Mr. Bernal is currently Sr. Principal, Strategy & Planning at TransUnion. He is a bilingual, Hispanic, industrial and software engineer, tech-savvy executive, senior management consultant, and Northwestern Graduate Adjunct Lecturer with 25+ years of extensive and holistic experience in corporate growth strategy and innovation, competitive insights, transformation, M&A support, corporate development, applied technology, analytics/AI/ML, training and executive facilitation with F500 and global organizations across industries in the US, Canada, Latam and Europe.He is an entrepreneurial, self-starter, life-long learner, and hands-on executive with a passion for leading and driving critical value-creation initiatives by working collaboratively with top management teams. Former Booz (Strategy&) strategist. He has advised senior management of companies such as GE Capital, Cargill, AMA, BP Castrol UK, SCA, AGP Glass, Scotts, ADP, Aramark, Goodyear, Clorox, United Airlines, LyondellBasell, VNSNY, Heidrick & Struggles, Cushman & Wakefield, Cementos Argos, Elsevier, Vitalmex, Surgical Solutions and other Fortune 1000 & middle-market, PE (TPG, Alticor, Australis), VC (Outerwall, Cooper Fund), hedge funds and new ventures.Industry experience includes engagements in automotive, biosciences, consumer goods, apparel, education, fashion, cosmetics, financial services, insurance, hedge funds, healthcare/wellness, medical services, industrial, real-state services, commodities, non-for-profit, media and entertainment, professional services, tech, internet, and big data/AI/ML.Mr. Bernal holds four masters degrees including:■ MBA in Strategy/Marketing/Technology from Kellogg (Northwestern)■ MSc Computer Science from Georgia Tech, Specialized in Interactive Intelligence. Focus on applied AI & ML■ MSc Finance from Uniandes■ MSc Marketing from UniandesHe also holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering (Best graduation project of the class) from Pontifical Xaverian University and completed several executive education programs at Harvard, MIT, Wharton, UT Austin, CCL Singapore, Kellogg, and UC Berkeley.For the last 15 years, he has been a Graduate Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern University MSc in Communications leading a managing global and virtual teams program. In 2016, he won the Henry Peucil Award from the Turnaround Management Association. In 2013 was top-2 finalist at the AMCF Consulting awards. He is multicultural, 100% Bilingual (English/Spanish), US/Colombian citizen. He is a professionally certified full-stack software developer and UI/UXD from UT Austin.
Listed skills include Strategy, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and 44 others.
