The 2019 Best Firms to Work For: Attain

Baroni says morale is high and that Attain provides the culture and collaborative work environment that fosters invent the future creativity, encourages bold perseverance, and values a commitment to excellence—producing the best results for clients and a rewarding work environment for team members. 

"We like to say that Attain is a place for great ideas and the people who have them, and our team members embrace and live every day by the core values that make that true," he says "Our employees are committed to excellence and encouraged to think outside of the box, leveraging leading technologies and approaches to help clients solve their most pressing challenges."

He says the firm prides itself on fostering a culture of growth that rewards risk-taking and encourages Team Attain members to advance in their careers. "At Attain, we are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining top consulting talent to continue delivering the best transformational services and solutions to our clients," he says. "Our people are our greatest asset and the driving force behind Attain's success."

Baroni says a lot has changed since the paperwork was filed to create Attain on January 14, 2009 and the firm became fully operational on August 28, 2009. From seven employees in a temporary office location to over 750 employees in 40 states plus the District of Columbia, Attain has grown from a start-up into an elite consulting firm, bringing transformation to more than 500 clients to date.  

"Though Attain has evolved as it's grown, one important constant remains the same and sets us apart from other consulting firms—Attain is a built-to-last, next-generation, values-driven company," he says. "We were founded on these three, core principles that drive our mission—and today, 10 years later, they remain the cornerstone of our business."

As far as specific market opportunities, in 2019 Baroni says Attain will continue to focus on bold, innovative areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation, "and will extend our capabilities through Attain's ecosystem of strategic alliance partners."

What's the top priority over the next 12 months?

Baroni: Guided by our core principles, we continue to lead change and help our clients invent the future by thinking outside the box and imagining the impossible. In the next decade, consultancies as we know them today will fundamentally change. Every dimension of the business will undergo radical disruption, followed by renewal. It is a pretty big opportunity and Attain is poised to take advantage of it, so our focus over the next 12 months will be to double-down on delivering on our vision of the future, continuing to invest in disruptive business models focused on outcomes, assetizing our business changing our operational infrastructure to embrace more rapid market penetration, delivery solutions, and the client experience.