Richard Ellis's profile answers

One where I am constantly presented with complex, seemingly unmanageable problems to rationalize and solve.

I am seeking my career home in consulting. Although I have been a trusted advisor consultant for fifteen years, none of that experience has been with a traditional management consulting firm. I am taking this opportunity to move into an industry that uniquely matches my approach to work and my lifestyle. I have elaborated on the thought process to arrive at this decision in several previous posts. Consulting will take me far from home, with long hours. It is a lifestyle far different from the one I enjoy now, but very similar to the one I left from my prior career with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and First Boston. I am looking forward to helping new clients solve their most complex, vexing problems....

Nothing. We are each the sum total of our experiences. I turned a happy, well adjusted person with a loving family. I would not offer to trade that away.

Learning

Harry V Keefe Jr , founder of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. He taught me to be brief, to the point and humble.

Assistant electrical job foreman in the World Trade Center before they installed windows. It was a bit windy on the higher floors.

Be humble, work hard, do whatever you are asked. In time you will figure out your work/life style and can pursue your career.

A manager with a full service consulting organization such as Accenture, BearingPoint, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PWC