pwc diamond advisory services type acquired by pwc industry management consulting founded 1994 headquarters chicago illinois key people adam gutstein president and ceo products management consulting revenue usd 169 million 2007 8 number of employees more than 600 consultants worldwide slogan insight . innovation . impact . website www.diamondconsultants.com diamond management & technology consultants casually referred to as diamond was an independent management consulting firm founded in 1994 headquartered in chicago il with satellite offices in hartford ct new york city washington dc london and mumbai . it was acquired by the british firm pwc in 2010 . 1 diamond was a smaller player among companies such as mercer management consulting deloitte consulting and accenture . the industry segments under which diamond operated include consumer packaged goods financial services and health care among numerous others . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit diamond was founded as diamond technology partners in chicago in 1994 by mel bergstein and chris moffitt with investment from founding partners and safeguard scientifics . the firm went public in early 1998 . 2 on 2000 11 28 the company was renamed to diamondcluster international inc. as part of a merger with european management consulting firm cluster consulting . 3 in 2006 the company was again renamed this time to diamond management & technology consultants inc. as it divested portions of its international operations . as of 3 november 2010 1 diamond management & technology consultants was acquired by pwc and renamed into diamond advisory services . 4 before the acquisition diamond had also acquired few boutique consulting firms in us . diamond had throughout its history well defined relationships with major technology pioneers such as alan kay a member of the board of directors as well as john perry barlow gordon bell david p. reed dan ariely matthew peterson and dan bricklin all regular faculty members of the privately branded industry conference called diamond exchange . citation needed from 1998 to 2003 the company published an industry magazine named context magazine the premiere issue of which included an interview with microsoft founder bill gates . on november 2 2010 pricewaterhousecoopers acquired diamond for 12.50 per share in cash . 1 diamond now operates as pwc s diamond advisory services . 4 awards edit the national association for business resources chicago s best and brightest companies to work for 2005 2006 2007 5 6 7 chicago s best and brightest companies to work for elite winner compensation & benefits 2005 8 consulting magazine top ten firms to work for 2004 2005 2006 9 10 11 references edit a b c pwc pwc completes acquisition of diamond management & technology consultants inc. http www.sec.gov archives edgar data 924940 0000950137 98 001441 . txt pr newswire europe ltd. diamond technology partners completes transaction to combine with cluster consulting a b http www.diamondconsultants.com publicsite company 1 101bestandbrightest . com 2005 2 101bestandbrightest . com 2006 3 101bestandbrightest . com 2007 4 101bestandbrightest . com 2005 5 consulting magazine 2004 6 consulting magazine 2005 7 consulting magazine 2006 external links edit diamond management & technology consultants official web site diamondexchange industry conference web site diamond information and analytics services corporate blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diamond management % 26 technology consultants & oldid 743336445 categories companies formerly listed on nasdaqcompanies based in chicagomanagement consulting firms of the united statesinternational management consulting firmshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view