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One on One with WTP Advisors' Kathi Mettler
Seeking a way to improve the company’s internal training methods, tax advisory consulting firm WTP Advisors has hired Kathi Mettler, a longtime Director in the International Tax Services Group at PwC, to serve as their Director of Learning and Education.
Joe Kornik | 2014-02-24 23:04:00.000
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One on One with the Corporate Strategy Institute's Dr. Sarah Layton
Dr. Sarah Layton has sort of done it all. The founder and CEO of the Corporate Strategy Institute started out as a teenage welder in her father’s company. Layton formed Corporate Strategy Institute, a boutique strategy firm, in the early 1990s after getting her doctorate in business. Ever since, she has helped companies maximize their revenue potential and growth, and bring their corporate vision to reality.
Joe Kornik | 2014-02-19 23:04:00.000
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One on One with BCG Digital Ventures' Jeff Schumacher
Today, digital expertise is not something that’s nice to have. It’s mandatory to stay competitive. The Boston Consulting Group has launched BCG Digital Ventures, with the sole purpose to partner with clients to help develop, launch, and transform their digital initiatives. The new firm is led by Jeff Schumacher, former Managing Director and Cofounder of Booz Digital.
Joe Kornik | 2014-02-09 23:04:00.000
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One on One with Nuevora's Phani Nagarjuna
All consumer-facing companies have mountains of customer data, but until recently the value proposition for all that data was left largely untapped. Phani Nagarjuna, founder and CEO of analytics consulting firm Nuevora, wants to change all that.
Joe Kornik | 2014-01-05 23:04:00.000
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One on One with Alvarez & Marsal's Tom Phleps
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail businesses are at their busiest. Alvarez & Marsal recently integrated the team from ClearLine, a boutique firm with whom they have a longstanding working relationship, to enhance their retail offering. Former ClearLine CEO and newly minted A&M Managing Director Tom Phelps sat down with to offer his insight.
Joe Kornik | 2013-12-08 23:04:00.000
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One on One with Accenture's Robert Wollan
Accenture recently conducted its ninth annual Global Consumer Pulse Survey. This year’s survey took a close look at the impact of customers switching providers, which leaves a potential $1.3 trillion in revenue on the table, essentially up for grabs to whichever company can woo them away.
Joe Kornik | 2013-11-18 23:04:00.000
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One on One with Capgemini's Makarand Teje
Global IT consulting firm Capgemini recently completed its fifth-annual World Quality Report with partner HP. This year’s report found that quality assurance (QA) and application testing account for a staggering 25 percent of all IT spending, a big shift as more organizations undergo digital transformations and rely more heavily on applications.
Joe Kornik | 2013-11-03 23:04:00.000
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One on One with Huron Consulting Group's Bob Rowe
Bob Rowe, the new lead of Huron Legal, says companies are taking a closer look at legal department spending these days, an area that until recently was mostly insulated from company-wide belt tightening measures. One particular area rife with cost-cutting opportunities is the document discovery process.
Joe Kornik | 2013-10-22 01:04:00.000
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One on One with Slalom's Brad Jackson
Of the Fortune 500, about 70 companies have been on the list every year for 50 years. The average age of these firms is 115. These firms have been built to last. What's their secret? Brad Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Slalom Consulting, suggests that the common denominator of those 70 firms is that they’ve built a culture of innovation. How they’ve managed to do that is another question, entirely.
Joe Kornik | 2013-10-10 01:04:00.000
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One on One with Deloitte Consulting's Jim Moffatt
As companies struggle with growth in the core of their business, clients ask all the time: What unleashes growth, year after year? Thanks to research and analysis, Deloitte Consulting has identified just how critical growth and market differentiation is to industry leadership. So how do you achieve it? Simple… innovation and it must be supported with meaningful investment, says Jim Moffatt, Chairman & CEO, Deloitte Consulting.
Joe Kornik | 2013-09-19 01:04:00.000