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One on One One on One with M Squared's John Kunzweiler The days of a career in consulting requiring a lengthy commitment under an executive pecking order are over. Nowadays, seasoned veterans of the profession looking to take the steering wheel on their career path are opting to strike out on their own, eschewing the convenient infrastructure put in place for them at larger firms in favor of a self-driven model. M Squared is one of the companies at the forefront of this contingent workforce trend.

Joe Kornik | 2013-06-11 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with Avasant's Kevin Parikh Avasant Senior Partner and Global CEO Kevin Parikh has billions of dollars of deals in outsourcing and business transactions under his belt in his career. Avasant works with governments and Fortune 500 companies to not only source skilled workers, but to optimize technology in a way that saves them money and time. Avasant is seeing some pretty impressive growth.

Joe Kornik | 2013-06-01 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with UHY Advisors' Sam Aziz Sam Aziz has been brought on as a Manager at the UHY Advisors' Atlanta-based Southeast office, with the goal to assist in beefing up its Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Practice.

Joe Kornik | 2013-05-23 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with Booz Allen Hamilton's Reggie Van Lee Booz Allen Hamilton has re-entered the commercial business with a renewed focus in the areas of energy, health and financial services. Booz Allen has tapped Executive Vice President Reggie Van Lee to head up the practice.

Joe Kornik | 2013-05-08 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with FTI's Jackson Dunn As the regulatory climate in Washington becomes more stringent, actions taken by lawmakers can now more than ever have far-reaching consequences on businesses’ future plans. Sensing the increased need for experts, FTI Consulting has acquired C2 Group, a bipartisan government relations lobbying firm, to help clients gain insight into the motivations of policy elites. Jackson Dunn, FTI’s head of public affairs, expects more firms to offer lobbying services down the line.

Joe Kornik | 2013-04-25 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with A.T. Kearney's Daniel Mahler Daniel Mahler was recently appointed as A.T. Kearney’s Americas Lead. Mahler says the firm has kicked off a major three-year growth initiative, which if successful, could “close to double” the size of the Americas practice over the next six years.

Joe Kornik | 2013-04-11 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with The Growth Strategy Company's CEO Wayne Simmons Wayne Simmons and Keary Crawford are passionate about entrepreneurship, and helping small companies realize their growth goals. To that end, they started…

Joe Kornik | 2013-03-26 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with ACME Business Consulting's David Ehlen Having joined ACME Business Consulting just over a year ago from Deloitte, David Ehlen has already made a name for himself at the Portland- and Seattle-based firm, putting his extensive M&A experience to use at the helm of ACME’s new Transaction Service practice.

Joe Kornik | 2013-03-13 01:04:00.000

One on One One on One with Grant Thornton's Steve Lukens When Steve Lukens joined Grant Thornton from IBM a few years ago as its advisory services lead, his mission was to identify a roadmap to build out the firm’s advisory practice. His efforts paid off, as last year the firm saw 14.5 percent growth in its advisory practice.

Joe Kornik | 2013-02-25 23:04:00.000

One on One One on One With PeopleFirm's Tamra Chandler Annual performance reviews are a time-honored tradition within consulting firms of all sizes, but innovations like crowdsourcing and social media are rapidly making the standard supervisor-employee model of performance reviews obsolete. Tamra Chandler, CEO of talent and change management consulting firm PeopleFirm says the old way of doing things is changing and that some companies are already ahead of the curve.

Joe Kornik | 2013-02-10 23:04:00.000