Huron Consulting Group Bolsters Salesforce Team with Addition of Kevin Turner

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business consulting services, announced that Kevin Turner has joined the company as a managing director in its Enterprise Performance Management & Analytics (EPM&A) practice. Turner will lead the development of a more comprehensive Salesforce service offering that includes CRM strategy, customer engagement, and business intelligence and analytics to clients in healthcare, higher education, life sciences, manufacturing, high tech, professional services, and other industries.

“Our clients are looking for a true partner to assist with complex Salesforce implementations. Huron has the deep resources, specialized staff and dedicated team needed to support Salesforce’s expanding product offering,” said Jay Laabs, managing director and leader of Huron’s EPM&A practice. “With a proven track record of helping clients increase their operational effectiveness, Kevin will help our growing team deploy its expertise across cloud-based, mission-critical functions, including enterprise performance management, regulatory compliance, customer insights, risk management, and data governance.”

Turner has more than 20 years of experience in CRM strategy and implementation, customer success, change management and cloud computing. At Huron, he will drive growth in the Chicago market and work with Huron’s existing sales, delivery and Salesforce team. Previously, Turner served in senior management positions at Model Metrics, Salesforce and Magnet 360, where he was responsible for structuring and overseeing Salesforce implementation engagements that fully leveraged the broad set of capabilities the Salesforce platform has to offer.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron is a global professional services firm focused on assisting clients with their most complex business issues by delivering high-value, quality solutions to support their long-term strategic objectives. Huron specializes in serving clients in the healthcare, higher education, life sciences, and commercial sectors as these organizations face significant transformational change and regulatory or economic pressures in dynamic market environments. With its deep industry and technical expertise, Huron provides advisory, consulting, technology, and analytic solutions to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.

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