One on One with MorganFranklin Consulting CEO C.E. Andrews

It's been an active two years since C.E. Andrews took the reins as CEO of MorganFranklin Consulting. The company started its employee-ownership program in earnest and has tirelessly worked to attract and retain a talented and diverse team. It also continues to punch above its weight class, often surprising clients with the size and complexity of engagements it successfully completes given its size. Over the last 12 months the company has notched 170 percent growth in its emerging company/growth space, largely on the strength of its IPO Readiness business. Consulting sat down with Andrews to bring us up to speed with the direction the firm is heading.

Consulting: What have you been concentrating on so far as CEO?

Andrews: We've done a number of things that are all directionally positive and accretive to the long-term growth and development of our firm. We've really refined the solution sets we offer to the marketplace. We've given some fairly intense focus to what does the marketplace want us to do and what do we need to be able to do in order to be successful. We've identified areas we want to strengthen our depth and our talent pool and we've been able to successfully attract a number of people to add to our already solid team. There have been several of those in several different areas all with a specific purpose in mind. I'm very much a believer in growing very well organically and also growing in other ways whether that be by acquisition of talent or of companies. We've focused on some acquisition of talent who we also make certain will be a cultural fit and not just a capability or technical fit. It's extremely important—In an organization our size one person can make the difference good or bad.