BOSTON, MA, September 3 - Dr. Michael Hammer, one of the world’s leading business thinkers, died late this evening at a Boston hospital after collapsing from apparent cranial bleeding Friday, August 22. He was 60 years old.

"We are all shocked and deeply saddened by Michael's premature passing. He was a true business visionary and one of the most provocative and passionate teachers I have ever met," Jeffrey Goding, Managing Director of Hammer and Company. "Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family at this difficult time."

Michael was best known as a public speaker and co-author, with James Champy, of the 1993 book Reengineering the Corporation, which spent more than a year on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. Michael is also the author of The Reengineering Revolution (1995), Beyond Reengineering (1997), and The Agenda (2001).

In addition to writing, Michael was the founder and President of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Hammer and Company, a business education and research firm.

"Michael's loss will be felt by everyone who knew and worked with him, as well as in the halls of the thousands of companies around the world that have profited from his ideas," continued Goding. "Despite the loss of my colleague, Michael would have expected—and even demanded—that our company move forward. We will continue to fulfill the important mission Michael outlined, to help enterprises maximize their performance through business process transformation."

Any questions regarding the company's programs and services should be directed to Hammer and Company's Managing Director, Jeffrey Goding, at jgoding@hammerandco.com or (617) 354-5555 ext.111.

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