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Exhibit 10.63

MANAGING DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

This Agreement (“Agreement”) is between BearingPoint, Inc. (“BearingPoint”) and F. Edwin Harbach
(“You” and all similar references) as of December 31, 2007 (the “Effective Date”):

	1.	 	Employment/Exclusive Services. You accept employment as of the Effective Date on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. You agree to: (a) devote your professional time and
best effort to BearingPoint’s business and to refrain from professional practice other than on
BearingPoint’s behalf; (b) perform all assigned work faithfully and to the best of your
ability at such times and places as BearingPoint designates; (c) abide by all policies of
BearingPoint, current and future, including the EEO policy attached as Exhibit A, and the
Anti-Harassment policy attached as Exhibit B; (d) comply with the Confidentiality and
Intellectual Property Agreement attached as Exhibit C; (e) abide by the terms of the Consent
Form, concerning personal data, attached as Exhibit D; and (f) agree to, and abide with, the
list of Competitive Businesses, attached as Exhibit E. By executing this Agreement, you
represent and confirm that you are not bound by any covenant restricting you from being
employed at BearingPoint or from performing your duties under this Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	Compensation and Benefits. As of the Effective Date, BearingPoint will pay you a
base salary, less withholding and deductions, payable in accordance with BearingPoint’s normal
payroll practices. From time to time, BearingPoint may adjust your salary and other
compensation in its discretion. During your employment, you will be eligible to participate
in employee compensation or benefit plans (including group medical and 401 (k)), incentive
award programs, and employee stock option or purchase plans and to receive other fringe
benefits that BearingPoint makes generally available to employees in your position.
BearingPoint may amend or discontinue any of its plans, programs, policies and procedures at
any time for any or no reason with or without notice.
	 
	 	 	As a condition of receiving any stock options or other equity awards, you will be required
to enter into a separate stock option or other agreement that will provide (among other
things) for the termination of your stock options or other equity awards and a payment to
BearingPoint or its designee of some or all of your gain if you violate Sections 1 (d), 3,
4, 5, and/or Exhibit C of this Agreement. You also agree and authorize BearingPoint to
deduct or withhold from your base salary or other compensation amounts which are owed to
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	3.	 	Duty of Loyalty. You acknowledge and agree that you owe a fiduciary duty of
loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act at all times in the best interests of BearingPoint
and to do no act that would injure the business, interests, or reputation of BearingPoint.
You understand and agree that you will not divert business from BearingPoint to a
Competitive Business, prepare for a future competitive venture or engage in self-dealing
while in BearingPoint’s employ. In keeping with these duties, you shall make full
disclosure to BearingPoint of all business opportunities pertaining to BearingPoint’s
business and shall not appropriate for your future benefit business opportunities of
BearingPoint.
	 
	4.	 	Conflicts of Interest. You understand and agree that any direct or indirect interest
in, connection with, or benefit from any outside activities, particularly commercial or
consulting activities, which interest might in any way adversely affect BearingPoint, involves
a possible conflict of interest. Consistent with your fiduciary duties to BearingPoint, you
agree that you shall not knowingly become involved in a conflict of interest with BearingPoint
or upon discovery of such a conflict, permit it to continue. You also agree to disclose
promptly to BearingPoint’s General Counsel any facts which might involve such a conflict of
interest that has not been approved by BearingPoint’s Board of Directors.
	 
	5.	 	Covenants. In consideration of your employment, special training, access to
Proprietary Information and eligibility for stock options or other equity awards, you agree to
the following obligations that you acknowledge are reasonably designed to protect
BearingPoint’s legitimate business interests without unreasonably restricting your ability to
earn a living after leaving BearingPoint.

	 	(a)	 	Non-Disclosure. To assist you in performing your duties, BearingPoint
agrees to provide you special training regarding its business methods and access to
certain confidential and proprietary information and materials belonging to
BearingPoint and to third parties, including its Clients and Prospective Clients who
have furnished information to BearingPoint. You will be entrusted with business
opportunities of BearingPoint and placed in a position to use and develop business
goodwill on BearingPoint’s behalf. You agree that all of this non-public information,
including the identities of BearingPoint’s Clients and Prospective Clients and their
key decision makers or other client or prospect lists, is “Proprietary Information” as
defined in Exhibit C. In keeping with the obligations imposed by Exhibit C, you agree
that you will not, at any time during or after your employment at BearingPoint, make
any unauthorized disclosure of BearingPoint’s Proprietary Information to any third
party or otherwise use such Proprietary Information to BearingPoint’s competitive
disadvantage.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Non-Competition. While employed with BearingPoint and for 24 months
after your termination or resignation, for whatever reason, you will not, directly or
indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of a Competitive Business (as specified in
Exhibit E), in any geographic area or market where you (or a direct report of your
business unit) provided BearingPoint Services during the preceding 12 months: (I)
engage in or be employed by or affiliated with a Competitive

