MENLO PARK, Calif.,
Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Ron Lefferts has joined consulting firm Protiviti as a
managing director and global leader of its Technology Consulting
practice. Based in Protiviti's New
York office, he oversees the firm's technology offerings and
capabilities that serve to protect and enhance clients' business
value. Lefferts, who brings a wealth of knowledge in technology,
helps CIOs and IT leaders drive performance by designing and
implementing advanced solutions in IT governance, infrastructure,
cloud, security, data management, applications and compliance.
Lefferts comes to Protiviti from IBM Global Business Services,
where he held several leadership roles during his 11-year tenure at
IBM, including managing partner for the financial services sector
in North America and managing
partner for the financial services sector in the company's Greater
China Group, and was a member of IBM's Industry Academy. In these
roles, Lefferts built a strong record for strategy, operations and
management by leading strategic client relationships and running
major client transformation initiatives for some of the world's
largest financial services institutions.
Prior to this, Lefferts served as director of Technology
Strategy and Architecture for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth
Management. Previously in his career, Lefferts was a strategy,
operations and technology consultant for a Big Four accounting
firm.
"Technology is driving the future across all industries and
sectors, so we're constantly updating the capabilities we're
bringing to our clients with new, innovative technologies and the
most meaningful ways to deploy them in their business," said
Cory Gunderson, executive vice
president of global solutions, Protiviti. "We want our services to
help our clients feel empowered and confident about their company's
future, which is one reason why we're thrilled to have an
innovative and best-in-class expert like Ron join our team to
further this mission. His experience helping some of the world's
largest companies in their transformation initiatives through
technology adoption and vendor relationships is remarkably
well-suited to our clients across all industries and to our
team."
Lefferts earned his MBA at Drexel
University and his bachelor's degree at the University of Delaware. He also serves on the board
of directors of the Borough of Manhattan
Community College Foundation.
To further enable the firm's ability to deliver world-class,
flexible resource solutions to its clients, Kurt Underwood, a managing director in
Protiviti's Technology Consulting practice, takes on a newly
created leadership role as Protiviti's global leader of Managed
Technology Solutions – a joint offering with Robert Half, the parent company of
Protiviti.
About Protiviti
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a
global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective
insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to
help leaders confidently face the future. Through its network of
more than 75 offices in over 20 countries, Protiviti and its
independently owned Member Firms provide clients with consulting
solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics,
governance, risk and internal audit.
Named to the 2018 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work
For® list, Protiviti has served more than 60 percent
of Fortune 1000® and 35 percent
of Fortune Global 500® companies.
The firm also works with smaller, growing companies, including
those looking to go public, as well as with government agencies.
Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert
Half (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half is a
member of the S&P 500 index.
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public
accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements
or offer attestation services.
All marks mentioned are the property of their respective
owners.
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