Cyrus Patel Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Strategy consulting with an emphasis on building better growth strategies while upgrading strategic planning and strategy deployment disciplines

Greater Chicago Area

Actively served on Advisory Board for new private school since 2012

Greater Chicago Area

Actively served on Advisory Board for on-line tutoring company since 2010

Greater Chicago Area

• Mercury Procurement Partners and Scholar Partners offer group and tailored procurement solutions and strategic management services for mid-market businesses and academic institutions.
• Developed Business Model: Established business plan to address need in marketplace for consultative services that tied group procurement solutions to organizational strategy in order to effectively deliver on.
• Created Brand and Marketing Plan: Launched companies, created web platforms and developed brands and offer
• Executed on Customer Acquisition Strategy: Established formal relationships with over 50 organizations and multiple trade associations
• Developed Customer Offer: Created successful procurement solutions on behalf of clients with vendor partners in MRO, Office Supplies, Telecom, Technology Hardware and Services, Furniture, Architecture Services.
• Built Team: Established leadership team to manage day to day operations of business through joint venture

Greater Chicago Area

• Galt & Company is a boutique management consulting firm focused on developing integrated strategic and operational solutions that produce profitable growth for Global 500 companies
• Led multiple teams to develop corporate strategy agenda for CEO and CFO of one of the world's largest global consumer products company
• Established product and customer priorities across geographic business units
• Developed targeted customer-focused strategic plans for each of the three divisions of the US Industrial Unit

Greater Chicago Area

• Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with over $4 billion of assets under management.Meritas, a Sterling portfolio company, is a family of for-profit college preparatory schools with over 11,000 students across.
• Worked directly with the CEO of Meritas to drive operational and strategic change throughout the organization
• Created a strategy and business planning department that managed all strategic planning, pricing, budgeting, forecasting and capital planning functions
• Led process to rationalize portfolio
• Teamed with CFO to manage debt refinancing
• Advised the Board of Directors and Sterling Partners to drive management agenda

Chicago, Singapore

• Marakon Associates is a premier management consulting firm focused on C-suite strategy projects for Global 500 companies:Consumer Products
• Developed new product offer for baby nutrition market
• Redefined marketing strategy for business facing significant competitor threats
• Defined category strategy for a food product corporationPharmaceuticals and Healthcare
• Developed cost reduction plan
• Created a strategic plan to consolidate distribution operationsAsia Growth

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Acted as PwC lead manager for a mail terrorism security strategy and logistics project
• Received the highest overall performance rating in every review year
• Awarded one of five PwC Productivity Awards in 650-person group

Mba, Management Strategy, Analytical Consulting And Decision Sciences

Activities and Societies: Member of the Kellogg Orientation Executive Board, the Consulting and Business Leadership clubs and the Graduate.

Bachelor'S Degree

Bachelor Of Arts, Double Major In Economics And Government

Activities and Societies: • Elected V.P. of Finance for the Cornell Student Assembly that represented over 13,000 students • Managed $1.2.

Education record