Jon Brenner Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego , Ca, Us

San Diego , Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Head of strategy for a $1B+ global medical device company driving organizational strategic alignment and the business plan development for core strategic vectors.• Defined and implemented an annual strategic planning cadence, delivering Board of Director 5-year strategic plans and a mechanism to prioritize the development of strategic initiatives and the follow-on implementation. • Led the business case development of eight top priority strategic initiatives which facilitated a streamlined review and annual prioritization and budgeting process accounting for 30% of the annual operating plan. • Drove the strategic alignment within the corporate development team and led the team through diligence of a $15M strategic investment in an adjacent technology system as well as a partnership agreement with a complementary technology platform.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Generalist management consultant in top-tier consulting firm supporting strategy & business process-oriented project work across a variety of industry sectors and organizational functions.• Reviewed business unit strategy, assessed performance, and articulated a refreshed corporate strategy for a top US insurance client with a focus on inorganic growth through a re-designed acquisition strategy; doubled the five-year forecasted total shareholder returns. • Led the integration of two global pharmaceutical clients through development of detailed milestone roadmaps, identified accountability for critical implementation components, and established KPI tracking mechanisms; drove alignment across all business units and G&A functions to capture $1.6B of savings to the organization. • Conducted process diagnostics, mapping, and pain point identification within both R&D and business processes for two global tech clients, which streamlined go-to-market timelines and provided the foundation for transformation efforts critical to the long-term growth and profitability of both companies.• Led a workstream on BCG's first wealth markets re-pricing effort within financial services; delivered a scalable pilot to include client communication products and relationship manager training, which was implemented across the organization and documented as an internal best practice within BCG.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served on active duty for 12 years, including four deployments, and filled a variety of leadership roles in numerous locations spanning the US and overseas. Specific roles include:Acted as confidant and advisor to top-echelon leadership in the U.S. Navy, providing key insights and management of programs accounting for $22M in sensitive military equipment in highly specialized global operations.Leader of 162 personnel and $67M in state-of-the-art equipment in the operational employment of naval EOD forces in wartime and contingency operations.• Pro-actively built strategic relationships and leveraged opportunities to support an unprecedented 16 multi-national engagements on six continents, which contributed to strategic global security initiatives.• Led an additional 88-person cross-functional team distributed across 12 locations during the height of the surge in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. With a focus on resource optimization, supported 200+ combat operations reflecting a 35% increase in effectiveness over previous period. Commanded three separate naval EOD units of 4-8 personnel through training for and execution of combat operations.• Planned and conducted 122 combat missions in Iraq accounting for the destruction of 14,000+ lbs. of enemy explosives & IED’s, establishing secure environments in previously volatile regions• Hand-selected to lead Special Forces EOD team. Captured 76 insurgent leaders in partnership with Iraqi security forces and assisted in their prosecution through the criminal justice system.Led two engineering divisions on three ships and hand-selected to lead the full engineering department during a critical manning gap.• Earned Surface Warfare Officer qualification seven months ahead of schedule and led the 56-person crew of a $143M US Naval Warship through safe navigation and wartime patrolling in international waters.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Arts - Ma, Human Relations

Joint Professional Military Education I

Mechanical Engineering