dbkAssociates, Inc. Announces Affiliation with EnCompass Knowledge Systems, Inc. for Corporate Governance and Change Management Requirements

(PRWEB via PR Web Direct) April 14, 2005 -- Mr. Dave Kinnear, founder and CEO of dbkAssociates, Inc., announced today that his management consulting firm has executed an affiliation agreement with EnCompass Knowledge Systems, Inc. (EKS).

"We are delighted to continue our effort to bring state of the art management tools to our clients with this new affiliation," said Mr. Kinnear. "The power of the EnCompass Enterprise Suite (E2TM) will allow our clients to view their business processes in a whole new light. We are particularly interested in the application of E2 to the analysis of Sarbanes-Oxley controls for private and public companies, as well as the usual business process reengineering applications."

The EnCompass suite consists of a coordinated set of systems and services for corporate governance solutions, change management requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. These component technologies offer progressive managers the tools to design and manage effective and efficient organizations.

• EnCompass® maps networks of decision, influence, and communication, allowing the enterprise to optimize business processes and integrate cross-functional teams. This highly interactive methodology has been proven to facilitate positive change and lasting solutions in both the private and public sectors.
• OrgAnalyst® takes activity-based costing (ABC) to new levels of detail, revealing process cost as well as the cost of change.
• EnCompass Enterprise® integrates process visualization, ongoing organizational change management, performance metrics, and activity-based costing in a complete, Internet-deployed service.

dbkAssociates will provide sales, marketing, and implementation expertise related to the use of and results analysis from E2 software. EKS will provide expertise in analysis and customization of the E2 product for the client base.

"We too are excited about our affiliation with dbkAssociates,” said Mr. René Dane, VP Sales and Business Development for EKS. "Our desire is to expand our market support in California as well as to move our product into the client base served so well by dbkAssociates. We look forward to a very fruitful relationship and to increased service to our customers."

For more information about EKS, please contact EnCompass Knowledge Systems, Inc. Eileen Sullivan-Ibenhart, VP Marketing at (310) 981 – 9200. For more information about dbkAssociates, please contact Dave Kinnear at (949) 218-9899 or visit www.change-management-consulting.com .