VP Strategy, Blucora

AVP Corporate Strategy & Development, AT&T

Case Team Leader, Bain & Company

Ops Officer, U.S. Intel Community

MBA, Duke University

BS, Electrical Engineering, Missouri S&T University

Representative Projects

  • Planned and executed multiple domestic and international high-stakes telecommunications auctions with $18B+ acquisitions
  • Developed growth strategy for recently-acquired specialty insurance company resulting in customer acquisition of $30B anchor client
  • Led development of wealth management M&A growth strategy with $20B in asset growth potential
  • Established and led annual strategic planning process for Fortune 10 firm
  • Formed and led program management of new global joint venture for five major telecommunications firms achieving technical prototypes in 6 weeks
  • Established program management organization and governance committee for $81B in wireless radio spectrum assets
  • Conducted due diligence of $1.4B U.S. Government subsidy auction, identifying significant flaws in auction and program design, and advocating for change with FCC
  • Led due diligence team of new 5G technology and resulting deployment cost model
  • Managed creation of wealth management profit improvement plan with new pricing to realize $45M in incremental gross profit

Expertise

Industries

  • Financial Services
  • Military & Intelligence
  • Speciality Retail
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications

Expertise

  • Growth Strategy
  • Auction Planning & Execution
  • Strategic Planning & Program Management
  • Due Diligence
  • Profit Improvement

Representative Clients

Companies

  • AT&T
  • Blucora, Inc.
  • $10B Speciality Insurer
  • Fortune 10 Financial Services Firm
  • $15B speciality retailer
  • Top 5 private equity firm
  • Top 20 private equity firm
  • U.S. Intelligence Community Agency

Partner, Startup Capital Ventures

CEO Grassroots Enterprise

CEO WorldPages

BCG – Co-founder of high tech. practice, now largest in firm

Sr. Engineer, Beckman-Coulter

MBA, Stanford University

BS, Electrical Engineering, UC Irvine

Representative Projects

  • Led project for Microsoft to develop MSN with Bill Gates
  • Co-led project for Disney to develop retail presence (Disney Stores)
  • Developed a restaurant model for optimization of size, pricing, hours, etc.
  • Led project for Chevron to evaluate larger convenience stores at gas stations
  • Led project for Snap-On Tools to evaluate entering aerospace rivet industry
  • Led hub & maintenance base strategy for Air Canada
  • Led project for ATT to develop it’s first commercial broadband project
  • Led project for National Semiconductor to evaluate building a new semi fab in Silicon Valley

Expertise

Industries

  • Airline
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Telecom

Project Types

  • Growth Strategy
  • M&A Strategy
  • High Tech
  • Startups
  • Process Re-engineering
  • Turnaround
  • Internet Privacy & Policy

Representative Clients

Companies

  • Microsoft MSN
  • Disney Retail 
  • Disney Movie Distribution
  • Chevron Chemicals
  • Chevron C-Stores
  • Snap-On Tools
  • National Semi
  • AT&T
  • Westinghouse
  • Forte Hotels (UK)
  • Hawaii Restaurant
  • EPRI
  • PG&E 
  • GM
  • Petronas (Malaysia)

  • Founding Partner, Novo Management Consultants
  • Senior Consultant, Delta Partners
  • Consultant, Bain & Company
  • Active Angel investor (>15 start-ups across US, Asia)
  • B.tech, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kharagpur
  • National Math Olympiad winner, India

Representative Projects

  • Led re-org for growth exercise for the 2nd largest Credit bureau in the world. Complete analysis and re-design of functions and roles & responsibilities
  • Commercial turnaround (pricing, products & services, campaigns, sales) across more than 15 countries for the largest Telco group in Middle east & Africa
  • Market entry strategy (India) for one of the largest Tire manufacturers in the world
  • Commercial Due Diligence for an India based BPO for the largest financial services player in US
  • Net Promoter score analysis for one of the largest retail chains in the US. Created a product matrix at an SKU level
  • Complete Analytics and Business Intelligence Unit set up the 2nd largest Telco group in Middle East & Africa. Involved liasoning with all CXOs and two external tech vendors

Expertise

Industries

  • Consumer Products
  • Financial Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Private Equity
  • Retail
  • Telecom

Project Types

  • Growth Strategy
  • International Expansion
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Pricing
  • Consumer Behavior Analytics
  • Organizational Design
  • Due Diligence

Representative Clients

Companies

  • Vodafone Group
  • TransUnion Canada
  • MTN Group
  • Walmart
  • Zain Group
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Raymond Industries
  • Click.ai

PE Firms

  • Bain Capital
  • Delta Partners

  • 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

  • Director, Mattel (Sales & marketing for Target account)
  • Case Team Leader / Consultant / Senior Associate Consultant / Associate Consultant, Bain & Company
  • MBA, Kellogg School of Management @ Northwestern University
  • BEng, Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University

Representative Projects

  • At Mattel, built a comprehensive view of Mattel’s retail performance annually at Target. Advised Sr Execs at Target on best promotional retail strategy in-store and online to promote products from ~15 Mattel brands.
  • For a Fortune 50 drugstore retailer, acted as Engagement Manager for a market landscape/competitive deep-dive project specifically focused on improving profitability overall through increased loyalty in pharmacy
  • For a US-based Fortune 100 retailer built a competitive landscape of the Beauty space and evaluated ~40 companies for inorganic acquisition.
  • For ~$10B Beauty company, developed a comprehensive view of the Luxury & Prestige cosmetics market landscape including consumer-driven market segmentation, and opportunity identification in 8 market segments based on primary and secondary research
  • Medical Devices: For a Fortune 500 leader in Medical Devices, created pricing strategy for Marketing department of $1B division through primary and secondary research
  • Arts & Crafts: Revised procurement strategy for SVP of Procurement overseeing $300M budget and 50+ vendors, resulting in $14M savings
  • Private equity: Performed diligence on 9 different acquisition targets (mostly consumer-facing organizations) through 1,000+ customer and expert cold-calls.

Expertise

Industries

  • Agriculture
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Beauty
  • Beverages
  • Fashion
  • Gardening
  • Medical Devices
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Retail
  • Telecom
  • Toys
  • Vision Services

Project Types

  • Growth Strategy
  • Consumer Strategy
  • Marketing
  • Profit Improvement
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Due Diligence

Representative Clients

Companies

  • Target (customer)
  • Nestle
  • Mars
  • Kohl’s
  • Walgreens
  • Motorola
  • Medtronic
  • Express Scripts
  • Shiseido
  • Vera Bradley
  • Wilton
  • Burpee

PE Firms

  • Anchor Partners
  • Ares Management