Single Moms Can Have It All but It's Not Easy

Five years ago, CJM Associates was a struggling start-up. Today, it employs 23 people and produces revenues in the millions. And this week, they are announcing a partnership with a global investigative firm, Sutton Associates. Through this partnership, CJM can offer businesses everything they need to do to be in compliance and to avoid such things as fraud.

West Hartford, CT (PRWEB) May 19, 2007 -- Five years ago, CJM Associates was a struggling start-up. Today, it employs 23 people and produces revenues in the millions. And this week, they announced a partnership with a global investigative firm, Sutton Associates.

Few businesses experience such rapid growth. But those who do often have a dynamic leader behind their success. CJM is no exception. Cynthia Michaud was a married mother of two in Medical studies when she found herself a single mom needing to find a way to support herself and her children. So she did what most people are too scared to try even in the best of circumstances: She started her own business. Five years later, CJM Associates employs 23 people and produces revenues in the millions.

"I founded CJM to help businesses handle tricky situations internally so that companyies can avoid scandals," Michaud says. "We provide auditing services, including investigating fraud, and help businesses restructure so that they are in compliance. I guess you could say we are the CSI in the forensic fraud world. What we do is actually pretty sexy."

After founding CJM Associates she wore the many hats of Doctor, CEO, Mom, Dad and head of household. Today, she focuses on her business and being the best mom she can be. Fortunately, she has a talent for motherhood and brought experience to her business. Before getting married and having two children, Michaud was an executive at two big four accounting firms that audited health care organizations and insurance companies. She came to CJM with the experience and necessary knowledge to help businesses be in compliance and find internal fraud.

Financial services, banking and health care are heavily regulated. Companies can easily get out of compliance if they aren't careful. CJM offers compliance solutions to help reduce risk and to meet requirements for a number of Regulatory Acts, such as the Patriot Act, FDICIA, and Sarbanes-Oxley. But just as important and more likely to cause financial harm, even ruin, identity theft and fraud are increasingly threatening the safety, profitability and reputation of businesses. Through Investigations are handled by private investigators, many of whom came from federal and state investigation agencies such as the FBI and IRS as well as former corporate executives at Sutton Associates.

Michaud has been recognized for her charitable giving, and in October 2005 she received a Woman of the Year Award from the Connecticut Chapter of Women's Who's Who for her "gift of giving".

CJM Associates provides the necessary blueprint for developing and implementing policies mandated by regulators. Additionally, they provide tools to develop the policies and procedures needed to create a compliance and/or risk management system that saves valuable time, while ensuring businesses have effective, current and proven policies that have been tested in organizations just like theirs It is located at 270 Farmington Ave. Suite 202, Farmington, CT 06032, (860) 678-8898.

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L&G Business Solutions
860.673.7543

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