United Airlines awards contract to Velma Butler & Co., certified public accounting and consulting company firm.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 1996--United Airlines recently awarded Velma Butler & Co., Ltd., a well-established, minority-owned certified See certification. public accounting and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , a contract to assist United's auditing division. Velma Butler & Company, Ltd., will complete a portion of United's internal auditing responsibilities related to the year-end audit of United's financial statements. United is a founding member of the Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC CMBDC Chicago Minority Business Development Council, Inc. (Illinois) ) and is in the process of implementing world class standards World class standards refers to the level of achievement, mainly in math and science, attained by students in the four countries that make up the East Asian Tigers; South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan, as well as in Europe. set by the council for minority business development. "One of the key components of world class is the use of the professional service firms throughout the company," says Vice President, Purchasing, James Sines. "Given the caliber of the Chicago professional service firms, the flawless transition to this new standard is a win/win for both United and its suppliers." Velma Butler & Company, Ltd. was founded in March 1991 and currently has 10 employees. The company addresses the areas of financial, auditing, accounting, and computer consulting and training needs of the private and public sectors. President, Velma Butler is a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and the managing partner for Velma Butler & Company, Ltd. "Working with United Airlines is a tremendous opportunity for our company," says Butler. "United has gone the extra mile to help us fit in as a supplier by creating an environment where we can succeed. We look at this as an extremely positive experience and an excellent opportunity for our company." "The Auditing Department at United Airlines is extremely pleased with the early results and business relationship we have with Velma Butler & Company," said Manager, Internal Audit, Ed Rogowski. Velma Butler & Company, Ltd. is one of nearly 800 minority suppliers that contribute to United's success as a global airline. United is an industry leader with innovations such as Shuttle by United Shuttle by United was a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines from 1994 to 2001 along the West Coast of the United States. It provided air shuttle service between San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and other , E-Ticket service, self-service boarding pass machines, and United Connection desktop reservations service. United Airlines internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is http://www.ual.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: There is a double slash after "http:" above. That symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: United Airlines Connie Huff huff - To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof. Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress. , 708/952-5501 Evening/Weekend: 708/952-4088 or Velma Butler & Company Ltd. Velma Butler, 312/922-1272 |
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