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DiamondCluster Adds Jon Kaplan to Healthcare Consulting Practice

Posted on: Thursday, 4 May 2006, 12:04 CDT

CHICAGO, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- DiamondCluster International has added Jon Kaplan as a Partner in the global management consulting firm's Healthcare practice.

"We're excited to have Jon join our firm," said Adam Gutstein, Chief Executive Officer of DiamondCluster. "He understands the potential of technology to transform businesses and has an excellent track record working at the intersection of business and technology, strategy and operations, that will further strengthen our position in the healthcare industry."

Dr. Patricia O'Brien, Co-Managing Partner of DiamondCluster's Healthcare Practice, added, "Jon's abilities as a strategic thinker and as a project leader are a perfect fit for our firm. He has a wealth of experience helping healthcare payers, pharmaceutical firms, and providers use technology to create value and improve their performance that is directly relevant to our clients' needs. In addition, Jon will be making significant contributions towards building our practice and our intellectual capital development efforts."

Kaplan, who has more than 20 years of consulting experience, has worked extensively with both commercial and government sector clients in the payer, provider, and life sciences industries. He has also collaborated with clients on large scale transformations and initiatives such as strategy formulation, mergers and acquisitions, organizational design, supply chain management and the planning, effectiveness, architectures and implementation aspects of information technology in the pharmaceutical, medical products, distribution, and biotech industries.

Kaplan is also a frequent speaker at various healthcare organizations and is an annual guest lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University on key healthcare issues. Prior to joining DiamondCluster, Kaplan held a leadership position in the healthcare practice at Accenture.

About DiamondCluster's Healthcare Practice

DiamondCluster's healthcare industry practice provides services to large healthcare payers, providers, medical equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. Healthcare companies look to DiamondCluster to help them address some of their most important business issues, including medical and administrative cost reduction, post-merger integration, value extraction and IT legacy systems rationalization.

About DiamondCluster International

DiamondCluster International is a premier global management consulting firm that helps leading organizations develop and implement growth strategies, improve operations, and capitalize on technology. Mobilizing multidisciplinary teams from our highly skilled strategy, technology, and operations professionals worldwide, DiamondCluster works collaboratively with clients, unleashing the power within their own organizations to achieve sustainable business advantage.

DiamondCluster is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and across Europe, the Middle East, India, and South America. To learn more visit http://www.diamondcluster.com/ .

Contacts: David Moon Media Relations +1.312.255.4560 david.moon@diamondcluster.com Laura Cinat Investor Relations +1.312.255.6167 laura.cinat@diamondcluster.com

DiamondCluster International

CONTACT: David Moon, Media Relations, +1-312-255-4560,david.moon@diamondcluster.com , or Laura Cinat, Investor Relations,+1-312-255-6167, laura.cinat@diamondcluster.com , both of DiamondClusterInternational

Web site: http://www.diamondcluster.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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