Aon Consulting Adds High-Tech Investigations, Information Security and IT Consulting to its Financial Advisory and Litigation Se
25 Gennaio 2006 - 11:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
Three of the Industry's Top Professionals to Lead Group CHICAGO,
Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the human capital
and management consulting organization of Aon Corporation
(NYSE:AOC), announced today that its Financial Advisory and
Litigation Consulting Services practice established a global group
responsible for high-tech investigations, information security and
IT consulting. The company also announced that Daryk Rowland and
Lee Curtis have joined as co-global leaders of this group, and
Warren G. Kruse II has joined as U.S. service line leader. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) "Daryk,
Lee and Warren are well-known and highly regarded consultants and
experts in their field," said Jerry Barbanel, executive vice
president and co- global leader of the Financial Advisory and
Litigation Consulting Services practice. "Their addition will
further add value to the depth of services that Aon Consulting
provides its clients." The high-tech investigations, information
security and IT consulting group will assist corporations,
financial institutions, law firms, governmental agencies, and other
entities with sensitive issues involving theft of trade secrets and
intellectual property, internet investigations, identity theft,
network intrusions, human resource matters and regulatory
compliance. The group will provide a full range of consulting and
expert services, including serving as an independent special master
for cases involving critical IT issues. Daryk Rowland joins Aon
Consulting from Kroll where he led the Financial Advisory Services'
High-Tech Investigations and IT Consulting practice. Rowland has
more than 20 years of collective law enforcement, information
security and computer forensic experience. While serving as a
detective, Rowland was responsible for investigating technology
crimes and examining computer evidence in cases related to software
piracy, intrusions and financial crimes. He has testified as an
expert in State and Federal Courts, and before the U.S. Senate and
California Legislature. Lee Curtis also joins Aon Consulting from
Kroll where he led the West Coast Financial Advisory Services'
High-Tech Investigation and IT Consulting practice. Curtis brings
more than 30 years of collective law enforcement, high-tech
investigations and information security experience. During his
career, Curtis served as a criminal investigator in the high-tech
and white- collar crime unit of the Santa Clara District Attorney's
Office, and was a special agent with the Criminal Investigation
Division of the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, Curtis was
the director in charge of the West Coast computer forensic practice
at KPMG. He has testified as an expert in civil and criminal cases
involving computer forensics in State and Federal Courts. Curtis is
the current international treasurer of the High Technology Crime
Investigation Association, as well as its past international
president. He also serves as an independent special master in
highly sensitive IT matters. Warren G. Kruse II brings more than 25
years of collective law enforcement, high-tech investigations and
information security experience to Aon Consulting. Most recently,
he led Kroll's East Coast Financial Advisory Services' High-Tech
Investigation and IT Consulting practice. Kruse was also the
founder and managing partner of Computer Forensic Services, LLC. In
addition, he served as the technical investigations manager at
Lucent Technologies, where he was responsible for global computer
forensics and incident response matters. Kruse began his career as
a police officer and assisted the criminal investigations division
of the police department in computer crimes and investigations. He
has testified as an expert in both civil and criminal matters in
State and Federal Courts. Kruse is the co- author of a leading book
on computer forensics, titled "Computer Forensics: Incident
Response Essentials." He most recently was international president
of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association. "We are
delighted to have three high-tech experts of this caliber join Aon
Consulting," said Andrew Appel, chief executive officer of Aon
Consulting. "Their expertise will help assist our clients in
dealing with critical and sensitive technology issues and
investigations. We welcome Daryk, Lee and Warren to our team."
Rowland and Curtis are based in California, and Kruse is based in
New York and New Jersey. For more information, contact: Joe
Micucci, Aon Consulting, 312-381-4786, . About Aon Aon Corporation
( http://www.aon.com/ ) is a leading provider of risk management
services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and
management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There
are 47,000 employees working in Aon's 500 offices in more than 120
countries. Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and
technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of clients
develop effective risk management and workforce productivity
solutions. Aon Consulting is among the top global human resources
consulting firms, with 2004 revenues of $1.247 billion and 7,000
professionals in 120 offices throughout the world. Aon Consulting
delivers integrated consulting solutions to help clients with
employee benefits, human resources outsourcing, compensation,
communication and management consulting. This press release
contains certain statements related to future results, or states
our intentions, beliefs and expectations or predictions for the
future which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from either historical or anticipated results depending on a
variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact results
include: general economic conditions in different countries in
which we do business around the world, changes in global equity and
fixed income markets that could affect the return on invested
assets, fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could
influence revenue and expense, rating agency actions that could
affect our ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension
plans, changes in the competitive environment, our ability to
implement restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended
to yield cost savings, our ability to implement the stock
repurchase program, changes in commercial property and casualty
markets and commercial premium rates that could impact revenues,
changes in revenues and earnings due to the elimination of
contingent commissions, other uncertainties surrounding a new
compensation model, the impact of investigations brought by state
attorneys general, state insurance regulators, federal prosecutors,
and federal regulators, the impact of class actions and individual
lawsuits including client class actions, securities class actions,
derivative actions, and ERISA class actions, the cost of resolution
of other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies, and the
difference in ultimate paid claims in our underwriting companies
from actuarial estimates. Further information concerning the
Company and its business, including factors that potentially could
materially affect the Company's financial results, is contained in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: Thaddeus_Woosley@asc.aon.com
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Joe Micucci of Aon Consulting, +1-312-381-4786, Web site:
http://www.aon.com/
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