Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 19, 2002

Allan Frank – Answerthink Inc (ansr)

ALLAN R. FRANK, President of Answerthink, Inc., is responsible for the company's corporate marketing and communications, service delivery strategy, product development and support as well as internal technology infrastructure. He is also the chief architect of the company's award-winning knowledge sharing intranet, Mind~Share. Mr. Frank is a recipient of 2001's Premier 100 award from Computerworld. Mr. Frank was selected as one of the top 10 people in Philadelphia Technology by PhillyTech magazine. Prior to founding Answerthink, Mr. Frank was a Partner with KPMG Peat Marwick. He served in a number of roles, including President, Chief Technology Officer, member of the Board of Directors, National Partner-In-Charge of the Enabling Technologies Consulting Practice, and Global Service Leader of Enabling Technologies. He served on the International IT Committee responsible for the firm's global IT strategy and framework. He also served on the Future Directions Team which defined the future technical architecture and related business processes for KPMG internally. While at KPMG, Mr. Frank directed the design, development and rollout of a knowledge management system across the US and other practices world-wide. Mr. Frank received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, a Master of Science degree in Computer Science, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Lehigh University. In addition, he holds a Certificate in Data Processing. Mr. Frank is a member of the Board of Directors and a past President of the National Adoption Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Lehigh University and is also President of the Jewish Publication Society. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a quick overview of Answerthink,

Inc.?

Mr. Frank: Answerthink is a multidisciplinary consulting and

systems integration firm. We have a broad-based set of