Thursday, April 26, 2007

Father of Computer Consulting

His name is Joseph Glickauf.


Accenture originated as the consulting division of Arthur Andersen. Its origin goes back to 1953, when GE asked Arthur Andersen to undertake a feasibility study about payroll processing and manufacturing automation using computers (GE had bought the first U.S. business computer for the Appliance Park manufacturing park, in Louisville). Joseph Glickauf was Arthur Andersen's project leader for the GE engagement and was responsible for the payroll processing automation, launching the era of data processing. Considered to be the father of computer consulting, Glickauf headed the Arthur Andersen administrative services division for 12 years

source : wikipedia

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