Cooper Iverson Marketing Honored at First Annual Workplace Excellence Awards.

Business Editors

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000

High Technology Public Relations Firm Recognized by the San Diego 

Society for Human Resource Management for Outstanding HR Practices

Cooper Iverson Marketing (CIM), a leading San Diego-based high technology public relations firm, today announced that the company was honored with a Workplace Excellence 2000 award in the category of small business.

CIM was recognized at a special awards ceremony held yesterday, Nov. 15, 2000, at the Hilton, Torrey Pines. The Workplace Excellence 2000 awards, co-sponsored by the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management (SDSHRM) and the San Diego Union-Tribune, recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding human resource practices, which contribute to the success of a company and its employees.

"As a public relations firm dedicated to servicing the rapidly growing technology industry, we have placed a large emphasis on building a workplace that affords flexibility, promotes personal and professional growth and shares the company's success with our employees," said Stella Vanderpool-Zimmerman, vice president, Strategic Planning, CIM. "Our most precious resource is our people, and we take great pride in being honored by the SDSHRM for our exemplary HR practices."

The first annual Workplace Excellence awards recognized companies that have demonstrated innovative HR practices, which have contributed to employee satisfaction and company performance. A panel of judges reviewed more than 120 nominations to select winners in the categories of small, medium and large companies. Additional winners include Ericsson Wireless Communications Inc. in the category of large company, and North Island Federal Credit Union in the category of medium-sized company. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) was founded in 1948 and represents the world's largest human resource management association, serving more than 140,000 professional and student members throughout the world.

About Cooper Iverson Marketing

Cooper Iverson Marketing was founded in 1990 to assist technology firms in attaining visibility in the burgeoning business marketplace. Since then, the company's flexible programs have leveraged a mix of media channels to effectively communicate clients' messages to targeted audiences in the most timely manner. Cooper Iverson Marketing's areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: business-to-business, e-commerce, Internet products and services, application development tools, computer hardware, enterprise-wide software, industrial computing, wireless networking, embedded systems, data mining and graphics.

For more information, contact Cooper Iverson Marketing, 3900 Fifth Ave., Suite 280, San Diego, Calif., 92103. Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], Web site: http://www.coopiver.com.