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 ABOUT - ABOUT THE BOARD Don McLaurin of Charleston 
Mr. McLaurin is President of Leeward Management Consulting, LLC. Through LMC he works with clients in the IT services industry to assist them in structuring and managing their firms so as to reach their goals and maximize profits. He advocates success through the application of disciplined management techniques and excellence in execution.Mr. McLaurin has spent most of his career as an entrepreneur, having been involved in the start up of at least ten companies – most in the IT Services and staffing fields. In 1998 he retired as CEO and founder of Computer Consulting Group, a leading regional IT Services firm with offices throughout the Southeast. Subsequent to his retirement, Mr. McLaurin was named CEO of the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), headquartered in Washington, DC. NACCB is the largest trade organization in the US exclusively representing the IT Services Industry. It is noted for its advocacy of market oriented solutions to industry problems rather than dependence on governmental solutions. He served in that capacity from 1998 – 2002. Mr. McLaurin is a frequent speaker at meetings and conferences in the US and internationally both on IT Services industry specific topics and on excellence in management and how to achieve it. He has testified before Congress on matters pertaining to the IT staffing industry and the changing relationship between workers and employers. Mr. McLaurin has published numerous articles concerning industry issues and is regularly quoted in the business press including citations in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post. He was appointed to serve on a special US Department of Commerce task force to study the state of the IT work force. Mr. McLaurin was recently named one of the 100 most influential people in the recruiting industry by Recruiter.com Magazine. In addition to having served on the boards of several technology related firms, Mr. McLaurin has served on the boards of The National Association of Computer Consulting Businesses (NACCB) and The Employment Policy Foundation, both in Washington, DC and King College, Bristol, Tenn. He also is a member of the South Carolina Workforce Investment Board. |
  
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