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North Highland Manager Edward Lloyd-Evans in Africa with World Health Organization’s APOC

August 25, 2010 – Edward Lloyd-Evans, a manager with North Highland and native of Africa, is on leave to work with The World Health Organization’s APOC team to help eradicate river blindness in Burkina Faso.

North Highland Sponsors Yale CEO Summit Held at NYSE; Attendees Ring Opening Bell

June 9, 2010 - The New York Stock Exchange was the site of the Yale CEO Summit, sponsored by North Highland consulting. North Highland CEO Dan Reardon was among attendees who celebrated by ringing the NYSE’s opening bell.

North Highland Offers Workforce Solutions for Nurses

June 8, 2010 - North Highland consultant and former nursing director Karla Schnell offers solutions to increase satisfaction and relieve shortages in the nursing industry.

North Highland VP Tim Gunter Interviewed at The Network Grid 2010 Conference

June 5, 2010 - North Highland VP Tim Gunter, leader of the firm’s Energy & Utilities practice, was interviewed at The Network Grid 2010 Conference, where he spoke about trends in Smart Grid technology and ideas from some forward-thinking companies.

North Highland’s Carlos Figueroa Named One of Industry’s Top 25 Consultants

May 21, 2010 - Consulting Magazine has named North Highland Principal Carlos Figueroa one of its Top 25 Consultants of 2010. Figueroa was singled out for excellence in the public sector.

North Highland Weighs in on Healthcare Reform

January 31, 2010 - North Highland’s Fletcher Lance and Mark Cianciolo are among healthcare experts offering perspective on upcoming reform.

North Highland Takes 4th Place in International Award for Best Places to Work

December 14, 2009 - In 2009, for the third year in a row, Consulting Magazine has ranked North Highland as one of the top four, among the world’s leading consulting firms, on its list of Best Firms to Work For. Nearly 10,000 employees representing 236 consulting firms participated in the survey. North Highland was 1st in leadership, tied for 1st in consultants’ perception that their work has a positive impact on clients, and tied for 2nd in perception that work meets clients’ needs.

North Highland’s Kristen Vennum Named One of Industry’s Future Leaders

November 24, 2009 - Consulting Magazine has named North Highland Vice President Kristen Vennum one of its Women Leaders in Consulting of 2009. Vennum was recognized with the Future Leader Award.

North Highland Recruits Top-Level Advisors to Health Care Team

October 28, 2009 - North Highland consulting has added three nationally recognized policy and subject matter experts to its healthcare practice: Mark Cianciolo, Matt Kern and Karla Schnell.

North Highland Advises on Reduction of Healthcare Admin Costs

September 11, 2009 - North Highland healthcare practice leader Fletcher Lance discusses the benefits of "frictionless healthcare", a system he developed to reduce healthcare admin costs.

North Highland Changes the Model for Consulting – Clients & Communities Benefit

June 26, 2009 - Fletcher Lance, healthcare practice leader for consulting firm North Highland, explains the benefits for clients and communities of North Highland’s focus on keeping its consultants living and working where its clients do.

Is your business ready for a pandemic event?

March 28, 2009 - The Centers for Disease Control recorded the first onset of swine influenza A, H1N1 in a human. Just one month later, 10 geographically dispersed U.S. states, Mexico and seven European countries had confirmed cases of the same viral infection, and the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded its pandemic alert to stage 5, just below the stage 6 level that characterizes a full-fledged pandemic.

North Highland WINS Global Award: Best Firms to Work For 2008

September 10, 2008 - North Highland was honored with Consulting Magazine's Best Firms to Work For 2008 Award, placing third among the world's leading consulting companies. The competition included 205 firms.

North Highland: A Remarkable Consulting Firm Built on a Culture of Ownership

May 2008 - North Highland and its highly successful program of employee ownership are profiled in the e-zine of the Beyer Institute, part of the Rady School of Management at the University of California. The Beyster Institute is dedicated to integrating employee ownership and entrepreneurship as a way to build high-performing enterprises and improve corporate performance.

