IMPACT Executive Placement focuses on the Battery and Fuel Cell Industries, offering many value-added services to a highly targeted customer base. It has formed a strategic relationship with two other recruiting firms: Lakeshore Staffing of Chicago, named the 6th fastest growing small company in the US by INC Magazine in October 2000, and Silicon Valley Staffing Group of Oakland, CA the 27th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley.

Arnie Allen is the principal of Impact Executive Placement with the following outstanding credentials:

      *  U.S. Naval Academy - BS(EE)

      * U.S. Navy - 12 years on Nuclear Submarines - 17 years Naval Reserves

      * Owner Battery Distributor - small format (value added), SLI, Stationary and
         Industrial

      * Director Sales and Marketing - Optima Batteries

      * VP Sales and Marketing - Bolder Technologies Corp.