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Shelly R. Rounds, entrepreneur and CEO has built a premier multi-million dollar technology business bootstrapped from an idea. With extensive experience in business management and marketing, uptimeLV has become one of the go-to experts in the Las Vegas tech service and consulting community. Her drive and dedication has enabled uptimeLV to establish customer service and an excellence in technology as the cornerstone of this growing business. She continues to re-invent the company, which has resulted in a 200% revenue growth and profitability. Rounds saw an opportunity to be a catalyst in the Las Vegas market by elevating technology services commensurate with any metro area in the nation. As chief executive, Rounds is responsible for overseeing all critical aspects of this flourishing business. Her drive for success and results has shaped uptimeLV into one of Nevada's foremost information technology consulting firms in the last five years. The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce honored Ms. Rounds as the Innovative Business of the Year for 2006. Rounds earned her Bachelor of Science degree from California State University in 1987, and is currently obtaining her MBA from Regis University. She is also a 2006 graduate of Leadership Las Vegas, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. In Business recently named Rounds the most influential woman in the local technology field and Ms. Rounds was also a Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007. An advocate of the community, Rounds is a member of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and Women in Technology International (WITI). She recently accepted a board member position for the Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN), the state's largest trade association representing the high-tech industry | 