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Ceres Technology Advisors is pleased to announce that it provided corporate finance and business development services to J.P. Sercel Associates Inc. on its sale to IPG Photonics Corporation.

Ceres Technology Advisors is pleased to announce that it provided corporate finance and product marketing services to AF Optical, Inc. on the divestiture of its OPTOFORM product line to Edmund Optics Inc., a global market leader in optics, imaging, and photonics technology.

The American Society of Appraisers awarded Linda Smith its Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Business Valuation designation.

Ceres Technology Advisors, a corporate finance advisory firm focusing on photonics businesses, is proud to announce the recent election of Linda Smith, Founder and President of Ceres, to SPIE Senior Member.

Ceres Technology Advisors, a business specializing in Investment Banking, Merger and Acquisition Advisory and Business Valuation services, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

Ceres Technology Advisors is pleased to announce that it has advised Photonic Instruments, Inc. (St. Charles, IL) and Imaginative Optics, Inc. (Gloucester, MA) on their sale to Andor Technology plc (LSE: AND), a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions, and microscopy systems.

Linda Smith, has been appointed Vice President of Business Development by Sunstone BioSciences, Inc.. In this entrepreneur-in-residence position, she will serve as a member of the executive team that sets the company’s long term strategic direction and will spearhead business development.  Linda will develop and manage strategic customer and channel partnerships for the purpose of integrating the SunstonesTM Nanoparticle platform in medical daignostics, security and authentication, solar cell, and solid state lighting products.  She will identify and develop commercial and government grant opportunities.

Ernst & Young LLP is proud to announce the winners of the first annual Ernst & Young Winning Women program, designed to foster informative relationships, build networks and provide growth opportunities and support to women-owned businesses and women in business. This new competition merges Ernst & Young’s long-standing support of entrepreneurs worldwide with the firm’s efforts around women’s advancement.

Linda Smith, founder of Ceres and Peloton Diagnostics Corporation, has been selected to participate in the inauguration of Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum 2008, November 12-16, 2008 in Palm Springs, California. As one of five aspiring women entrepreneurs, alumnae of Babson College, she was selected by an independent panel of judges to attend the Forum, complements of Ernst & Young.