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  History of Booz Allen 2000-05

2000s — E-business strategy and implementation become important service offerings to the firm's commercial and government sectors.

2000 — A Booz Allen report on the 'Digital Divide' in the UK contributes to Prime Minister Blair's Internet policy initiative. Firm opens a third building at its corporate headquarters campus.

2000 — The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command receives the Hammer Award for its Domestic Preparedness Program. Three Booz Allen teams receive e-Gov 2000 Pioneer Awards at the National Electronic Government Conference and Exposition for streamlining operations and improving government services. The awardees — Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Program, NextBus System, and Pacific Medical Network.

2000WE Magazine lists Booz Allen among the top 10 companies for people with disabilities to work.

2000 — Firm's sales exceed $2 billion and staff grows to 10,000+ worldwide.


2001 — The firm streamlines its name to Booz Allen Hamilton; adopts a new business definition ("global strategy and technology consulting firm") and a new, one-phrase mission ("Booz Allen Hamilton works with clients to deliver results that endure").

2001 — The firm is named among Germany's "most attractive" in the first employment survey of its kind in that country. Booz Allen receives high marks for providing employees high levels of responsibility and the freedom to work independently.

2001 — The (U.S.) National Business & Disability Council's Exemplary Leadership Award recognizes both the personal leadership and the corporate commitment of Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader and Booz Allen for establishing new standards for employment and advancement of people with disabilities.

2001 — Hundreds of Booz Allen staff are among those recognized at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service when the agency receives a Hammer Award for the IRS Modernization Project.

2001Consulting Magazine names Booz Allen Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader and Senior Vice President Chuck Lucier to its "Top 25 Most Influential Consultants, 2001."

2001 — Participants in one of the first strategic simulations of a bioterrorism attack conclude that government and the private sectors must work together to contain an epidemic. The simulation, which is sponsored by Booz Allen and the Council for Excellence in Government, includes senior policymakers across numerous U.S. federal, state and local government agencies, as well as CEOs and senior executives from industry.

2001 — Three Booz Allen Hamilton colleagues lose their lives during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Principal Gerald Fisher and Associates Terence Lynch and Ernest Willcher were meeting with US Army clients in a part of the building that was destroyed.

2001 — A Booz Allen survey finds that despite the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the U.S. and subsequent warnings of future attacks, one in five Chief Executive Officers of U.S. Fortune 1000 firms do not believe that corporate security is more important now than it was before, and one-third of CEOs don't anticipate substantial new security costs.

2001 — In teaming with the New York Partnership in an economic impact analysis of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City, Booz Allen contributes to a high-profile study detailing the industry-by-industry damage to New York's economy, along with concrete, feasible steps for recovery.

2001 — The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs honors Booz Allen with an Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) Award that recognizes U.S. federal contractors that voluntarily implement innovative programs with increased employment opportunities for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and Vietnam veterans.

2001 — Sales reach US$2 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001, and employees number 11,000.


2002 — Booz Allen publishes its first annual report on CEO turnover at the world's 2,500 largest publicly traded companies.

2002 — An article in strategy+business magazine, co-authored by Booz Allen Chairman and CEO Ralph W. Shrader and Vice President Mike McConnell, provides a leading-edge analysis of strategic security issues. The article is "Security and Strategy in the Age of Discontinuity: A Management Framework for the Post-9/11 World."

2002 — Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader addresses the World Economic Forum in New York on the need of industry and government leaders to rise to the dual challenges of strategic and people leadership in the post-9/11 world. Also addressing the conference is WCB President Dan Lewis, who calls the 9/11 economic fallout a contributor to a "perfect economic storm" in the air transport industry.

2002 — Booz Allen partners with the World Economic Forum's Automotive Governors, who include most of the world's major automotive companies, in a landmark study detailing steps by the auto industry on climate change. The effort provides an understanding on the state of knowledge of climate change, based on work from across the industry and from universities and research institutes.

2002 — With the 9/11 terrorist attacks exposing critical vulnerabilities in the global business infrastructure, Booz Allen launches a global Strategic Security service that draws on the firm's expertise to help CEOs manage a new imperative: Integrating security into their strategic business planning.

2002 — Booz Allen partners with the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation in an initiative to help small businesses in the Harlem section of New York City succeed in an increasingly competitive economic environment.

2002Consulting Magazine names Booz Allen Vice President Mike McConnell to its "Top 25 Most Influential Consultants, 2002."

2002 — A London-based Booz Allen helps launch a web-based service for volunteer organizations that harnesses the experience and expertise of the private sector. The site, www.charityskills.org, provides charities with a range of management information and advice.

2002 — Sales reach US$2.2 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002, and employees number 11,300.


2003 — A Kennedy Information survey of consulting clients ranks Booz Allen #1 in perception and performance among general management consulting firms in the United States.

2003 — Booz Allen is named "Government Contractor of the Year."

