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TO WORK FOR
Protiviti
Six years as one of the Best Firms to Work For is a pretty impressive track record, for
sure. And Joseph Tarantino, President & CEO of Protiviti knows
that’s no small feat. He says the firm
operates every day on the basis that
it brings the best people to the table
for clients because the firm’s employees are not only experts in their
fields but engaged and committed to
the firm and its values.
“Being recognized as one of the
Best Firms to Work For validates our
belief that Protiviti really does stand
out among its peers as an exception-
al workplace to build a career,” Tar-
antino says. “This helps us attract a
high caliber workforce from which
our clients benefit. Our people take
great pride in this recognition, and
many of them refer other profes-
sionals to apply to work here.”
It’s no surprise then that Tarantino
would classify morale as very high,
partly because on a financial level
Protiviti continues to see sustained
and solid growth. Perhaps more im-
portantly, he says, is to continue to
develop programs and initiatives that
truly reflect the things employees
care about, from increased benefits
for new parents to employee net-
working groups to multiple opportu-
nities for giving back to local com-
munities. “Our continuing evolution
in this regard is very much based on
employee feedback and people see
and appreciate our responsiveness to
their needs,” he says.
And there’s other news on the ho-
rizon, Tarantino says. As part of the
firm’s commitment to innovation,
Protiviti recently opened Protiviti
iNN innovation sites in New York,
Chicago and London, to serve as in-
house incubators and accelerators of
ideas and next generation-solutions
for clients and the firm. “We have
more innovation sites planned, and
we look forward to implementing
the new ideas and methodologies
developed at these sites to the bene-
fit of our clients as well as our firm,”
he says. “We will also continue to
assist our clients with the pressing
business issues of the day, including
digital transformation, cyber risk
quantification, cloud security and
process mining and data manage-
ment, to name just a few.”
To that end, Tarantino says he sees
exciting opportunities for clients in
the areas of artificial intelligence and
machine learning, robotic process
automation, cloud and operational re-
silience. “We believe that employing
new technologies and innovative ap-
proaches will create dramatic shifts
in performance, business develop-
ment and shareholder value over the
next two years. We look forward to
helping our clients tackle these chal-
lenges with confidence,” he says.
What’s unique about
your firm?
TARANTINO: We have three
overall company values—
innovation, inclusion and integrity. This
brevity allows us to really focus
on those values in everything we
do. We go above and beyond
every day advising our clients
and using the latest technologies
and methodologies to find genuinely innovative solutions for them
because we know that these are
key to their success in a competitive market. We work in a highly
collaborative way that encourages our diverse workforce to
offer creative solutions, and we
frequently bring in Protiviti colleagues from our other consulting
practices so our clients can benefit from new perspectives, expertise and insights. We’re committed to doing the right thing,
whether it’s in dealing with clients, how we treat each other as
colleagues, the way we steward
our company or the contributions
we make to the communities in
which we live and work globally.
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F HEADQUARTERS: Menlo Park, Calif. F NUMBER OF BILLABLE CONSULTANTS:
4,000+ F CLIENT INDUSTRIES SERVED:
Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy/Utilities, Consumer, Technology/Media/Communications, Manufacturing, Private Equity,
Government F CONSULTING SERVICE LINES: Strategy, Operations Management, IT and Financial Consulting
