ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedChip Companies, Inc. ("RedChip"), an international, small-cap research and financial public relations firm, today announced that Semyon Dukach, a former member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") blackjack team, will deliver a keynote presentation titled "From Blackjack to Microcaps: A Journey of Calculated Risk" during the RedChip Small-Cap Virtual Conference. Mr. Dukach will present on Thursday, Feb. 16 at noon EST.
The MIT blackjack team's card-counting exploits were detailed in the books "Busting Vegas" and "Bringing Down the House." Mr. Dukach currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of SMTP, Inc., a leading global provider of email delivery and cloud-based messaging services. SMTP delivers outbound emails for roughly ten thousand companies from more than 120 countries worldwide. Mr. Dukach holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University and an M.S. in Computer Science from MIT.
The RedChip Small-Cap Virtual Conference takes place Feb. 15-16, 2012. The conference features investment-driven presentations from the CEOs and CFOs of 13 small-cap public companies. Presentations last approximately 30 minutes and are followed by a Q&A session. Presenting companies range across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors, including oil & gas, healthcare, Internet services, mining, consumer goods and more.
To register to view the webcast presentations at their scheduled times, visit http://www.redchip.com/virtualconference. Start times are subject to change.
About RedChip Companies, Inc.
RedChip Companies is an international, small-cap research and financial public relations firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida; with affiliate offices in Beijing, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore. RedChip delivers concrete, measurable results for its clients through its extensive global network of small-cap institutional and retail investors. RedChip has developed the most comprehensive platform of products and services for small-cap companies, including: RedChip Research(TM), Traditional Investor Relations, Digital Investor Relations, Institutional and Retail Conferences, RedChip Small-Cap TV(TM), Shareholder Intelligence, Social Media and Blogging Services, Webcasts, and RedChip Radio(TM). To learn more about RedChip's products and services, please visit: http://www.redchip.com/visibility/productsandservices.asp.
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