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Karl Newkirk recently retired was a Partner at Accenture (NYSE: ACN) formerly Andersen Consulting for almost 30 years where he specialized in management solutions for the manufacturing distribution health care and consumer goods industries. Mr. Newkirk initiated and built the Andersen Consulting ERP practice in 1994 and served as its global managing partner for six years. That global consulting organization grew from an initial focus on SAP into an organization with more than 5 000 employees managing ERP implementations in many of the world's largest companies and became one of the firm's most successful and profitable lines of business. Mr. Newkirk also served as the first managing partner of Accenture’s Microsoft Solutions Organization. | 