Chris's career includes consulting and executive management experience across multiple industries. Chris is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Ridge Partners, where he works with Fortune 500, middle market companies and private equity firms and their portfolio companies to analyze their revenue engine performance, identify opportunities for improvement and then works side by side with clients to implement action plans that drive incremental revenues and the margins associated with those revenues.Chris has over 30 years of experience building brand and shareholder value through operational and advisory roles in B-to-B and consumer sectors. Before joining Blue Ridge, Chris held executive roles at Walgreens, Staples, Inc, and The Yacobian Group. Earlier in his career, Chris worked at Bain and Company in the Private Equity Practice, and at the Bank of Boston. Chris holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Amherst College.Areas of expertise include:Accelerating Revenue and Top Line Sales Growth through Stronger Go-To-Market (GTM) Models, Pricing Strategy and Optimization, Sales Force and Marketing Effectiveness, Virtual Selling Integration, Digital Transformation, Entering New Markets and Expanding Geographically, New Products and Services, Organizational Transformation, Due Diligence, Data Analytics, Compensation and Performance Improvement, Operational Effectiveness, Strategic Partnerships, B2B Solution Development, Commercialization, C-level Relationships, Complex Stakeholder Management, Team Building and Leadership, Channel Partner Expansion, Reporting Improvement and Customer Segmentation
Listed skills include Business Strategy, Management, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, and 17 others.
