CRA International Announces Changes To Its Board Of Directors.Thomas S. Robertson, Dean of the Wharton School, Joins The Board Basil L. Anderson Announces Plans To Step Down From The Board In January 2010 BOSTON -- CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAI CRAI Centre De Recherche En Architecture Et Ingénierie (French) CRAI Continuous Regional Arterial Infusion CRAI Consorzio per la Ricerca e le Ipplicazioni di Informatica (Italy) ), a worldwide leader in providing management, economic and financial consulting services, today announced that Thomas S. Robertson has been appointed to CRA's Board of Directors. Dr. Robertson will serve on the Company's Audit Committee. In addition, Basil L. Anderson has informed the Company of his plans to step down from CRA's Board of Directors as of January 31, 2010, in order to focus on other commitments. "We are pleased to welcome Tom Robertson For information about the 19th century playwright, see Thomas William Robertson Tom Robertson (Born 1873, died circa 1939) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a as an independent director to CRA's board," said James C. Burrows, CRA's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Tom is not only a highly regarded leader of business education, but he also has been a top marketing strategist to some of the world's most influential brands. CRA will benefit from his academic perspectives, as well as his management and marketing expertise." "On behalf of our Board of Directors, I would like to thank Basil Anderson for the leadership and valuable counsel he has provided to CRA," said Rowland T. Moriarty, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CRA International. "Basil served on our board in a variety of capacities during the past five years. CRA has benefited greatly from his sound and pragmatic advice, and we look forward to continuing to work with him until early 2010." Dr. Robertson is an accomplished academic leader and a seasoned business school administrator who has long been a champion of international and interdisciplinary business education. In 2007, he was named Dean of the Wharton School and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . He was a member of the Wharton faculty from 1971 to 1994. During that time, he chaired the Marketing Department and served as associate dean for executive education. Since returning to Wharton as Dean, his focus has been to expand the school's global footprint while advancing Wharton as a force for social and economic good. Previously, Dr. Robertson was Dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School Goizueta Business School (pronounced goy-swet-ah) is the business school of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is named after Roberto Goizueta, a former president of The Coca-Cola Company. where he is widely credited with positioning it as a leading international business school. Before joining Emory, he was Sainsbury Professor, Chair of Marketing, and Deputy Dean of the London Business School Around 800 degree students, from 70 countries, graduate from the school each year. Over 80 percent of students, and over 70 percent of faculty, come from outside the UK. A further 6,000 executives attend the school executive education programmes each year. . In addition, Dr. Robertson is an expert on marketing strategy and competitive behavior. He has served as a marketing strategy consultant to many international companies, including AT&T, British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Merck, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, and Roche Laboratories. Dr. Robertson is author, co-author, or editor of a dozen books and nearly 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. He has won numerous awards for his scholarship and has lectured widely around the world. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in marketing from Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. and a B.A. from Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). . About CRA International Founded in 1965, CRA International is a leading global consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that offers economic, financial and business management expertise to major law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
rigor mor´tis the stiffening of a dead body accompanying depletion of adenosine triphosphate in the muscle fibers. with practical experience and in-depth understanding of industries and markets. CRA is adept at handling critical, tough assignments with high-stakes outcomes. CRA's analytical strength enables it to reach objective, factual conclusions that help clients make important business and policy decisions and resolve critical disputes. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Detailed information about CRA is available at http://www.crai.com. Statements in this press release using the terms "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "should," or similar expressions, are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain and actual performance and results may differ materially due to many important factors. Such factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by the Company include, among others, the Company's restructuring costs and attributable annual cost savings, changes in the Company's effective tax rate, share dilution from the Company's convertible debt offering and stock-based compensation, dependence on key personnel, attracting and retaining qualified consultants, dependence on outside experts, utilization rates, factors related to its acquisitions, including integration of personnel, clients, offices, and unanticipated expenses and liabilities, the risk of impairment write downs to the Company's intangible assets, including goodwill, if the Company's enterprise value declines below certain levels, risks associated with acquisitions it may make in the future, risks inherent in international operations, the performance of NeuCo, changes in accounting standards, rules and regulations, changes in the law that affect its practice areas, management of new offices, the potential loss of clients, the ability of customers to terminate the Company's engagements on short notice, dependence on the growth of the Company's business consulting practice, the unpredictable nature of litigation-related projects, the ability of the Company to integrate successfully new consultants into its practice, general economic conditions, intense competition, risks inherent in litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , and professional liability. Further information on these and other potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. |
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