2003Working Mother magazine names Booz Allen to its list of "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" in the United States. The firm is ranked in the Top 10 "Best of the Best" for the second year in a row. The Top Employers 2003 survey places Booz Allen among the best 50 employers in Germany.

2003 — Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader receives several honors, including the Diversity Best Practices CEO Leadership Award and the Emergence Award from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

2003 — Booz Allen releases 2nd annual CEO succession study, revealing that CEOs appointed from outside are at greater risk of being fired than insiders and that the telecommunications industry has the highest CEO turnover rate.

2003 — Firm conducts a strategic simulation aimed at identifying critical multi-sectoral responses to the AIDS epidemic in India. Other pro bono projects include a study for the Australian Prime Minister on innovative approaches to reducing the cost of home ownership.

2003 — Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader participates in a CEO working group at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on improving public-private cooperation to address new security challenges.

2003 — Businesses worldwide invest more than $19 billion annually on information technology systems solutions to improve their supply chain performance, yet Booz Allen study reveals nearly half of these companies are disappointed with the results.

2003 — Firm holds a port security wargame that simulated a terror attack designed to assess the vulnerability of America's cargo transportation system and supply chains. It reveals that such an attack could cripple global trade and have a devastating impact on the nation's economy.

2003 — A Booz Allen European corporate values study reveals that 95% of companies believe that living their corporate values pays off economically. Booz Allen-authored strategy+business article calls for seven steps to boardroom reform not included in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

2003 — Booz Allen develops the Org DNA online self-assessment tool, enabling company leaders to better understand how the inherent traits of their organizations influence employee behavior and affect company performance.

2003 — Firm acquires Gemini Consulting Japan (GCJ), doubling the size of the Tokyo office.

2003 — Sales reach US$2.3 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, and employees number 14,000.


2004 — Booz Allen celebrates its 90th anniversary in a series of notable events with clients, staff, and alumni around the globe. To mark the historic occasion, the firm publishes Booz Allen Hamilton: Helping Clients Envision the Future, an award-winning book that recounts much of the firm’s distinguished work since 1914. The firm also joins with leading scholars to identify 10 of the world’s most enduring institutions over the past century.

2004 — Booz Allen announces a multiyear agreement to be the title sponsor of the Booz Allen Classic, a PGA Tour golf tournament, which donates all net proceeds to charities in the Washington, D.C., area. Adam Scott wins the inaugural Booz Allen Classic, held at the Tournament Players Club at Avenel, in Potomac, Maryland.
 
2004Working Mother magazine names Booz Allen to its list of “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers,” for the sixth consecutive year.
 
2004 Daniel C. Lewis, managing director for Global Commercial Markets, and Heather Burns, a senior vice president, are named to Consulting Magazine’s list of the “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants.” The magazine also names Booz Allen to its annual list of the “10 Best Firms to Work For.”
 
2004Fortune magazine ranks Booz Allen among the Top 10 of the “Most Desirable MBA Employers.”
 
2004 — Booz Allen’s Netherlands office is named one of the “100 Best Workplaces in the European Union” by Het Financieele Dagblad and Great Place to Work Institute Europe.
 
2004 — Booz Allen is named “Top General Management Consulting Firm in Argentina” by Mercado magazine.
 
2004Computerworld magazine includes Booz Allen on its list of the “100 Best Places to Work in IT.”
 
2004 — Booz Allen’s employee training and development programs earns the firm the fourth spot on Training magazine’s “Training Top 100.” The firm also receives a BEST Award from the American Society for Training and Development.
 
2004 — Booz Allen’s third annual study of CEO succession—a leading benchmark in the business world—finds that dividing the roles of chief executive and chairman does not result in superior performance, despite expectations of governance activists.
 
2004 — The Association of National Advertisers, a U.S. trade organization for marketing professionals, and Booz Allen conduct a joint study to determine the relevance of marketing, marketing departments, and chief marketing officers (CMOs) in today’s business climate. Findings are based on surveys from 370 respondents at more than 100 companies, and reveal that the corporate marketing function is often not aligned with the CEO’s agenda, and that the role of the CMO is poorly defined at an alarming number of companies. Booz Allen conducts follow-up interviews with marketers to develop five keys to success.
 
2004 — The National Center for Disability Services presents its first annual Henry Viscardi Jr. Legacy Award to Booz Allen Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader, in recognition of his long-standing support for the employment of workers with disabilities. Booz Allen was also one of 10 recipients of the International Innovation in Diversity Award, from Profiles in Diversity Journal.
 
2004 — The American Cancer Society presents Booz Allen with the Excalibur Award in recognition of the firm’s longtime support of the organization.
 
2004 — A strategic simulation conducted by Booz Allen for the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Inc. shows that improving interdisciplinary collaboration and communications could prevent some of the tens of thousands of patient deaths and injuries that occur in hospitals and clinics each year.
 
2004The Board of Directors of Booz Allen Hamilton votes unanimously to extend the term of office of Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader for an additional four years (through October 2009).
 