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	 	 	 	Business in which you perform the same or similar duties or responsibilities or
provide comparable services that you performed or provided while employed as a
Managing Director of BearingPoint; (II) offer to provide to any Client or
Prospective Client similar services in the same line of business to those which you
conducted, provided or offered to provide while employed by BearingPoint; (III)
render advice or services to, or otherwise assist, any Competitive Business in
rendering advice or services similar to that advice or services offered or provided
by BearingPoint through you or your business unit to any Client or Prospective
Client; (IV) divert or attempt to divert any Client or Prospective Client from
BearingPoint to a Competitive Business; (V) transact any business with any Client or
Prospective Client which, in any manner, would have, or is likely to have, an
adverse effect upon BearingPoint’s existing or prospective business relationships;
and/or (VI) develop, acquire or maintain an ownership interest in a Competitive
Business, provided that ownership interest of less than 5% of the outstanding
capital stock of a publicly traded Competitive Business shall not be a violation of
this provision. If BearingPoint abandons a particular aspect of its business (i.e.,
ceases providing such services with the intention to permanently refrain from such
aspect of the business), then this covenant shall not apply to such former aspect of
BearingPoint’s business.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Non-Solicitation of Clients and Prospective Clients. During your
employment with BearingPoint and for a period of 24 months after your termination or
resignation, for whatever reason, you agree not to take any action to, or do anything
reasonably intended to, solicit any Client or Prospective Client on your own behalf or
on behalf of a Competitive Business (as specified in Exhibit E) or otherwise influence
or attempt to influence any Client or Prospective Client to cease or refrain from doing
business, or reduce the Client’s business, with BearingPoint. The term “solicit”
includes any direct or indirect approach, verbal or written, to a Client or Prospective
Client containing an offer, announcement, request, petition, solicitation or other
entreaty that asks, urges, encourages, invites, moves or otherwise persuades a Client
or Prospective Client to contact or respond to you or a Competitive Business for
business purposes. You understand and agree that impermissible solicitation includes,
but is not limited to, informing any Client or Prospective Client of your intent to
form or join a Competitive Business or announcing to any Client or Prospective Client
your departure from BearingPoint or your forming or joining a Competitive Business.
You also agree not to make any public or private false, derogatory or disparaging
comments about BearingPoint (or its employees) to any Clients or Prospective Clients or
act in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in damage to the goodwill
or business reputation of BearingPoint.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Non-Solicitation of Employees. While employed with BearingPoint and
for 24 months after your termination or resignation, for whatever reason, you agree not
to hire, employ, solicit for employment or attempt to hire (or assist a Competitive
Business in doing so) any employee of BearingPoint or any former employee who left
BearingPoint within 12 months before or after your termination or resignation. This
prohibition applies to any direct or indirect, written or verbal,

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	 	 	 	contact for employment purposes and includes, but is not limited to, notice of
alternative job opportunities, responses to employee inquiries, referrals to hiring
managers or providing employee identity, contact, performance or compensation
information to a Competitive Business or its representative. Impermissible
solicitation also includes any direct or indirect offer to engage or retain a
BearingPoint employee or former employee as an employee, agent, consultant,
independent contractor or in any other capacity to perform services for a person or
entity other than BearingPoint.

	6.	 	Remedies. In addition to and without limiting any remedies in law or in equity that
may be available to BearingPoint for breach of this Agreement, including, but not limited to,
injunctive and other equitable relief, you also agree to the following obligations and accept
the following consequences:

	 	(a)	 	Compensation Forfeiture. If BearingPoint determines that you have
breached Sections 3 or 4, you agree to forfeit or repay all salary and other
compensation that you have earned or would otherwise be entitled to from BearingPoint
during any period of disloyalty or conflicting interest. This compensation forfeiture
shall be absolute and not subject to any apportionment for properly performed services
during any period when disloyal acts were committed. By executing this Agreement, you
authorize BearingPoint to engage in self-help and deduct or withhold from any
compensation otherwise due or owing to you in order to satisfy such forfeiture. You
also agree to forfeit and pay to BearingPoint all gains realized from the disloyal or
conflicting acts and to reimburse BearingPoint for all losses incurred as a result of
the disloyalty, including costs and attorney’s fees.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge and agree that BearingPoint’s
remedy at law for any breach of the covenants or other provisions contained in Sections
3, 4, 5 or Exhibit C would be inadequate and that BearingPoint shall, in addition to
any other remedies, be entitled to a temporary restraining order, a preliminary and
permanent injunction, or other equitable relief, restraining and enjoining you from
committing or continuing to commit any violation of these covenants. For purposes of
any enforcement action, you stipulate and agree that money damages would be difficult
to ascertain and calculate and an inadequate remedy.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Competitive Injuries. In addition to injunctive relief, if you breach
Sections 3, 4, 5(a), (b) or (c) and/or Exhibit C, BearingPoint will be entitled to
recover its actual and consequential damages, including its lost profits, attorney’s
fees and costs. In addition, you agree to (I) repay to BearingPoint the sign-on bonus
you received under your employment offer, if any, (II) forfeit all stock options,
restricted stock and any other equity awards you have received from BearingPoint, and
(III) pay to BearingPoint an amount equal to the profits you have realized upon the
exercise of any stock options, sale of any restricted stock or disposition of any other
equity interest received under an equity award from BearingPoint. These payments shall
be tendered to BearingPoint, in cash or by certified check, within 30 days of your
receipt of written notice and demand for payment from BearingPoint.

