PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Philadelphia (August 11, 2009) – Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP ("Amper") is pleased to announce that Jim Mack has joined the firm as a Partner in its Financial Services Industry group. Mack will be located in the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, office. In this role, Jim will build a greater Financial Services Industry presence in and around Philadelphia.

Prior to joining Amper, Jim was President and Founder of West Valley Group of Wayne, which specialized in assisting CFOs and executives in leadership roles in making their operations more successful through the use of enterprise risk solutions, CFO interim support, and merger integration.

In addition, Mack served as partner-in-charge of Advisory and Assurance Business Services at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC. Prior to SMART, Jim spent 12 years with Ernst & Young, where he advanced to Senior Manager. In this role, he served as lead engagement manager to many of the Philadelphia office’s largest clients, including Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, US Healthcare, Lincoln Financial Group, and Alf Atochem.

Amper's Financial Industry group provides clients with a range of services including: Enterprise Risk Management Implementation and Monitoring, NAIC Model Audit Rule Implementation and Monitoring, GAAP and Statutory Audits, Internal Audit, Sarbanes Oxley services and tax compliance and planning.

"Amper’s strength in the financial services arena is well known in the New York and New Jersey markets, and the timing is right to expand that expertise in the Philadelphia region, under Jim’s leadership," said Thomas Mulhare, partner-in-charge of Amper's Financial Services Group.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Widener University, where he is also a Member of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee. He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP, a member of the AICPA's Major Firms Group, is a regional Certified Public Accounting and consulting firm, serving publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as non-profit entities and governmental agencies throughout the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia business community for nearly 45 years.