Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
G. DREW CONWAY is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance
Worldwide, Inc., a global provider of business and technology consulting
services. Established in 1986, Renaissance provides consulting expertise
in the focused areas of information technology consulting services,
enterprise and eBusiness solutions, and electronic government and public
access. Under his leadership, the company has grown from a 10-person,
privately held technology staffing firm to a publicly traded $700
million business and technology consulting firm employing 4,500
professionals in nearly 70 locations worldwide. Mr. Conway has steadily
broadened the company's service offerings and industry expertise through
the execution of a focused strategic plan. Mr. Conway plans to expand
upon the world prominence Renaissance has already achieved, particularly
in the areas of electronic government and public access, eWorkplace,
full life-cycle eSystems Development and eBusiness services. As leader
in New England's high tech community, Mr. Conway has served as New
England Chapter President of the National Association of Computer
Consulting Business, is a frequent speaker for the Fulcrum Series on
mergers and acquisitions, and has been honored four times as a finalist
of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award. He currently serves
on the board of the Boston Public Library Foundation, the Inner City
Scholarship Fund Committee, and the American Ireland Fund committee. In
1996 Mr. Conway founded the company's charitable organization, the
Renaissance Community Project, which was formed to encourage and support
individual employee and branch team participation in community
philanthropic outreach. Countless organizations have benefited from this
initiative, ranging from local community causes to major national fund-
raisers. Mr. Conway is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He
lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife and their five children.
EDWARD H. LONGO, JR. is President and Chief Operating Officer of
Renaissance Worldwide, Inc. Appointed in July 1999, Mr. Longo is
responsible for driving the growth of Renaissance's core focus:
delivering world-class solutions and services that transform Global 2000
businesses into technology-enabled enterprises for the 21st century.
Under his direction, Renaissance is building upon its reputation as an
industry leader with innovative plan-build-maintain IT services that
enable large organizations and public sector clients to rapidly increase
direct interaction with their customers. Mr. Longo is responsible for
overseeing the Company's day-to-day operations. Mr. Longo has more than
30 years of experience in the information technology services and
products industry. He joined Renaissance after serving Keane, Inc., a
$1.1 billion IT services company, where, as senior vice president and
head of its information services business, he was instrumental in
driving the division's growth from $325 million to $950 million in four
years. Mr. Longo is a graduate of Boston College. A father of four
children and grandfather of four, he resides with his wife in Falmouth,
Massachusetts. Profile
Renaissance Worldwide, and then tell us what you see as that business
and company today. RWW: Renaissance is a 14-year-old $700