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	 	(d)	 	Employee Solicitation. In addition to injunctive relief, if you breach
Section 5(d), BearingPoint will be entitled to recover its actual and consequential
damages, attorney’s fees and costs. You agree that actual damages shall include, but
not be limited to, and you agree to pay to BearingPoint, (I) the costs incurred in
hiring a replacement (i.e., advertising costs, headhunter fees, sign-on bonuses and
training costs); (II) the excess salary differential, if any, between the replacement
and departed employee for a period of 2 years; (III) the sign-on bonus the departed
employee received under his or her offer letter, if any; (IV) the training expenses
incurred by BearingPoint in the preceding 24 months on behalf of the departed employee;
(V) all compensation that the departing employee earned or was paid during any period
of disloyalty or conflicting interest; and (VI) all lost profits sustained as a result
of the employee’s departure from BearingPoint. These payments will be tendered to
BearingPoint upon demand, in cash or by certified check, in not less than quarterly
installments over the 24 months following such breach.

	7.	 	Certain Definitions.
	 
	 	 	“Cause” means any of the following conduct by you: (I) embezzlement or misappropriation of
corporate funds; (II) breach of fiduciary duty or other material acts of dishonesty; (III)
conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony or misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude; (IV) engaging in conduct that you know or should know could harm the
business or reputation of BearingPoint; (V) material failure to adhere to BearingPoint’s
corporate codes, policies or procedures; (VI) continued failure to meet performance
standards as determined by BearingPoint over two consecutive performance review periods;
(VII) a breach or threatened breach of any provision of Sections 1 (d), 3, 4, 5 or Exhibit
C, or a material breach of any other provision of this Agreement if the breach is not cured
to BearingPoint’s satisfaction within a reasonable period after BearingPoint provides you
with notice (to your address on BearingPoint’s records) of the breach (no notice and cure
period is required if the breach cannot be cured); or (VIII) violation of any statutory,
contractual, or common law duty or obligation to BearingPoint, including without limitation
the duty of loyalty.
	 
	 	 	“Client” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other entity that
is or was a client of BearingPoint and with which you had direct or indirect contact by
virtue of and in the course of your employment with BearingPoint or with respect to which
you possess information that is proprietary or confidential to BearingPoint or the client.
	 
	 	 	“Prospective Client” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other
entity that is not a Client but with respect to whom, within 1 year before your termination
or resignation, you: (I) conducted, prepared or submitted, or assisted in conducting,
preparing or submitting, any proposal or client development or marketing efforts on behalf
of BearingPoint (which includes any subsidiary of BearingPoint throughout this definition),
or a related or affiliated entity, (II) had contact with, knowledge of, or access to
Proprietary Information or other information concerning the prospective client, in
connection with your BearingPoint employment; or (III) dealt with

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	 	 	while the person was employed by a Client but who has since changed employers or become
employed by a non-Client firm, corporation, partnership, association or other entity in a
business decision making role.
	 	 	“BearingPoint” as used throughout this Agreement means BearingPoint, Inc. and includes any
successor to, and/or subsidiary or related or affiliated entity of BearingPoint, Inc. with
which you become employed or associated.
	 
	 	 	“Bearing Point Services” means any services conducted and provided by BearingPoint during
your employment including, without limitation, management and information technology
services.
	 
	 	 	“Competitive Business” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or
other entity that offers services competitive to BearingPoint Services. For purposes of
Sections 5(b) and 5(c) above “Competitive Business” means one or more of those entities, and
their successors in interest, specified in Exhibit E.
	 
