CLEVELAND -- Capital Acceleration Partners, an advisory services firm focused on making middle-market companies more valuable, has been recognized as a winner of the 2008 NEO Success Awards. The award was presented by Northeast Ohio’s Inside Business Magazine at an awards luncheon held March 11 at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven.

“We’re honored to be recognized in this way,” said Randy Markey, co-founder and Managing Partner of Capital Acceleration Partners. “We are proud to be considered among this great group of successful companies contributing to growth in our region.”

Since 1994, the NEO Success Awards program has recognized the region's top public, private and emerging companies by revenue and employment. The 2008 Success Award winners, representing the breadth and depth of business to Northeast Ohio's economic vitality, are featured in three categories: Public, Private and Emerging (companies that are 10 years old or younger). Founded in 2003, Capital Acceleration Partners was recognized in the Emerging category.

Cleveland-based Capital Acceleration is one of 103 businesses honored with the 2008 NEO Success Award for their ability to show consistent revenue and employment growth over the past three years. The firm serves as a strategic and operating partner for business owners and organizations focusing on effective leadership, operating execution and sustainable growth.

About Capital Acceleration Partners, LLC
Capital Acceleration Partners, LLC is an advisory services firm focused on making middle-market companies more valuable. The firm serves as a strategic and operating partner for business owners and organizations focusing on effective leadership, operating execution and sustainable growth. Founded in 2003, the firm’s specialty is to create positive, sustainable results that have a lasting economic impact, whether a business is seeking new frontiers for growth, looking to expand profit margins or is underperforming expectations. Under the direction of Co-founders and Managing Partners Randy Markey and Ron Fountain, the firm’s operating professionals have senior level leadership experience across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, value-added and materials processing and service businesses. They serve in both advisory and interim management roles to drive and support the value creation process with a hands-on approach. For more information, visit www.capitalacceleration.com.