Mr. George Gendron (R) Editor of Inc. 500 Magazine, presents award plaque to Kevin Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Sterling Management Systems. Sterling Management Systems was among the fastest growing private companies honored at the INC. 500 conference in Raleigh, NC. "Sterling Management Systems, an executive training and hands-on consulting company in Glendale, CA, grew 4084 percent in five years," said Kevin Wilson, Chairman of the Board. "Our success is based on a strong client focus and the use of the brilliant, new management technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, one of the most influential authors and humanitarians of all time." INC. Magazine, which sponsored the conference, ranks the top five hundred privately held companies based on a percentage increase in sales over a five-year period. To qualify, a company's sales must have been no less than $100,000 and no more than $25 million. The INC. 500 conference in Raleigh was co-sponsored by AT&T and Coopers and Lybrand. Featured speakers at the conference included Debbie Fields, president for Mrs. Fields Cookies, and Phillipe Kahn, Chief Executive Officer of Borland International.