	8.	 	Termination and Resignation.

	 	(a)	 	Your employment is terminable at will and may be terminated with or without
cause and effective immediately upon written notice to your address on BearingPoint’s
records. Upon termination by BearingPoint and subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, you will be entitled to all earned and unpaid base salary through your
termination date. If terminated without cause and upon receipt by BearingPoint of your
signed full and binding unilateral Severance and Release Agreement (“Release”) of all
claims against BearingPoint arising from, or associated with your employment,
BearingPoint will pay you for any earned and unused personal days and any additional
amounts payable to you under your Employment Letter dated as of December 31, 2007. The
form of Release shall be specified at such time by BearingPoint. All of the payments
in this Section 8(a) are less required and authorized withholding, deductions or other
offsets authorized by this Agreement. BearingPoint, in its sole discretion, may elect
any method or manner of payment under this provision, and may also require you to
perform services, as detailed in Section 1 of this Agreement, during the period of time
prior to your specified termination date.
	 
	 	(b)	 	You may voluntarily terminate your employment with BearingPoint upon 3 months’
prior written notice directed to the BearingPoint People Department unless the Chairman
of the Board of Directors of BearingPoint or his designee waives this notice in
writing. Without limiting any other remedies, if you breach this Section 8(b), you
will pay BearingPoint or its designee 25% of the total compensation (including salary
and bonus) paid or payable to you on an annualized basis by BearingPoint during the
fiscal year in which your breach occurs. These payments will be made in not less than
quarterly cash installments over the 24 months following your breach. You will not be
eligible for severance or any other payments.

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	 	(c)	 	You agree to provide all assistance requested by BearingPoint in transitioning
your duties, responsibilities and Client and other BearingPoint relationships to other
BearingPoint personnel, both during your employment and after your termination or
resignation. You understand and agree that all announcements or other communications
regarding your termination or departure from BearingPoint and the transition of your
work shall be made and handled exclusively by BearingPoint.
	 
	 	(d)	 	During the term of your employment and for 24 months after your termination or
resignation from BearingPoint, you agree to notify BearingPoint immediately, in
writing, of all offers of employment received by you from any Competitive Business to
perform services or other duties similar to those which you provide or provided to
BearingPoint. In providing this notice, you shall disclose the identity of the
Competitive Business, the location of the prospective job opportunity and your proposed
duties and responsibilities. You also agree to provide such notice and consult in good
faith with BearingPoint before accepting, directly or indirectly through an agent or
representative, any such offer to ensure compliance with the covenants contained in
Sections 3, 4 and 5 and Exhibit C of this Agreement. You also agree to provide any
prospective employer with timely written notice that you are under a written employment
agreement with BearingPoint which contains post-employment restrictive covenants
restricting competitive activities.

	9.	 	Mediation and Arbitration. The parties agree that any and all legally cognizable
disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or causes of
action arising from your employment or termination therefrom (including individual or
collective claims for employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful
termination, or violations of Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA or ERISA or other federal,
state, foreign or local law) shall be submitted to JAMS, or its successor, for mediation, and
if the matter is not resolved through mediation, then it shall be submitted to JAMS, or its
successor, for final and binding arbitration in Virginia before one arbitrator. Mediation may
be commenced by providing JAMS and the other party a written request for mediation, setting
forth the subject of the dispute and the relief requested. Arbitration with respect to the
matters submitted to mediation may be initiated by filing a written demand for arbitration at
any time following the first mediation session or 45 days after the date of filing the written
request for mediation, whichever occurs first. Either party may seek equitable relief prior
to the mediation or arbitration to preserve the status quo or to seek relief under Sections 3,
4, 5 and/or Exhibit C of this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the mediator
shall be disqualified from serving as arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by
JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. Judgment on the Award
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator may, in the Award, allocate
all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including the fees of the arbitrator and the
reasonable attorneys’ fees of the prevailing party.

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	10.	 	Survival. Sections 1(d), 1(e), 2 through 16, and Exhibits C and D shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or your employment (including your resignation).
	 
	11.	 	Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and
BearingPoint regarding these matters and supersedes any verbal and written agreements on such
matters. In the event of a conflict between the main body of this Agreement and the Exhibits,
the main body of the Agreement shall control. This Agreement may be modified only by written
agreement signed by you and the Chairman of the Board of Directors or his or her designee.
All Section headings are for convenience only and do not modify or restrict any of this
Agreement’s terms.
	 
	12.	 	Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. You and BearingPoint consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal
court in the State of Virginia and agree that any permitted lawsuit may be brought to such
courts or other court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereby waives, releases and
agrees not to assert, and agrees to cause its affiliates to waive, release and not assert, any
rights such party or its affiliates may have under any foreign law or regulation that would be
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement as governed by Virginia law.
	 
	13.	 	Waiver. Any party’s waiver of any other party’s breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not waive any other right or any future breaches of the same or any other
provision. The Chairman of the Board of Directors may, in his or her sole discretion, waive
any of the provisions of Sections 1 (d), 3, 4, 6, or Exhibit C.
	 
