contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the advisory board company type public traded as nasdaq abco industry health care and education best practices research technology consulting founded 1979 founder david g. bradley headquarters washington dc united states area served worldwide key people robert musslewhite chairman and chief executive officer david felsenthal president michael kirshbaum chief financial officer mary van hoose chief talent officer chas roades chief research officer health care practice scott fassbach chief research officer education practice number of employees 3 600 website advisoryboardcompany.com the advisory board company is a best practices firm that uses a combination of research technology and consulting to improve the performance of health care organizations and educational institutions . contents 1 history 2 advisory board 3 eab 4 notable current and former employees 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded by david g. bradley in 1979 as the research council of washington with five employees . its original mission was to answer any question for any company for any industry but in 1983 the company began to specialize in research for the financial services industry and changed its name to the advisory board company . by 1986 the company had launched its health care focused strategic research division including its first membership program the health care advisory board . 1 across the next four years the firm grew to 150 employees served more than 500 health care members and published 15 major reports and 2 000 research briefs each year . in 1993 the firm launched a strategic research membership for large companies bringing on almost half of the fortune 500 within 18 months . the firm expanded in 1994 to include its first clinically based program the cardiology roundtable which has since evolved to become the cardiovascular roundtable providing best practices to the nations cardiac programs . in 1997 the company spun off its corporate membership group forming the corporate executive board now ceb inc. as an independent company . it maintained its focus on the health care sector working with more than 1 500 health care organizations . h works a consulting business offering best practice implementation support launched in 2000 followed shortly by the advisory board company s initial public offering in 2001 in which bradley sold his ownership interest . by 2002 the firm topped 2 100 memberships and 500 employees and launched the advisory board academies leadership development division now the company s talent development division to address the leadership gap in health care . in 2003 the company was named to washingtonian s great places to work and launched its business intelligence and analytics offering compass providing memberships anchored by robust decision support tools . in 2005 the firm was named to forbes top 200 high growth companies and again to washingtonian s great places to work . 2 in 2007 the company launched its first membership programs in higher education working with student and academic affairs executives at several u.s. research universities . 3 the firm continued to grow across 2008 acquiring crimson a data analytics and business intelligence software provider focused on physician performance quality metrics and cost of care outcomes . by 2009 the advisory board company had opened its doors in san francisco marking the fourth u.s. office . the firm also grew to over 1 000 employees and over 2 800 health care and higher education members . the company expanded its capabilities in the physician management terrain through the acquisition of southwind a management and consulting firm focused on aligning hospitals and physicians through a comprehensive set of physician employment clinical integration and information technology deployment solutions . during this time the company was named to modern healthcare s best places to work an honor it has received every year since . 4 from 2010 to 2011 the company continued to expand acquiring and partnering with a series of technology firms including milliman medinsight which provides population risk analytics cielo medsolutions which provides ambulatory patient registry software and pivothealth a physician practice management firm . in 2012 the advisory board company acquired activestrategy 5 a performance improvement technology firm and 360fresh 6 a leading provider of clinical data analytics . the firm also was named as one of healthcare informatics top 100 health care it firms 7 and modern healthcare s top 40 fastest growing health care firms list . 8 during that year the firm also provided 1 million in benefit to non profit organizations through its community impact program . in 2013 the firm was named the 1 best large company to work for by modern healthcare magazine . 9 it also became the first for profit company of its size to achieve 100 % participation in community service . that year the advisory board acquired care team connect 10 a care management workflow platform and launched the student success collaborative a software based program that helps colleges and universities improve outcomes for at risk and off path students . the company also announced the acquisition of medical referral source a technology firm with software that facilitates a seamless referral process . 11 2014 brought the acquisitions of healthpost 12 which helps health systems reduce referral leakage and attract new patients and royall & company which provides the higher education industry with data driven student engagement enrollment management financial aid optimization and alumni fundraising solutions . 13 the company s community impact program meanwhile received the 2014 corporate engagement award of excellence from points of light the world s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service . 14 the firm also partnered with the de beaumont foundation kresge foundation and robert wood johnson foundation to launch the build health challenge to identify and support health partnerships taking bold upstream integrated local and data driven approaches to improving health in low income urban communities . 15 in 2015 the company announced its acquisition of clinovations an emr optimization firm serving providers at the intersection of clinician workflows and information technology and gradesfirst a student success technology company with workflow software that enables colleges and universities to identify engage and support at risk students . 16 as of 2016 the company had grown to more than 3 600 employees with offices on three continents . it was named as a modern healthcare best place to work for the eighth straight year . 17 advisory board edit the company s advisory board division serves 4 400 health care members . advisory board forges and finds best practices then customizes and hardwires those insights for members with research technology and consulting . advisory board research provides clarity on health care s pressing issues including strategy care delivery and operations and strategies for addressing them . advisory board technology services help members find and address opportunities by embedding best practices into operations . the advisory board consulting team provides hands on best practice implementation practice management solutions and physician alignment services . eab edit the company s eab division serves 1 100 college and university members . eab forges and finds best practices to address education s top challenges with research forums dedicated to presidents provosts chief business officers and other academic and administrative leaders . 18 through the forums eab provides peer tested best practices research that answers education s pressing issues . then eab hardwires those insights into member organizations with technology and services across critical functions including enrollment management student success and growth and academic operations . enrollment management eab s royall & company division provides data driven undergraduate and graduate solutions that target qualified prospective students ; build relationships throughout the search application and yield process ; and optimize financial aid resources . student success members including four and two year institutions use the student success collaborative combination of analytics interaction and workflow technology and consulting to support retain and graduate more students . growth and academic operations eab s academic performance solutions group partners with university academic and business leaders to help make smart resource trade offs improve academic efficiency and grow academic program revenues . notable current and former employees edit jeffrey zients 19 director of the white house office of management and budget david bradley citation needed owner of the atlantic media company and founder of the corporate executive board aneesh chopra 19 former chief technology officer of the united states references edit advisory.com . http www.forbes.com lists 2006 23 biz 06200best the 200 best small companies company.html about us . education advisory board . retrieved 26 february 2015 . modern healthcare s best places to work in healthcare 2009 alphabetical list . modern healthcare . 8 september 2009 . retrieved 26 february 2015 . fischer ben 2 november 2012 . advisory board s latest buy goes back to basics . washington business journal . fischer ben 6 february 2013 . advisory board co. buys tech firm 360fresh . washington business journal . 2012 hci 100 . healthcare informatics . healthcare s hottest for 2012 ; 40 of the healthcare industry s fastest growing companies . modern healthcare . 21 july 2012 . 2013 best places to work in healthcare ranked large companies . modern healthcare . 25 october 2013 . modern healthcare . fischer ben 31 july 2013 . advisory board buys ariz. tech firm for 11.5 m . washington business journal . baum stephanie 12 may 2014 . physician appointment scheduling startup healthpost snapped up in 25m deal . medcity news . the advisory board to acquire royall & co. for 850 million . virginia business . 10 december 2014 . points of light recognizes the advisory board company and unitedhealth group for employee volunteer programs . points of light . 17 june 2014 . build health challenge home page . kangarloo kasra 17 february 2015 . two ed tech acquisitions you might have missed . washington business journal . best places to work in healthcare 2016 . https www.eab.com eab a b obama names chopra zients to top posts . washington business journal . advance publications . april 17 2009 . retrieved 2015 12 16 . external links edit official website 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