’s 2006 Rising Star Award

Honored at Woman of the Year luncheon.

East Brunswick, New Jersey (PRWEB) May 9, 2006 -- Cary Smithson, a senior consultant at BusinessEdge Solutions Inc., will receive the 2006 Rising Star award at the HBA’s annual luncheon, which celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in the healthcare industry, Wednesday, May 10 at the Hilton in New York City.

This is the fourth consecutive year that a consultant from BusinessEdge Solutions, an industry-focused business and technology-consulting firm has received the award. BusinessEdge Solutions offers strategy, process optimization and solution integration to clients in the Life Sciences industry.

“It’s exciting that Cary is being honored along with HBA’s Woman of the Year, Star Volunteer and other Rising Stars,” said Kate Townsend, Solution Partner at BusinessEdge. “Cary is highly regarded by BusinessEdge Solutions colleagues and clients and is best known for her strategic thinking and patient, resourceful approach to leadership. She treats each person with respect and gives careful consideration to the opinions of others, highlighting the value of their ideas. Cary is remarkably skilled in collaborating across different parts of our life sciences practice to achieve company, and more importantly, client goals. She has emerged as a strong role model and resource for both women and men joining our firm.”

About BusinessEdge:
BusinessEdge Solutions Inc. drives competitive advantage for its clients by leveraging its vertical domain thought leadership and asset-leveraged consulting enabled by pre-engineered business and technology solution frameworks to reduce the time, cost and risk of delivering breakthrough results. BusinessEdge is distinctive among consulting firms in that its multidisciplinary consultants have an average of 15 years of industry-specific experience and expertise. This strong industry knowledge and technology know-how is at the core of the company’s unwavering commitment to create vision for its clients – and is the driver behind its delivery of high-impact business solutions. See www.businessedge.com for a more detailed view of the firm’s expertise and a complete listing of all its capabilities and solutions.

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