Selected recent projects
Growth strategy / profit improvement
mid-size RETAIL company
Identified and prioritized profitability and growth improvement opportunities. Worked directly with the executive team to chart the path forward for the business, including a focused plan to double revenues while increasing gross margins by 12%+.
value creation plan
private equity-owned consumer goods business
Long-term project focused on identifying and implementing major levers for earnings growth. Growth levers identified included new product development, changes to promotion strategy, and decreasing packaging costs.
Market research
VR/AR TECH STARTUP
Market research focused on identifying and prioritizing end markets for a seed-stage virtual-reality/augmented-reality tech startup. Resulted in the identification of four focus markets and a list of over seventy target customers
Production operations optimization
East Africa based grain processor
Process diagnostic, re-design and implementation for a grain processing facility. Developed key performance indicators to measure plant efficiency and trained staff on implementation of new operations processes.
economic development planning
Native American tribes (multiple)
Multiple projects focused on identifying and prioritizing economic development opportunities for tribes in South Dakota, California, and Washington state. Projects included analyzing regional economic data to select target industries and businesses for tribal development investment.
5-year growth strategy and roadmap
industrial products company
Analyzed client data and conducted customer and industry interviews to identify and prioritize options for revenue growth. Recommended levers identified included sales channel optimization, expanding into a select adjacency, revised discounting practices, and options for acquisitions.