North Highland Chairman Dave Peterson is Featured as a Business Leader

April 13, 2008 - North Highland's chairman and founder, Dave Peterson, is the featured guest on "Georgia Business", a Georgia Public Broadcasting show that profiles the state's business leaders.

North Highland’s Carlos Figueroa Among Industry’s Top 25 Consultants

ATLANTA, June 9, 2010 – North Highland announced today that Carlos Figueroa, principal at the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, has been chosen by Consulting magazine as one of its Top 25 Consultants 2010. Figueroa is a change management and human capital consultant with over 20 years of experience. He is accomplished in helping private and public sector organizations accomplish restructuring and merger and acquisition integrations with sensitivity to human behavioral needs. He also specializes in the identification, integration and launch of information technology spanning multiple locations. Figueroa will be honored at the magazine’s Top 25 Awards Dinner on June 17 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York.

North Highland’s Peter Herbert Joins Fulton Education Foundation Board of Directors

ATLANTA, June 8, 2010 – North Highland announced today that Peter Herbert, principal at its Atlanta office, has been named to the board of directors of the Fulton Education Foundation (FEF). In this role, Herbert will join other Fulton County education and business leaders in providing strategic guidance and oversight to the organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the Fulton County School System.

North Highland Executive Named to Theatrical Outfit Board of Directors

ATLANTA, June 3, 2010 – North Highland has announced that Matt Kern, a principal at its Atlanta office and national lead of the firm’s Health Plan Practice, has been named to the board of directors of Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta’s third oldest professional theater company.

North Highland Names Five to Vice President Positions

ATLANTA, May 7, 2010 – North Highland has announced the appointment of five to vice president positions as the global consulting firm continues to expand both domestically and internationally. Currently, North Highland has 45 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

North Highland Promotes Two to Co-President Positions

ATLANTA, May 6, 2010 – North Highland has announced that former executive vice presidents David Deiters and Michael Lee have been appointed as co-presidents over the global consulting firm. The promotions will help to support North Highland’s continued growth both domestically and internationally.

North Highland Gets Blood Flowing for Red Cross

ATLANTA, February 2, 2010 - When someone is injured and in need of blood, most people just take for granted that the needed supply will be available. But some organization — in most cases, The American Red Cross — is responsible for making sure public donations keep pace with demand.

Former U.S. Representative Christopher Shays Joins North Highland Board of Directors

ATLANTA, June 4, 2009 - North Highland, a global management and technology consulting firm, today announced a high profile addition to its board of directors with the appointment of Christopher Shays, widely respected former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shays, a Connecticut representative from 1987 to 2008, gained recognition for his bipartisan work and leadership positions on issues ranging from finance and health care to energy and national security.

North Highland Named One of the "Best Places to Work in New Jersey 2009"

Trenton, NJ - April 27, 2009 - North Highland, a global management and technology consulting firm with 18 North American offices, including offices in Trenton, New York and Philadelphia, has been named one of the Best Places to Work in New Jersey. North Highland placed 9th among all medium-sized organizations in the annual recognition conducted by Best Companies Group.

North Highland Company Opens In Los Angeles 17th Office Establishes Coast-To-Coast Capability

August 19, 2008 - The North Highland Company, an independent management and technology consulting services provider, has opened in Los Angeles, marking its seventeenth U.S. office.

Charlotte's Business Leaders, along with Al Gore's Climate Project, Assemble to Discuss Corporate Social Responsibility for the Environment

August 19, 2008 - The increasing societal pressure to protect the environment and fight global warming has become a premier focus for Charlotte's corporate leaders. As such, a special presentation and panelist discussion on corporate sustainability initiatives will be conducted with many of Charlotte's leading organizations to discuss the current moral, social and governmental demands that are facing the business community today. The program will include a special presentation from The Climate Project, a non-profit public awareness organization created by former Vice President Al Gore.

