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CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - June 27, 2008) - MorrisAnderson is pleased to
announce that Aaron Gillum has joined MorrisAnderson's Chicago office as a
consultant. "Aaron will be a great asset to our firm," says Howard
Korenthal, principal. "He is very bright and, in a few short years, has
garnered an impressive amount of financial, management and turnaround
experience. Within a couple days of being hired, we had Aaron on a plane
going to help on various client projects." Adds Korenthal, "As we continue
to expand our offices nationwide, we are always on the lookout for young,
bright consultants like Aaron."
Aaron Gillum is a finance and strategic management professional with
experience in manufacturing, telecommunications, government, health care
and financial services.
Before joining MorrisAnderson, he was a senior associate and later a
manager with Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. While there, he
managed a $100 million program for a national cable company to achieve a
four-year savings of $42 million. He also developed an operational strategy
for a regional health system to stabilize and grow market share, and
redesigned a financial services spin-off company to create efficient
staffing models and define common processes.
As an e-procurement specialist with Covisint, Gillum led an online auction
account for a major automobile manufacturing company, resulting in a
projected savings of more than $100 million. He has worked alongside many
automotive suppliers and buyers to enhance their procurement departments
and increase savings.
A graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree with
honors in economics and public policy, Gillum earned a MBA from the
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the
Turnaround Management Association and is conversant in Spanish.
More about MorrisAnderson:
Chicago-based MorrisAnderson has offices in New York, Atlanta, Milwaukee,
Los Angeles, Cleveland, Nashville and St. Louis. The firm's service offerings include
performance improvement, financial advisory, investment banking, interim
management, lender services, turnarounds, workouts, litigation support,
valuation, information technology services, and insolvency services and
wind-downs. MorrisAnderson emphasizes hands-on involvement for companies
with $20 million to $200 million in annual sales. Now celebrating its 27th
anniversary, the firm recently merged with Centre Health Partners, a
management consulting firm specializing in financial and operational
performance improvement services for the health-care industry.
MorrisAnderson's new health-care division is based in Nashville, Tenn.
