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The Company announced the appointment of Cathy La Flamme as Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts, in October 2007. Cathy serves a critical role in The Henson Group’s sales operations, nurturing the relationships with key representatives at Microsoft, managing priority accounts for various loyal THG clients, and coordinating management of the increasing number of viable leads produced by the marketing engine. Also, by accepting an invitation to join the Management Team, Cathy plays an important part in in planning for capitalizing on The Henson Group’s growth moving forward. Cathy is a highly motivated and accomplished executive with a focus on business development, strategic growth, and corporate relations. She brings to The Henson Group a proven track record in building and re-launching brands. Among her many strengths are leadership, public speaking, strategic planning, communication and marketing skills, sales, and business to business relations. Prior to joining The Henson Group, Cathy was Executive Director of Operations at Elite Model Management - joining The Henson Group not only as a valued employee, but bringing the experience of former client. While at Elite, Cathy was responsible for overseeing development of a new business application to facilitate model and client engagements, a solution incorporating Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, Exchange Server 2007, and SQL Server 2005. Subsequently, Cathy even presented a "live" case study of the innovation on stage with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at NYC Launch of Windows Vista, Exchange Server 2007, and Office 2007 earlier this year. Recruited by Elite Founder John Casablancas, Cathy managed performance and business operations of a thriving business with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Toronto, and Atlanta. She was responsible for budgets, financial management and growth, strategic planning, corporate relations, leadership, change management, and public relations and directed 75 staff members responsible for direct management of careers of over 500 models. Prior to that, Cathy was president of her eponymous agency, Cathy Gould, Inc., where she provided top entertainment companies with marketing and public relation services. Before that, she was Worldwide Director at Ford Models Inc., Vice President of Marketing at CBS, the Miss Universe Organization, and she was also Executive Director of Marketing at Elite Model Management. Cathy attended Post College, Waterbury, CT, for Business Management/Marketing, as well as Central Connecticut State University, for Real Estate Development/Management. Nominated for Cambridge Who’s Who 2006 Business Women of America, Cathy also possesses the interesting distinction of having been awarded the Keys to Miami Beach in 2001 Presented by Mayor Neisen Kasdin and the City Commissioners | 