Ben is a Senior-level Executive manager with an MBA in Marketing from the University of Northwestern Kellogg School of Business. His expertise is in marketing strategy, finance, and management consulting of key enterprise-wide initiatives. Leveraging a wide range of experience Ben Ortiz facilitates organizations in identifying core competencies, map strengths to market opportunities, and develops initiatives and activities that drive results through team and program development in multiple industries: pharmaceutical, utility, and technology industries.Leadership experience in building highly productive teams to deliver large and complex programs and processes, he has led projects ranging from corporate strategic change initiatives for international Fortune 100 enterprises with 90,000 global employees in over 30 international locations, corporate strategy rollouts to a nationwide network of distributors, post merger Change Management integration initiatives, and innovated rapid software product development by leveraging a 300,000 global crowd sourcing platform. In addition, Ben has a background in the life sciences and agriculture research. He managed a collaboration between the private agricultural sector and university research programs, managed an industrial pilot plant lab where he optimized efficiencies and scaling to production, along with participating with research teams investigating the physiological relationships of retroviruses in humans that was sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Ben Ortiz is poised to bring best practices across several disciplines, industries, and international experience to each engagement he is involved to grow market share, optimize supply chain activities, and execute on key initiatives that improve customer value and EBITDA.Relevant Skills: Managing High Caliber Teams, Finance, Strategy Development, Balance Scorecard, Strategy Mapping, Project Leadership, Product Development, Change Management.