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Robbins-Gioia Earns Marketer Of The Year Award

Program Management Consulting Firm Wins American Marketing Association, D.C. Chapter Awards

May 21, 2003, Alexandria, VA  – Robbins-Gioia LLC, the leading provider of program management solutions, recently won two American Marketing Association, D.C. Chapter (AMA-DC) awards recognizing the company for excellence in marketing strategy, innovation, risk-taking, leadership, and return on investment.

The AMA’s DC Chapter honored Robbins-Gioia with its Professional Services category award, and bestowed special recognition on the company with its top award for Marketer of the Year. Robbins-Gioia’s marketing, creative, solutions, and training teams earned accolades for work associated with the company’s solution development and rollout process. A team of professionals led by Patricia Davis-Muffett, marketing vice president, Pierre Monacelli, operations vice president, and Jennifer Stanford, training director, created an innovative, repeatable process to develop and launch modular, “packaged” consulting solutions. In the past year, Robbins-Gioia has rolled out the following solutions:

• Portfolio Management
• Enterprise PMO
• Project Management with Microsoft Project 2002
• Technology Migration
• Rapid Product Development
• Facility Relocation
• Business Continuity Planning
• Vendor/Outsourcing Management
• Business Case Analysis

The First Annual AMA-DC M Awards provided recognition to outstanding marketers, acknowledging those who have met their business objectives while creating a higher standard of excellence for marketing professionals throughout the region.

“The M Awards give AMA-DC an opportunity to recognize local marketers who are making the greatest business impact in their respective markets,” said Jeff Spear, director of the AMA-DC M Awards. “In today's hypercompetitive business climate, it is more important than ever for marketers to keep their eyes on the prize?to remain focused on campaigns that bring quantifiable value to their organizations and their constituents. Robbins-Gioia’s marketing efforts are to be commended, as they have brought about tremendous success for the organization.”

“We are honored Robbins-Gioia was chosen as a recipient for the AMA-DC M Awards,” stated Jim Leto, chief executive officer, Robbins-Gioia. “Our team has developed a solid solution process that is directly impacting the success of our organization. Our pipeline for new business is currently the strongest it has ever been. We are confident that this development and rollout process will continue to drive innovative solutions in the future.”

About AMA DC
The D.C. Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA-DC) is the third largest chapter in the country and serves over 850 members. The organization strives to serve the needs of its diverse membership through a variety of member benefits and services – ranging from its weekly job publication, The Marketer, to its high-level monthly Speaker Series. Plus, AMA-DC offers a monthly newsletter, Insight, and seven (7) Special Interest Groups, designed to serve the industry specific needs of its members. AMA-DC provides its members – and the community at large – with a network of contacts and resources, continuing education and professional advancement opportunities throughout the year. To learn more, contact the AMA-DC at 703-683-4883 or amadc-info@marketingpower.com.

About Robbins-Gioia
For more than twenty years, Robbins-Gioia has pioneered the project management consulting industry, bringing process-based solutions to high-risk, complex initiatives in top government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. With a hands-on approach to project management, we develop and integrate the people, processes and technologies that will drive your projects to completion. For more information, please call Robbins-Gioia, LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at www.robbinsgioia.com.