Former DHS Under Secretary for Management Rafael Borrás joins A.T. Kearney as Senior Advisor

ARLINGTON, Va., April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney announced today that Rafael Borrás has joined A.T. Kearney as a Senior Advisor.  Borrás most recently served as Under Secretary for Management and Acting Deputy Secretary of the $60B Department of Homeland Security.  He will bring his rich expertise to A.T. Kearney's consulting practice, working to identify commercial best practices in the areas of organizational transformation, information technology, acquisition, and financial management that are best suited to migrate to the public sector. 

At DHS, Borrás led successful management integration efforts, achieved the first clean audit opinion, and brought commercial risk management practices to DHS acquisition programs.  Earlier in his career he held the positions of Deputy City Manager for Hartford, CT and New Rochelle, NY and served in a senior leadership role for a global engineering firm.  He is broadly recognized as a leader who has executed and implemented his strategic management vision at the intersection of the public and private sectors.

"As a leader who has created value for the American public and corporate shareholders, I'm very pleased to bring this experience to A.T. Kearney, whose work with the world's leading commercial sector companies is notable," said Borrás. "I look forward to helping A.T. Kearney deliver the best commercial practices to the public sector and enabling governments everywhere to deliver services in the most efficient and sustainable way to the benefit of their citizens."

"We are thrilled that Rafael has joined A.T. Kearney," said Bob Willen, leader of A.T. Kearney's Public Sector, Aerospace and Defense sectors in the Americas.  "His combination of public and private sector leadership experience will be particularly important as we help public sector organizations fulfill their missions with leading practices drawn from industry. He will also advise global commercial clients to anticipate and plan for the challenges of rapid change and uncertain global risks looking to the future.  He will be a valuable addition to our team, and will bring great insights to both our public sector and commercial clients."

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