	14.	 	Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable
for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect or nullify the validity of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be overly
broad in duration, geographical coverage or scope, or unenforceable or unreasonable for any
other reason, the parties intend for the restriction to be modified or reformed so as to be
reasonable and enforceable and, as so modified, to be fully enforced.
	 
	15.	 	Assignment and Beneficiaries. This Agreement only benefits and is binding on the
parties and their respective affiliates, successors and permitted assigns provided that you
may not assign your rights or duties under this Agreement without the express prior written
consent with the other parties. BearingPoint may assign any rights or duties that it has, in
whole or in part, to other affiliated or subsidiary entities without your consent.
	 
	16.	 	Counterparts. For convenience of the parties, this Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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The parties state that they have read, understood and agree to be bound by this Agreement and that
they have had the opportunity to seek the advice of legal counsel before signing it and have either
sought such counsel or have voluntarily decided not to do so:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BEARINGPOINT, INC.	 	 	 	EMPLOYEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Roderick McGeary	 	 	 	/s/ F. Edwin Harbach	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Signature)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:
	 	Chairman	 	 	 	F. Edwin Harbach	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Print Employee’s Full Name)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	1/18/08	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Employee’s ID)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Dated:	 	1/18/08	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit 10.64

SPECIAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT

     THIS SPECIAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 31st day of December,
2007, between BearingPoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and F. Edwin Harbach (the
Executive”) (collectively referred to as the “parties”).

     WHEREAS, the Executive will develop an intimate knowledge of the business and affairs of the
Company, its policies, methods, personnel and plans for the future and has contacts of considerable
value to the Company; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that the Executive’s
contribution to the success of the Company will be substantial and wishes to offer an inducement to
the Executive to enter into and remain in the employ of the Company;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective covenants and
agreements of the parties herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

     1. Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall continue until the earlier of:
(i) the expiration of the third anniversary of this Agreement (or if a Change in Control occurs
during the Term, the second anniversary of the occurrence of a Change in Control), (ii) the
Executive’s death, (iii) the Executive’s earlier voluntary termination (except for a termination as
a result of any of the events described in Section 3(a)(ii)) or a termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company for Cause or due to a Disability (as defined herein) or (iv) the date of
any other termination of the Executive’s employment prior to a Change in Control; provided,
however, that on each expiration date of this Agreement, the Agreement, Term and periods referenced
in Section 3 shall automatically be extended for an additional year unless, not later than 90
calendar days prior to such expiration date, the Company shall have given written notice to the
Executive that it does not wish to have the Term extended.

     2. Definitions.

          (a) Acquiring Person: An “Acquiring Person” shall mean any person (as defined in
Section 2(d)(iv)) that, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such person (as defined in
Section 2(b)), is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 20% or
more of the outstanding common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company or such other
securities that may cast a vote for the election of directors of the Company (“Common Stock”). The
term “Acquiring Person” shall not include; (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary of the Company,
(iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any person
holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, (iv) any entity owned, directly
or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of Common Stock of the Company, or (v) any surviving entity described in Section
2(d)(i)(A) below. For the purposes of this Agreement, a person who becomes an Acquiring Person by
acquiring beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Common Stock at any time after the date of
this Agreement shall continue to be an Acquiring Person whether or not such person continues to be
the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock.

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          (b) Affiliate and Associate. “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, in effect on the date of this
Agreement.

          (c) Cause. For “Cause” shall mean that, during the Term, the Executive shall have:

               (i) committed an intentional material act of fraud or embezzlement in connection with
his duties or in the course of his employment with the Company;

               (ii) caused by intentional act or omission material damage to property of the Company;

               (iii) committed an intentional wrongful disclosure of material secret processes or
material confidential information of the Company; or

               (iv) been convicted of a felony criminal offense.

For the purposes of this Agreement, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall
be deemed “intentional” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or with
no reasonable belief that his act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.

          (d) Change in Control. A “Change in Control” of the Company shall have occurred if at
any time during the Term of this Agreement any of the following events shall have been consummated:

               (i) any consolidation, merger or other reorganization of the Company in which the
Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with another corporation or other
legal person or pursuant to which shares of the Company’s stock are converted into cash,
securities or other property, other than (A) a consolidation, merger or other reorganization
of the Company in which the holders of the Company’s Common Stock immediately prior to the
merger own more than 50.1 % of the common stock (or such other securities that may cast a
vote for the election of directors of the entity) of the surviving entity or its ultimate
parent immediately after the merger or (B) a consolidation, merger or reorganization of the
Company as a result of which no person (as defined in Section 2(d)(iv)) becomes an Acquiring
Person;

