Industry: Entertainment
- Principal, Hanafi Strategy
- Senior Director, IT Strategy & Innovation, DIRECTV/AT&T
- COO, Folio3
- Consultant, Bain & Company
- Director/Strategy Lead, Viant
- Financial Analyst, Citigroup Smith Barney
- BA, Columbia University
Representative Projects
- Providing Agile PMO and strategy planning support for a federal government agency
- Planned and supported ~$225M multi-year digital transformation for a large consumer products company
- Acted as Portfolio Lead for data management and governance initiative for a large consumer products company
- Conducted IT cost benchmarking analysis for a large telecom provider, identifying ~$70-120M opportunity to right-size spend mix
- Developed digital platform strategy for sports and news networks division of a Fortune 100 cable company
- Led financial management and spend analysis for savings portion of $1B IT synergy savings program for M&E company post-merger integration
- Developed strategies for new digital capabilities in areas such as cloud computing, Big Data, social business and API’s for a large M&E company
- Led enterprise-wide information management strategy covering all major business units and entire information value chain for a large M&E company
- Developed IT strategic plans and managed multi-year roadmaps for multiple, complex IT capabilities for a large M&E company
Expertise
Industries
- Business Services
- Consumer Products
- Entertainment
- Financial Services
- Retail
- Technology
- Telecom
Project Types
- IT/Digital Strategy
- Digital Transformation
- Strategic Planning
- Corporate Development/M&A Strategy
- Business Planning
- Agile PMO
- Product Management
Representative Clients
Companies
- CenturyLink
- Charter Communications
- Federal Government Agency
- Harman/Samsung
- Mattel
- PTC
- Seagate
- Sears
- VNU/Nielsen
PE Firms
- American Express
- Charles Schwab
- General Dynamics
- VP Strategy, MeadWestvaco
- Principal, Marakon Associates
- Director Strategy, Xerox
- Associate Principal, McKinsey
- MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- BA, Economics, Harvard
Representative Projects
- Developed a new adjacent market growth strategy for a $3B branded consumer products company
- Led strategic diligence for a branded consumer products company acquiring a $60MM Canada-based supplier
- Evaluated multiple potential new platform acquisition opportunities for a $20B global industrial conglomerate
- Led team developing a new product market entry strategy for the Food SBU of a $6B global packaging company
- Drove annual strategic planning process and re-defined the business model of a $3B global vision care provider
- Co-led the commercial due diligence for a successful $2.4B hospital supplies company acquisition
- Built a PMO capability and led high-value strategic projects to transform a $1.3B PE-backed consumer products client
- Developed a break-out strategy for a life sciences client to shape a new market and grow revenue 6x over 5 years
- Co-led the development of a new international sales and distribution approach for a life sciences client
Expertise
Industries
- Aerospace/Defense
- Consumer Products
- Entertainment
- Industrials
- Materials
- Packaging
- Pharmaceuticals
- Technology
Project Types
- Strategy
- Corporate Development
- New Market Entry
- Profit Improvement
- Program Management
- Team Building
Representative Clients
Companies
- Mead Johnson
- US Pharmacopeia
- Pfizer
- Live Nation
- Scotts
- Timken
- Textron
- Dow Chemical
- Allergan
- Alcon
- Danaher
PE Firms
- Charlesbank
- TPG
- Clayton Dubilier