Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP - Triangle Business Journal Names Tim Gupton a Top CFO

RALEIGH, N.C. (July 15, 2009)—Tim Gupton, accomplice at Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (hpg.com), the better CPA close headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park arena of North Carolina, has been called a 2009 CFO of the Year by Triangle Business Journal. During the countdown bologna on July 14, 2009, Gupton was accustomed for his plan on account of AlphaVax Inc. and CoLucid Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Gupton manages the circadian banking activity, allotment and banking advertisement at AlphaVax and CoLucid. His key role is to focus the banking forecasting and accounts assets with the cardinal administration of the companies. He has apparent AlphaVax through 5 circuit of all-embracing broker abetment and $100 actor of NIH grants and accumulated collaborations. In addition, Gupton has guided CoLucid through two circuit of adventure financing. Both companies accept articles in Phase 2 analytic trials.

"I'm beholden to be accustomed by Triangle Business Journal for accomplishing what I love," says Gupton. "The plan I do can be challenging, but it is abundantly rewarding. I accept had the account of confined as start-up CFO for seven biopharmaceutical companies during the accomplished 16 years. Two are accessible companies and one was awash to a pubic CRO."

The Triangle Business Journal CFO of the Year Awards accustomed 21 banking admiral for their plan in allowance Triangle companies excel. A console of absolute board called the recipients from added than 70 nominations.

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About Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (HPG):
HPG is the better CPA close headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park arena of North Carolina, as ranked by the Triangle Business Journal. Furthermore, Business Leader annual ranked HPG as the fifth a lot of acknowledged baby business in North Carolina in 2008. HPG is able to accommodate civic and all-around accounting assets to its audience through the CPAmerica close arrangement of 701 offices worldwide. HPG offers a advanced arrangement of business accounting, auditing, accumulated tax, and administration advising services. Specialties cover confined owner-managed, investor-backed technology and activity science, healthcare services, absolute acreage development, accomplishment and administration businesses, and accouterment ERISA audits, ancestors wealthcare casework and Sarbanes-Oxley centralized analysis services. More than just an accounting firm, HPG assists audience in analytic above the basal linesm by accepting the appropriate firm, appropriate humans and appropriate amount to accomplish anniversary client's analogue of success. Visit www.hpg.com.

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