Timeline: KPMG’s Long Evolution into BearingPoint

2000
JANUARY

  • KPMG spins off its consulting unit, KPMG Consulting, which would later take the name BearingPoint.

    2001
    FEBRUARY
  • KPMG Consulting goes public.
    OCTOBER
  • KPMG Consulting expands global operations with the first of numerous acquisitions of Andersen Consulting and KPMG International consulting units.

    2002
    JULY
  • Sarbanes-Oxley bill signed into law.
    OCTOBER
  • KPMG Consulting becomes BearingPoint.

    2003
    JANUARY
  • BearingPoint announces it is reducing its workforce by approximately
  • 50 to 550 employees, primarily in the North American and Asia Pacific regions.
    AUGUST
  • Company says net income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, is up by $
  • 1.5 million, but also reports that it will restate its financial results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2003 due to acquisition-related and other accounting adjustments.

    2004
    NOVEMBER
  • Company reports third-quarter fiscal 200
  • results—posting net income of $11.9 million on revenue of $8
  • 0.9 million. These are the last financial numbers posted by the company.
  • Chairman and CEO Rand Blazer resigns; Roderick C. McGeary named to replace Blazer.
  • Chief financial officer Robert Falcone retires.

    2005
    JANUARY
  • Joseph Corbett named chief financial officer.
    MARCH
  • Harry You named CEO.
  • Company announces delay in filing 10K.
    MAY
  • CFO Corbett resigns.
    JULY
  • Judy Ethell named executive vice president of finance and chief accounting officer.
    SEPTEMBER
  • SEC launches investigation.
    DECEMBER
  • Joni Kahn named head of technology solutions.
  • Thomas McHugh named corporate controller.
  • CIO Thomas Wilde resigns.

    2006
    JANUARY
  • Former director of BearingPoint Australia, Cameron John Morris, charged with falsifying financial books.
    Sources: Bearingpoint, Published Reports, Baseline Research

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    Compliance: How BearingPoint Lost Its Way

  • What Went Wrong?
  • Born Using Someone Else’s Infrastructure.
  • I.T. Designed for Growth
  • Danger: Old Boys and SOX
  • Recovering From a Hasty I.T. Rollout.
  • Ironically, Accounting Was a Big Problem.
  • BearingPoint’s End Game.

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