               (ii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of
related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and as a
result of such transaction the holders of the Company’s Common Stock immediately prior
thereto own less than 50.1 % of the common stock (or such other securities that may cast a
vote for the election of directors of the entity) of such transferee or its ultimate parent
immediately after such transaction;

               (iii) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any approval by the stockholders
of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

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               (iv) any person (including any “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) has become an Acquiring Person;

               (v) if at any time the Continuing Directors then serving on the Board cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or

               (vi) any occurrence that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6( e) of
Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation.

provided, however, that a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to have occurred as
the result of any transaction having one or more of the effects specified in clauses (i)-(vi) above
if such transaction is proposed by, and includes a significant equity participation (i.e., an
aggregate of at least 25% of the outstanding common equity securities of the Company immediately
after such transaction which are entitled to vote to elect any class of Directors) of, the
executive officers of the Company as constituted immediately prior to the occurrence of such
transaction or any Company employee stock ownership plan or pension plan.

          (e) Code. The “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (f) Continuing Director. A “Continuing Director” shall mean a director serving on the
Board who (i) is not an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, a
representative of an Acquiring Person or a person who was nominated for election by an Acquiring
Person, and (ii) was either a member of the Board on the date of this Agreement or subsequently
became a Director of the Company and whose initial election or initial nomination for election by
the Company’s stockholders was approved by at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then on
the Board but shall not include, in any event, any individual whose initial assumption of office
occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election or other action or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board.

          (g) Exchange Act. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

          (h) Severance Compensation. The “Severance Compensation” shall be a lump sum amount
equal to: (i) one times the Executive’s annual salary plus (ii) one times the Executive’s potential
bonus or incentive compensation, as communicated by or at the direction of the Chairman of the
Board, in effect as of the date of a Change in Control.

          (i) Term. The “Term” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.

          (j) Termination Date. The “Termination Date” shall be the date upon which the
Executive or the Company terminates the employment of the Executive.

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     3. Rights of Executive Following a Change in Control.

          (a) The Company shall provide the Executive, within 10 business days following the applicable
Termination Date, Severance Compensation in lieu of compensation to the Executive for periods
subsequent to the Termination Date, but without affecting any other rights of the Executive at law
or in equity, if any of the following events occur:

               (i) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment within two years after a Change
in Control that occurs during the Term, other than for either of the following reasons:

                    (A) the Executive becomes permanently disabled and is unable to work for a
period of 180 consecutive days (a “Disability”); or

                    (B) for Cause;

               (ii) the Executive terminates his employment during the Term, but after a Change in
Control, by providing written notice to the Company (which shall indicate the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail
the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for such termination) within sixty
(60) days after the Executive’s base salary is decreased by twenty (20) percent or more
within two years after a Change in Control that occurs during the Term.

          (b) Continued Benefits. If any of the events specified in Sections 3(a)(i) or (ii)
occurs and Executive is entitled to Severance Compensation, then until the earlier of the second
anniversary of the Termination Date or the date on which the Executive becomes employed by a new
employer, the Company shall, at its expense, provide the Executive with medical, dental, life
insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment benefits and other welfare benefits
(“Insurance Benefits”) at the highest level provided to the Executive immediately prior to the
Change in Control, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes employed by a new employer
which maintains Insurance Benefits that either (i) do not cover the Executive with respect to a
pre-existing condition which was covered under the Company’s Insurance Benefits, or (ii) do not
cover the Executive for a designated waiting period, the Executive’s coverage under the Company’s
Insurance Benefits shall continue, without limitation, until the earlier of the end of the
applicable period of non coverage under the new employer’s Insurance Benefits or the second
anniversary of the Termination Date.

          (c) Outplacement Counseling. If any of the events specified in Sections 3(a)(i) or
(ii) occur and Executive is entitled to Severance Compensation, the Company shall reimburse all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive over the one year period following the Termination
Date for professional outplacement services by qualified consultants selected by the Executive, in
an amount not to exceed $50,000.

          (d) Payment of Earned But Unpaid Amounts. Within 10 business days after any of the
events specified in Sections 3(a)(i) or (ii) has occurred, the Company shall pay the Executive any
earned but unpaid portion of his salary, bonus or incentive compensation or other compensation.

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          (e) Other Rights and Benefits. The payment of Severance Compensation by the Company
to the Executive shall not affect any other rights and benefits of the Executive provided by the
Company, prior to the Termination Date, which rights shall be governed by the terms of the
agreements governing such rights or benefits.

          (f) No Set-Off or Counterclaim. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
Company shall have no right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of any claim, debt or obligation
against any payment or benefit to or for the benefit of the Executive provided for in this
Agreement.

