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MaloneBailey Announces Former PCAOB Inspections Specialist Joins the Firm

Contact: Caroline Rosen 
crosen@malonebailey.com
713.343.4286

Houston, TX, February 21, 2011 – Houston-based accounting firm, MaloneBailey, LLP, announced today that Allan Dulany, CPA has joined the firm as an Audit Partner. Dulany’s primary role will be to oversee quality control and service SEC clients of the firm.

Dulany joins MaloneBailey from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), where he served as an Inspections Specialist and worked primarily on the inspections of large domestic and international accounting firms. Dulany brings nearly fifteen years of public accounting experience with both SEC and private companies. In addition to having international and multinational accounting experience, Dulany also has significant oil & gas and chemical industry experience.

MaloneBailey is in elite company as one of only nine firms in the world that requires an annual inspection by the PCAOB; all other firms are inspected every three years. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the PCAOB to conduct annual inspections for firms that regularly provide audit reports for more than 100 issuers. MaloneBailey is a market leader in the delivery of SEC audit services to small and mid-cap publicly traded clients, with over 130 registrants, the largest number of SEC clients audited by a non-national firm.

"Allan’s role reinforces our commitment to quality financial reporting and auditing. As a firm with a specialty niche SEC practice, regulation, audit quality, and public trust, all of which will be a focus for Allan, are concepts and qualities that are fundamental to the way in which we operate. On behalf of our team, I welcome Allan to MaloneBailey,” said Wesley Middleton, CPA, Managing Partner, MaloneBailey, LLP.

Dulany began his CPA career at Ernst & Young, but spent the majority of his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He has provided assurance and attestation services for a variety of public and private companies mainly in the oil & gas industry. While at PwC, he completed a two year tour in Angola, Africa, serving as the Angola office champion for various areas such as audit quality, risk management, oil & gas and US GAAP.

Dulany is a Texas CPA and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston. Dulany is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and is a University of Houston Alumni Association lifetime member.

About MaloneBailey, LLP

MaloneBailey, LLP is a mid-market, global, public accounting firm that delivers audit and tax services to public and private companies. The firm is a market leader in the delivery of SEC audit services to small and mid-cap publicly traded clients, with over 130 registrants. For more information about MaloneBailey, LLP, visit www.malonebailey.com.