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Queen Associates, FirstPlace to Merge

February 14, 2011

Queen Associates Inc., a Charlotte, N.C.-based technology consulting firm, announced today that it will merge with FirstPlace Inc., an information technology consulting and staffing firm.

Queen Associates Inc. is a certified Women Business Enterprise and provider of integrated business and technology consulting and staffing services. Its CEO is Frances Queen.

FirstPlace was originally developed as an internal recruiting division of First Union National Bank. FirstPlace expanded to recruit for all contract and temporary work and remained an integral part of the First Union/Wachovia recruiting strategy until its decommissioning in 2009. FirstPlace was re-launched as an independent IT consulting firm in 2010.

FirstPlace is led by Robin Pugh.