Reston, VA, August 22, 2013 –
Author June R. Jewell, CPA, recently announced that her e-book, Find The Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering and Environmental Firms, won a Silver Award in the Business Non-Fiction category for Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Award.
“I am honored to receive this award and thrilled that my book is adding value to hundreds of business people. This is an important topic and it is exciting to be recognized with a Silver medal.” — June R. Jewell, Author, CPA, and Profitability Expert
After working in the Architecture & Engineering (A&E) industry for over 28 years, Jewell has learned how to uncover thousands of dollars of wasted expenses and hidden revenues. In the book, she explains how to eliminate time consuming, ineffective business processes to leverage people, resources, and technology and increase profitability.
Jewell describes the challenges that business leaders face, shares business management best practices, and reveals a six-step process that promises to help a firm find those lost dollars.
The book has received positive reviews from top industry experts including Frank Stasiowski, Founder and CEO of PSMJ Resources, Inc. and Ron Worth, President & CEO of Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS).
“Find the Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms describes the fundamental business parameters affecting the building design industry. Executives who have the vision to train their future business leaders before they put them into responsible positions, or as they place them into leadership roles, should make this book a must read for those ascending in their firm.” – Mark C. Zweig, Founder and CEO ZweigWhite.
About June R. Jewell
Jewell was the President & CEO of Acuity Business Solutions, a Deltek Premier Partner headquartered in Reston, Virginia. In addition to being an author, she also writes a popular business blog, as well as contributes to many other blogs, business publications, and media. She is a frequent speaker at industry-focused events including ACEC, AIA, SMPS, NVTC, ZweigWhite, PSMJ, Design & Construction Network (DCN), as well as, MRA, CREW and Deltek Insight.
To learn more about Jewell or her award winning book, Find The Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering and Environmental Firms, visit her website at www.FindTheLostDollars.com, and connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Managing credentials for licensed professionals of the built environment, calls attention to “lost dollars” that include unearned billable project fees utilizing “status quo” methods. June Jewell clearly defines how lost dollars are affected by a Cumbersome Proposal Process, an Inefficient and Non-integrated System with Multiple Silos of Redundant Data noted in Chapters 1, 2 and 11 of “Finding the Lost Dollars”. June is an accomplished business owner, leader and successful entrepreneur who describes important issues along with solutions for effective and successful practice management within the A/E/C industry. Be sure to gain access to a copy of her book “Finding the Lost Dollars”, you will not be disappointed.