consulting founded 1992 headquarters atlanta ga u.s. number of locations 25 offices around the world key people dan reardon ceo revenue n d number of employees 1 000 website www.northhighland.com north highland is a worldwide employee owned management consulting firm established in 1992 and a founding member of cordence worldwide . the firm is active in a number of industries including energy & utilities financial services healthcare life sciences manufacturing media entertainment & communications public sector retail & consumer products and transportation . north highland ranks fifth on consulting magazine s 2014 best firms to work for list . this marks the eighth consecutive year that north highland has been in the top 5 . 1 contents 1 history 2 culture 3 specialty services 4 cordence worldwide 5 see also 6 external links 7 references history edit in 1992 dave peterson a consultant for a big 5 firm decided that a great consultancy did not have to be a big centrally located firm flying its consultants out to distant client locations . neither did it have to be a small local boutique . he had a different model in mind one that would have consultants work with clients in their home town . more than two decades later north highland is an employee owned worldwide consulting firm with local teams in the us uk and several other countries . culture edit employees of north highland are well regarded for their passion for the company . this is most often attributed to the fact that every employee is an owner of the firm . as an employee owned company that focuses on local relationships north highland has built a reputation for caring for each other its clients and the communities in which its employees live . specialty services edit in addition to core management consulting north highland offers specialty services via its data and analytics managed services and sparks grove divisions as well as truebridge resources . cordence worldwide edit north highland is part of cordence worldwide a global management consulting alliance with over 2 600 consultants in 50 offices around the world . 2 cordence worldwide offers global coverage with eight principal offices in the usa europe and australia and an international fortune 500 client base . cordence worldwide was founded by north highland horvath & partners and oresys . other member companies include bonfiglioli twynsta gudde and alfa consulting . key office locations include vienna brussels shanghai paris berlin budapest milan the hague lisbon bucharest singapore barcelona zurich dubai london atlanta new york see also edit companies portal management consulting list of management consulting firms external links edit official website references edit the 2014 best firms to work for north highland . retrieved 10 december 2014 . highland worldwide is renamed cordence worldwide . retrieved 20 may 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title north highland & oldid 720849185 categories international management consulting firmsmanagement consulting firms of the united states 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 add links this page was last modified on 18 may 2016 at 09 32 . 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