Alacra will be exhibiting for the first time this year at Complitech 2006, Europe's leading regulatory technology exhibition and conference tailored to the financial services market. Come see Alacra in action May 18th and 19th in Stand B50 at the ExCeL CONFERENCE CENTRE. Visit their website for more information.

Alacra will also be exhibiting in Booth 1607 at the SLA 2006 Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD, June 11th - June 14th. We have FREE EXHIBIT HALL PASSES. Please call us or email marketing@alacra.com to request passes.

As our product line continues to expand, Alacra's staff is gearing up for a busy second quarter. In the last few months, Alacra has welcomed several new employees to our global organization.

Brendan Galla joined Alacra this January as an Account Manager, joining Dale Dreps covering the Midwest and strategic accounts in New York. Prior to Alacra, Brendan was in sales at Wall Street Source. Before moving to the East Coast he spent four years in San Diego working in customer support for Linsco/Private Ledger. Email Brendan at brendan.galla@alacra.com. Laura Pollok also joined Alacra in January as an Account Manager. Laura is teamed up with Senior Account Executive Jim DeLaney managing clients on the West Coast as well as New York. Laura is new to New York, having recently moved to the Big Apple from her home state of Virginia. Laura brings extensive information sales experience in the commercial real estate and pharmaceutical industries through her jobs at Reis and GlaxoSmithKline. Email Laura at laura.pollok@alacra.com. Orly Lipshtat joined Alacra in January as a Software Development Manager. Orly will be responsible for integrating premium business databases as well as implementing Alacra’s products and will report to Alacra's COO, Michael Angle. Prior to joining Alacra, Orly served as a Group Leader in the R&D department of ClearForest Ltd., where she was responsible for building text-driven business intelligence solutions. Email Orly at orly.lipshtat@alacra.com. Armen Galoustian joined Alacra this March as our newest Software Developer. Prior to joining Alacra, he worked as a developer for Veson, Inc., the MacGregor Group, and Centurion Consulting Group, Inc., among others. Armen brings his extensive C++ experience as well as GUI development experience and joins Olga Polyakova and Karl Kaebnick in Alacra's GDA group. Email Armen at armen.galoustian@alacra.com. Suzannah Nolan joined our Alacra UK staff back in August as an Account Manager. She brings 5 years of experience in customer service both on the helpdesk and in a support role at Thomson Financial. Email Suzie at suzannah.nolan@alacra.com. James Allum joined Alacra in January 2006 in the role as Sales Manager based in the UK Office. James has been in the business information market for 6 years joining Alacra directly from Complinet. Prior to this James worked at ICC information where he partnered with Alacra on several joint client projects. Email James at james.allum@alacra.com. Brian McGlennon joined Alacra in January as a New Business Sales person for the UK Office. Brian brings 10 years sales experience to the team having successfully sold middleware banking solutions and more recently Compliance solutions with Complinet. Email Brian at brian.mcglennon@alacra.com.