One on One with Protiviti's Cory Gunderson

Global consulting firm Protiviti has promoted Cory Gunderson to the position of Executive Vice President. Previously a managing director and leader of the firm's global financial services practice, Gunderson will now lead the firm's overall global solutions. Consulting caught up with Gunderson to talk about his new role, his goals for the firm, and some of the big challenges clients are facing around digital transformation.

Consulting: What's been keeping you busiest in your new role?

Gunderson: Well busiest may be a relative term, but we've had a smooth transition over the last several months, so we've been going through the planning process for 2018 and getting ready for this year. For me, my prior role was leader of the global financial service practice, which is a big part of the firm, so I knew a large chunk of the firm pretty well. We're a people business no matter how you look at it. Our own people, in terms of the firm, employees and managing directors, but also the clients. So what I'm spending most of my time on is the people side, getting to better know colleagues who I may not have had to interact with as much in the past and also understanding and looking at our clients and their needs, what the market is demanding, how it's evolving, and using those things to set the North Star of where we're going and help our firm succeed and help our employees have meaningful careers.