For a consulting firm, the two primary success factors will always be the quality of your clients and the quality of your people. At Larcen Consulting Group we are very fortunate to have both successful clients and a very effective consulting team. We are proud to have added a number of new clients over the past few months including Federal Express, Autodesk, Blue Shield of California and Yahoo! We also continue to work closely with our VC partners such as Walden VC, Blueprint Ventures and El Dorado Ventures. Our Merger & Acquisition practice has continued to thrive with projects such as Carat North America’s acquisition of iProspect.

In addition to these new engagements, our team is also evolving. Debbie Moates has become a Partner in LCG; Linda Gaddie has become a Principal. Both are very long-term assets in the firm and represent the standard of quality to which our organization aspires. Also, Jill Springer, a seasoned Silicon Valley HR executive, has joined our team to head up our Human Capital practice. Marcia Rubin has joined our OD team. Both Jill and Marcia represent strong consulting expertise and capability. John Peters, an experienced start-up CEO in the Valley, has joined our firm to lead our Strategy practice with a key service called “Reality Based Execution”. Our Competency Development product has been extended to many of our clients including Symmetricom, TSMC and Carat Interactive.

As evidenced by these developments, we conclude that the business environment is definitely improving. Our firm is pleased to be partnering with our clients to leverage the resulting new opportunities.