Abt Associates Names David Ferreira Chief Human Resources Officer

"David is a very senior professional with an extensive track record in human resources management and consulting," said CEO Wendell Knox.  "His wide-ranging experience in his own business and at several major organizations includes organizational assessment, succession planning, leadership development, executive coaching, organizational effectiveness, change management, and recruiting, retention and mentoring activities."

Ferreira began his career with General Electric, where he spent 13 years in various human resource capacities gaining hands on knowledge of GE's highly rated best practices in the areas of employee relations and management assessment and training.  After GE he served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Beneficial Management Corporation, a 12,000 person financial services company.  He then joined KPMG as National Director of Human Resources where he developed the firm's succession planning process.  Since 1998 he has been operating his own consulting company, providing a wide range of clients with strategic human resources solutions for improving organizational performance.

"I am looking forward to working with the Abt Associates management team to enhance human capital development, including recruiting and retention, talent management, improving the diversity of professional staff and building a continuous learning environment that fosters creativity and high performance," said Ferreira.  "Abt Associates is a Company that values people and I see this as a great opportunity to work in that kind of organization".

Ferreira holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a J.D. in Corporate Law from the New England School of Law, an M.S. in European Community Business from the University of Amsterdam, and an M.B.A. in General Management from the University of Michigan.

Abt Associates, a private, employee-owned company, applies scientific research and technical assistance expertise to a wide range of social, economic and technological policy issues; international development; clinical trials and registries; and complex business problems.  Founded in 1965, Abt Associates provides services to U.S. federal, state and local governments; foreign governments; international organizations; foundations; and business and industry.  Its staff of over 1,000 is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bethesda, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and in Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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