Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 24, 2002

Luther Nussbaum – First Consulting Group Inc (fcgi)

LUTHER NUSSBAUM is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Consulting Group, Inc. Mr. Nussbaum has served a variety of technology companies for almost 20 years. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evernet Systems, Inc., a national network systems integration company with the lead investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Mr. Nussbaum was twice named to Computer Reseller News' 'Top 25 Executives' in the computer industry. Prior to Evernet, Mr. Nussbaum was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ashton Tate, a microcomputer software development company. Mr. Nussbaum entered the computer industry as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations of Businessland, Inc., a worldwide reseller of personal computer products and services, after more than a decade in senior management in Cummins Engine Company. Businessland grew from a startup to more than $600 million in revenues in the four years of Mr. Nussbaum's tenure there. Mr. Nussbaum received his BA from Rhodes College where he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa and his MBA from Stanford University where he was named in the top 10% of the class. He serves on the Board of SM&A and two private entrepreneurial companies: The Olson Company and Command Packaging. In addition, he serves on the Board of the not-for-profit Aquarium of the Pacific. Profile
TWST: Would you give us the background of First Consulting Group; what's

your market, your position within that market and the customer base that

you work with?

Mr. Nussbaum: First Consulting