          (g) Interest on Payments. Without limiting the rights of the Executive at law or in
equity, if the Company fails to make any payment required to be made hereunder on a timely basis,
the Company shall pay interest on the amount thereof on demand at an annualized rate of interest
equal to the Prime Rate as reported in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal (or in
the successor to such section or, if there is no such successor section, the most comparable Prime
Rate), compounded daily (but in no event shall such interest exceed the highest lawful rate).

          (h) Vesting of Stock Awards. If any of the events specified in Sections 3(a)(i) or
(ii) occur and the Executive is entitled to Severance Compensation hereunder then on the
Termination Date, all stock option grants, awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units,
and all other forms of stock awards previously granted to the Executive shall vest immediately (as
if his employment were not terminated) and be nonforfeitable.

          (i) Code Section 409A. If the Company determines in good faith that any payment
hereunder would cause a violation of Code Section 409A if paid within the first six (6) months
after termination of Executive’s employment, such amount(s) shall not be paid during such six (6)
month period but shall instead be paid in a lump sum (without interest) immediately after the end
of such six (6) month period and such payment shall be considered to be made on a timely basis for
purposes of this Agreement. In the event that continuation of any benefit would in the good faith
judgment of the Company cause a violation of Code Section 409A if provided at Company cost during
the first six (6) months after the Termination Date, if Executive desires such benefit
continuation, he shall pay to the Company the full cost therefor during such six (6) month period
and the Company shall reimburse him for such cost (without interest) in a lump sum payment
immediately after or end of such six (6) month period.

     4. Gross-up.

          (a) If it is determined that any payment, benefit or distribution (or combination thereof) by
the Company, or by any trust established by the Company for the benefit of its employees or by a
person whose actions result in a change of ownership or effective control covered by Section
280G(b)(2) or any person affiliated with the Company or such person, to or for the benefit of the
Executive (whether payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a “Payment”))
would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, or any successor provision,
and any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (the
excise tax, together with interest and penalties thereon, hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Excise Tax”), the Executive shall be entitled

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to receive an additional payment (a “Gross-up Payment”) in an amount such that after payment
by the Executive of all taxes, including, without limitation, any income taxes and the Excise Tax
imposed upon the Gross-up Payment (and any interest or penalties), the Executive shall retain an
amount of the Gross-up Payment equal to the sum of (i) the amount of the Excise Tax imposed upon
the Payment or the Gross-up Payment and (ii) without duplication, an amount equal to the product of
(1) any deductions disallowed for federal, state or local income tax purposes because of the
inclusion of the Gross-up Payment in the Executive’s adjusted gross income, and (2) the highest
applicable marginal rate of federal, state or local income taxation, respectively, for the calendar
year in which the Gross-up Payment is made or is to be made. The intent of this Section 4 is that
the Executive, after paying his federal, state and local income taxes and payroll taxes, will be in
the same position as if he was not subject to the Excise Tax and did not receive the extra amounts
pursuant to this Section 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4(a), if it
shall be determined that the Executive would otherwise be entitled to a Gross-up Payment, but that
the Payments do not exceed one hundred ten percent (110%) of the greatest amount (the “Reduced
Amount”) that could be paid to the Executive such that the receipt of Payments would not give rise
to any Excise Tax, then no Gross-up Payment shall be made to the Executive and the Payments, in the
aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount.

          (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 4(c), all determinations required to be made under
this Section 4, including whether and when a Gross-up Payment is required and the amount of such
Gross-up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be
made by such nationally recognized certified public accounting firm or law firm as may be
designated by the Executive (the “Firm”). All fees and expenses of the Firm shall be borne solely
by the Company. Any Gross-up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 4, shall be paid by
the Company to the Executive within five days after the receipt of the Firm’s determination. If
the Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, it shall so indicate to the
Executive in writing. Any determination by the Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the
Executive.

          (c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue
Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of a Gross-up Payment. Such
notification shall be given no later than 10 business days after the Executive is informed in
writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of the claim and the date of
requested payment. The Executive shall not pay the claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day
period following the date on which it gives notice to the Company. If the Company notifies the
Executive in writing prior to the expiration of the period that it desires to contest such claim,
the Executive shall:

               (i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to
such claim;

               (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall
reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting
legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the
Company;

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               (iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to effectively contest such
claim; and

               (iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim.

Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 4(c), the Company shall control all
proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any
and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in
respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax
claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive
agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court
of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts as the Company shall direct, provided,
however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional
interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the
Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and
penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of the contest; and provided further, that if
the Company directs the Executive to pay any claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance
the amount of the payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold
the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including
interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to the advance or with respect to
any imputed income with respect to the advance.

          (d) If the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 4(c) and the Executive thereafter
is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Firm shall determine the amount of the
Gross-up Payment required, and such payment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the
benefit of the Executive.