International Management Consulting Summit Held In Atlanta, Georgia

May 10, 2008 - Atlanta will be the site of a summit of some of the international management consulting world's foremost executives. The CEOs and Managing Partners of Highland Worldwide, an international partnership of premier management consulting firms, will hold their bi-annual business summit in the headquarters city of U.S. member North Highland. The summit is a forum for the executives from members Bonfiglioli Consulting, Horvath & Partners, North Highland, Oresys, Qedis and Twynstra Gudde to discuss strategies to better serve the global needs of major businesses while maintaining local practices critical to international business success.

North Highland Company Names Roger Terrell Chief Information Officer/Vice President of Information Services

May 6, 2008 - Roger Terrell has been named Chief Information Officer and VP of Information Services for North Highland Company. Terrell is a seasoned IT professional who most recently served as Vice President -Technology at ChoicePoint (Alpharetta, GA). Prior to that, he was Senior Consultant, Systems Architecture and Integration with Perot Systems in Atlanta and Los Angeles. A native of Ohio, he currently resides in Alpharetta, Georgia.

North Highland Manager Michael Hatfield Helps Change Children's Lives

March 28, 2008 - Michael Hatfield was born with a severe facial deformity. Hatfield's life was transformed after receiving life-changing corrective surgeries. The tedious multi-step surgical process that began at age one and concluded when Michael was 19 was performed by renowned surgeon Dr. Kenneth Salyer, Chairman of the World Craniofacial Foundation (WCF), an organization dedicated to helping children with craniofacial abnormalities gain access to life-changing medical procedures.

2008

North Highland Names Martin A. Lupinetti Principal

May 1, 2008

Martin Lupinetti has been named Principal by the Philadelphia-area office of the North Highland Company. His expertise is in IT management consulting, which encompasses managing large integration projects, project and program management consulting, process improvement and change management, focusing on public sector, financial services and manufacturing industries.
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North Highland Promotes Noel Hedgecock to Principal

May 1, 2008

The North Highland Company, recently named Noel Hedgecock as Principal. Hedgecock's expertise is in managing high profile strategic initiatives as well as large-scale systems integration projects across a variety of retail, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical and financial services clients.
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North Highland Names Michael Kutner Principal

March 17, 2008

Michael Kutner has been named Principal by the Philadelphia-area office of the North Highland Company. His expertise is in Business Improvement Programs, such as Lean and Six Sigma, which encompasses deploying sustainable process-excellence and voice-of-the-customer-based initiatives that improve top- and bottom line business performance.
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North Highland Names Matt Chappell Manager

March 17, 2008

Matt Chappell has been named Manager by the Philadelphia-area office of the North Highland Company. He specializes in Change Management, Systems Integration, and Customer Interaction Solutions.
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Audrey Jaffe Joins Philadelphia Office Of North Highland

March 17, 2008

The North Highland Company has announced that Audrey Jaffe has joined the Philadelphia office as Senior Management Consultant, where she specializes in process change and organizational transformation, supporting clients in planning, facilitation, analysis, design, and management.
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Charles Beaverson Joins Philadelphia Office Of The North Highland Company

March 17, 2008

The North Highland Company has announced that Charles "Chip" Beaverson has joined the company's Philadelphia office as Vice President, where he specializes in performance management/enhancement, finance transformation/operations, supply chain/procurement, and related technology application.
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2007

Changing the Way You Think About Consulting

September 26, 2007

Award Honors World's Best Consulting Companies
The Charlotte office for North Highland Company reports that they were honored with Consulting Magazine's Best Firms to Work for 2007 Award, placing fourth in the Top Ten among the world's leading consulting companies.
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North Highland Company Names New Vice President

May 2, 2007

Rob Szumowski was promoted to Vice President of North Highland's Tallahassee office. Prior to joining North Highland, Szumowski led the growth of government services for Bearing Point and Unisys.
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North Highland Company Enables Disadvantaged Children to Express Themselves Through Photography

May 1, 2007

The Denver office of North Highland sponsored an exhibit of photographs, taken by children involved in a program at the Sunshine Peak Academy, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP is a national charter school program, recognized for helping economically disadvantaged students get into top tier college programs.
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