For as long as he can remember, Robert Harriss has loved breaking things down and rebuilding them.

“My dad was very hands-on, and he taught me a lot about building things. I would always be taking things apart, figuring out how they worked, and then trying to put them back together again.”

Robert considered a career in engineering, but in the end, it was the world of consulting that drew him in. Robert considered a career in engineering, but in the end, it was the world of consulting that drew him in. “Consulting is very similar to engineering,” explains Robert. “Defining the problem, breaking it down into constituent parts, and then looking at creative ways to put it back together—that’s really the core of solving big strategic operations challenges.”

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