          (e) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to
Section 4(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the
Executive shall promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest
paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive
of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 4(c), a determination is made that the
Executive is not entitled to any refund with respect to such claim, and the Company does not notify
the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund within 30 days after such
determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the
amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of the Gross-up Payment
required to be paid.

     5. No Mitigation Required. In the event that this Agreement or the employment of the
Executive is terminated, the Executive shall not be obligated to mitigate his damages or the amount
of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, and except
for the termination of benefits pursuant to Section 3(b), the acceptance of employment elsewhere
after termination shall in no way reduce the amount of Severance Compensation payable hereunder.

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     6. Successors; Binding Agreement.

          (a) The Company will require any successor and any corporation or other legal person
(including any “person” as defined in Section 2(d)(iv) of this Agreement) which is in control of
such successor (as “control” is defined in Rule 405 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) to all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company (by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), by agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform
it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such agreement prior to
the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a material breach of this Agreement by the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such assumption shall not in any way affect or limit
the liability of the Company under the terms of this Agreement or release the Company from any
obligation hereunder. As used in this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and any
successor to its business and/or all or substantially all of its assets which executes and delivers
the agreement provided for in this Section 6 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.

          (b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and
be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

     7. Indemnification; Director’s and Officer’s Liability Insurance. The Executive
shall, after a Change of Control, retain all rights to indemnification under applicable law or
under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as they may be amended or restated from
time to time. In addition, the Company shall maintain director’s and officer’s liability insurance
on behalf of the Executive, at the level in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, for
the five years following the Change in Control.

     8. Notice. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered personally or when mailed five (5) days after being mailed by United States registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

	 	 	 
	If to the Company:

	 	BearingPoint, Inc.
	 

	 	1676 International Drive
	 

	 	McLean, Virginia 22102
	 

	 	Attn: General Counsel
	 
	 	 
	If to the Executive:

	 	 
	 

	 	
	 

	 	 

or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

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     9. Miscellaneous. No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in a writing signed by the
Executive and the Company. No waiver by either party of, or compliance with, any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar
or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No
agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, unless specifically referred
to herein with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement have been made by either party which
are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of law; provided, however, that to the extent this
Agreement makes reference to any other agreements, the choice of law provision set forth in each
such agreement shall continue to govern the terms and conditions of such agreement as well as the
interpretation and construction thereof and the references thereto that are set forth herein.

     10. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

     11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

     12. Employment Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall create any express or implied
right or duty on the part of the Company or the Executive to have the Executive remain in the
employment of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) prior to or after any Change in
Control.

     13. Withholding of Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under
this Agreement all federal, state, local or other taxes as shall be required by law.

     14. Disputes. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on an arbitrator’s award relating to this
Agreement in any court having jurisdiction. The exclusive venue for such arbitration shall, at the
sole option of the Executive, be in McLean, Virginia or the county where the Executive then
resides.

     15. Legal Fees and Expenses. It is the intent of the Company that the Executive not
be required to incur the expenses associated with the enforcement of his rights under this
Agreement by litigation or other legal action because the cost and expense thereof would
substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Executive in this Agreement.
Accordingly, if it should appear to the Executive in good faith that the Company has failed to
comply with any of its obligations under the Agreement or in the event that the Company or any
other person takes any action to declare the Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any
litigation designed to deny, or to recover from, the Executive the benefits intended to be provided
to the Executive hereunder, the Company irrevocably authorizes the

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Executive from time to time to retain counsel of his choice, at the expense of the Company as
hereafter provided, to represent the Executive in connection with the initiation or defense of any
litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or any director, officer,
stockholder or any other person, in any jurisdiction. The Company shall pay, within 10 business
days of a written request by the Executive, and be solely responsible for, any and all reasonable
attorneys’ and related reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Executive as a result of any
actual or threatened litigation or other legal action relating to this Agreement or any provision
thereof or as a result of the Company or any person raising any issue with respect to this
Agreement or any provision thereof, including without limitation, contesting the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any provision thereof. The Executive shall have an obligation
to return to the Company any amounts paid pursuant to this Section 15 and shall not be entitled to
any payments under this Section 15 if the claim or claims made by the Executive are deemed to be
frivolous by any court or arbitrator.

     16. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred upon or reserved to
the Executive is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

     17. Code Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of
Code Section 409A and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.
The Company reserves the right to amend the provisions of this Agreement at any time in order to
avoid the imposition of the additional tax under Code Section 409A or any payments or benefits to
be made hereunder.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective on the day and year
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BEARINGPOINT, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Roderick McGeary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name:	 	Roderick McGeary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Chairman	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	EXECUTIVE:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	/s/ F. Edwin Harbach	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	     F. Edwin Harbach	 	 

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