2004 — In Berlin, Booz Allen brings together 200 government officials and leading members of industry, academia, and the media for the “Berlin Agenda: Security and Defense in the 21st Century,” a conference series on Germany’s defense and security agenda.
 
2004 — Sales reach US$2.7 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, and employees number 16,000.
 

2005Fortune magazine names Booz Allen to its prestigious list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For” and, for the second consecutive year, to the Top 10 of the “Most Desirable MBA Employers.”

2005Harvard Business Review recognizes Booz Allen’s Organizational DNA concept as one of the “Breakthrough Ideas for 2005.” A book based on concept, RESULTS: Keep What’s Good, Fix What’s Wrong and Unlock Great Performance, by Booz Allen Senior Vice President Gary Neilson and former Senior Vice President Bruce Pasternack, is published in the U.S. by Crown Publishing and is picked up by Wiley for a 2006 publication in the U.K. and by Nihol Keizai Shimbun for a 2006 publication in Japan.

2005 — Booz Allen leads a strategic-planning exercise as part of the Joint Summit on Business and AIDS in China. The resulting “Action Plan for Business on HIV/AIDS in China” identified key steps that businesses can take to support the government’s plan for dealing with the disease.

2005 — A Booz Allen survey of chief financial officers reveals that a new breed of “activist” CFOs are working more closely with boards of directors, helping to shape corporate strategy and serving as trusted advisors—and sometimes successors—to the CEO. CFO Thought Leaders: Advancing the Frontiers of Finance, the first book to examine how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, globalization, and the IT revolution have changed the CFO’s role, is published by Booz Allen. It features candid interviews with CFOs from 17 of the world’s most successful companies.

2005Dennis O. Doughty, managing director for Global Functional Capabilities, and Cesare Mainardi, a senior vice president, are named among Consulting Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants.” The magazine also includes Booz Allen on its annual list of the “10 Best Firms to Work For” for the fourth successive year. Dutch weekly FEM Business names Senior Vice President Peter Mensing to its list of the “Top 25 Consultants” in the Netherlands.

2005 — Booz Allen is a major sponsor of the inaugural Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, held in July in Aspen, Colorado, which features a dynamic mix of executives, policy officials, scholars, and other leaders who serve as speakers, moderators, and panelists. The firm supports two thematic “tracks”—Global Dynamics and Health and Bioscience. 

2005 —Vault.com, the online career information resource, ranks Booz Allen No. 1 in prestige in its 2005 list of the “Top 25 Technology Consulting Firms” and among the top four in prestige in its list of the “Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting Firms.”

2005 — Booz Allen, as part of a consortium of 15 companies known as The Partnership for Supply Chain Management, is contracted to manage the flow of HIV/AIDS drugs to Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, through the U.S. Agency for International Development.

2005 — A new study entitled the Booz Allen Hamilton Global Innovation 1000 analyses the results achieved by the 1,000 publicly held companies from around the world that spent the most on research and development in 2004. Results suggest that nonmonetary factors may be the most important drivers of a company’s return on its innovation investment.

2005 — Booz Allen completes “Beyond e-Government: The World’s Most Successful Technology-Enabled Transformations,” a comprehensive eight-month study of the sophistication of e-government programs in nine countries, commissioned by the U.K. Cabinet Office.

2005 — In the Middle East, Booz Allen releases “A Strategic Review of the Television Broadcasting Sector in the Middle East,” a groundbreaking report on a market that has experienced 40 percent annual growth over the past several years, identifying the factors that are driving the industry, and the potentially drastic changes ahead.

2005Working Mother magazine names Booz Allen one of the “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” for the seventh consecutive year. Washingtonian magazine’s biannual list of 55 “Great Places to Work” in the Washington, D.C., area includes Booz Allen, an honor the firm has received since the list’s inception in 1999.

2005 — The 2005 edition of Booz Allen’s annual study of CEO turnover at the world’s 2,500 largest publicly traded companies finds that forced dismissals of chief executives reached record levels in 2004.

2005Computerworld magazine includes Booz Allen on its list of the “100 Best Places to Work in IT.”

2005 — In the second of Booz Allen’s three-year title sponsorship, charitable donations generated by proceeds from the Booz Allen Classic PGA Tour golf tournament reach a cumulative total of $1.25 million. Sergio Garcia takes the winner’s trophy at the tournament, held at Congressional Country Club, in Bethesda, Maryland, with a field that included 8 of the top 10 players in the world.

2005 — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta honors Booz Allen with a “Team Award” for providing programmatic and technical support services at the National Response Coordination Center during his department’s response efforts following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

2005The Black Collegian magazine names Booz Allen as one of the “Top 50 Diversity Employers 2005.”

2005 — Booz Allen ranks No. 2 of the “Training Top 100” by Training magazine. The firm also wins a BEST Award from the American Society for Training and Development.

2005 — Sales reach US$3.3 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, and employees number 17,300.

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