Applied Research Corporation

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.arclead.com

Applied Research Corporation may sound like a business with beakers, robots, and mad scientists but its research is much more mundane, and more likely to produce tangible results. Applied Research Corporation provides leadership coaching and other management consulting services aimed at corporate development, training, and performance improvement. Its clients include pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, consumer products companies Frito-Lay and Avon, and utility Con Edison of New York. Managing directors Jan Margolis and Joel Moses founded the firm in 1989.

Officers:
President: Jan Margolis
Managing Director: Joel Moses
Chief Marketing Officer: Marybeth Shanley

Competitors:
A.T. Kearney
Bain & Company
Booz Allen

Research efforts devoted to the development of practical applications from pure research. Applied research in the field of electronics developed the microcomputer RAM chip for use in electronic memory storage.