Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

He is now entitled to use the designation CITP.CPA, which was established in 2000 by the AICPA and is awarded to CPAs with significant experience in information technology strategic planning, implementation, management, and business strategies for information systems.

The CITP professional serves as the bridge between management and the technology department, leveraging the CPA's strategic and business skills.

"Market research reveals that business owners and executives need impartial guidance in making strategic technology-related decisions,'' said Gary Boomer, former chair of the AICPA's Information Technology Executive Committee.

"Currently, no particular professional owns this space. This is where the CPA with the AICPA CITP designation will provide a valuable service.'' Mr. Cordeiro met the requirements to earn the designation -- this includes holding a valid CPA license, evidence of his technology business experience and life-long learning activities.

Experience and learning include the areas of information technology strategic planning; information systems management; systems architecture; business applications and e-business; security, privacy and contingency planning; system development, acquisition, and project management; systems auditing and internal control; databases and database management.

CPAs who have earned the CITP designation must recertify their accreditation every three years. To do so, they must document their involvement in technology services and complete a prescribed amount of related life long learning activities during this three-year period. The AICPA is the US national professional association of CPAs with more than 350,000 members in public practice, business and industry, government and education.

DESIGN ALLIANCE BUC Design alliance Peter Terceira and Glyn Quaterly have launched a new alliance called Terceira Associates Architecture and Design. The new joint business will be based at the Walker Arcade at 12 Reid Street. The pair is credited with creating great kitchens and bathrooms.

DRINKS PROMOTION APP Drinks promotion Burrows and Lightbourn have announced that Ronnie Thorne has been promoted to manager, Spirits Brands. Mr. Thorne is now responsible for the marketing of the company's large portfolio of famous spirit brands and will report directly to the managing director. Mr. Thorne joined the company in 1992 as a sales representative with responsibility for Gallo Wines. More recently he acted as on premises manager and in the last six months Mr. Thorne has been working with Trevor Nicholls before his retirement from the post. Richard Hartley, managing director, said: "Ronnie's promotion comes at a time when the company moves forward in an increasingly competitive market place. We are the local distributors for a large number of brand leaders and Ronnie will now manager the marketing initiative for these famous products.

Burrows and Lightbourn also announced Toriano Robinson has been appointed manager, order department. He will be taking over the helm from Charles Trott, who has decided to become a part-time employee. Mr. Robinson will now take over management of the department including the bottle picking room. Mr.

Robinson joined the company 11 years ago in his late teens and has worked in various capacities in the warehouse, eventually transferring to the Order Department, where orders are processed for customers.

A SECURE FUTURE APP A secure future Bermuda Security Group Ltd has appointed Roger Kay, 31, to the position of central station manager. The position involves overseeing the monitoring operation. Mr. Kay, who is from Blackburn in England, had been with Shorrock Security (now Initial) for eight years.

The company is the third largest electronic security company in the UK. He started at the company in 1993 and rose to the position of operations manager of monitoring services. He helped provide service to over 60,000 clients across the UK. Mr. Kay said: "I had a very rewarding time at Shorrock, but having spoken with Bill Black, the president of Bermuda Security Group, I decided the time was right for a change of direction. Whether a central station has 60,000 or 2,000 connections, similar issues and opportunities exist, and obviously where there is a smaller client base the business of each individual customer is very important.'' He added he was looking forward to working with the police and fire service to reduce false alarms and provide key information to assist them in their duties. Mr. Black said: "Finding someone with Roger's expertise has been one of my most difficult recruitments and I believe he will be a great asset to the training of our central station staff and assisting our large customer base in both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.'' IBM PARTNER BUC IBM partner Applied Computer Technologies has announced it has been granted IBM Business Partner Status. This means that ACT is responsible for the sale and service of IBM personal computer systems and printers for Bermuda.