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FTI Consulting Boosts Energy Consulting with Strategic Hire

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Global business advisory firm, FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN - Free Report) continues to work towards improving its organizational safety. The company recently expanded its Houston Energy practice, which is part of its Economic Consulting segment, by appointing Rick Porter as the Senior Managing Director to be based in Houston.

Porter has 40 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. He has provided regulatory analysis and expert testimony in rate cases. He has also offered his expertise to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in rulemaking and policy analysis, commentary and strategy development. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Porter was part of Black & Veatch Management Consulting.

The oil and gas sector is highly volatile, and Porter’s rich professional background will help the clients in tackling the related issues. The company will continue to focus on expanding its existing business as well as developing new service offerings for its energy clients.

Recently, the company upgraded its visual analytics software platform, Radiance. This updated system is fully integrated with features that will facilitate partition visualization, social networking, similarity searching, enhanced data filtering and finding indebt reports. Such improvements in technology will augment the company’s top-line growth, going forward.

Founded in 1982, FTI Consulting provides specialized consulting services across various foreign countries. The company has a team of highly qualified professionals who provide problem-solving and technology services, primarily to major corporations, financial institutions and law firms. Based in Baltimore, MD, the company aims to expand in major markets with rapidly growing economies that hold ample scope for investments.

FTI Consulting currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the same industry include CRA International Inc. (CRAI - Free Report) , CBIZ, Inc. (CBZ - Free Report) and Navigant Consulting Inc. (NCI - Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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