CEO Bluemling Named 2009 Outstanding Entrepreneur by His Alma Mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

INDIANA, PA, July 14, 2009 -- David G. Bluemling, a 1985 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the CEO of Malin Bergquist, has been selected as the 2009 Outstanding Entrepreneur by IUP’s Eberly College of Business and Information Technology.

Malin Bergquist -- a Pittsburgh Business Times top-20 certified public accounting firm -- has 125 employees in offices in Pittsburgh, Erie and Greensburg.

The Eberly Outstanding Entrepreneur award is presented to an IUP graduate who demonstrates success in creating and leading an entrepreneurial venture to a high level of achievement. Selections for the award are made each year by the Eberly College Alumni Awards Committee.

Bluemling was recognized during the 19th annual IUP Business Golf Classic, benefiting a scholarship endowment fund for IUP students, on July 13 at Longue Vue Club in Verona.

In 2004, Bluemling was honored as a Pittsburgh Business Times “Fast Tracker,” one of 50 Pittsburgh area professionals under the age of 45 who have made significant contributions in business and the community. He was the only CPA firm managing partner selected for the honor that year. He has also been featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and is an annual presenter at the Pittsburgh Business Times’ “100 Fastest Growing Companies” event.

Since 2001, Bluemling has presided over three Malin Bergquist mergers, quadrupling the firm’s size. He also helped to develop the firm’s first strategic plan to leverage its differentiating strengths.

Bluemling is a board director of CPAmerica International, the world’s sixth largest association of independent CPA firms. He was responsible for bringing the organization’s annual accounting and auditing conference to Pittsburgh in 2008 in celebration of the city’s 250th birthday.

He is immediate past chair of the Baierl Family YMCA and is a board member of YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer, which raises more than $100,000 for programs for the disabled. He also is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh.

He and his wife Sheila are the parents of three sons.