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Joe is a senior consultant with over 15 years of experience across the tech, consumer goods/retail, and industrials sectors. He specializes in using data-driven insights to inform complex business decisions while working alongside client teams to implement change. His background as a successful entrepreneur means he brings a practical, results-oriented “owners’ mentality” to his consulting work. Prior to starting his own consulting practice, Joe was a Case Team Leader with Bain & Company where he led strategy and transformation projects for a diverse portfolio of clients while based in San Francisco and Dubai.Examples of recent projects:• Developed value creation plan for PE-backed consumer goods co, identifying over $30M in new growth initiatives.• Led profit improvement project for publishing company. Identified levers to 2x operating margins and built implementation plan in coordination with client leadership team.• Created growth strategy for recently acquired product division of an industrial company. Oversaw market research and competitor analysis to inform market fact base. Outlined strategic options for organic and acquisitive growth as well as org capability implications of each.

Founder and owner of walking food tour company. Built the company from scratch to where it is today - $200K+ annual revenues and a highly respected local brand with 5.0 average review across both TripAdvisor (400+ reviews) and Google. Currently responsible for all aspects of strategy, growth, marketing and oversight of GM.

Nearly five years experience as a member of both the San Francisco and Dubai offices. Variety of project experience with an emphasis on tech strategy and industrial process improvement. Proven results oriented leader and contributor at multiple levels within a team, including both project lead and data analyst roles:- Led team of big data analysts in identification of root causes of customer churn for Fortune 500 SaaS business. Analyzed massive amounts of data from nine corporate databases to identify $30M in improvement opportunities.- Led cross-functional client team in design and implementation of system to better prioritize capital projects portfolio for energy company, resulting in savings of $15 million- Conducted multiple quantitative and benchmarking analyses to inform strategic decision making at leading IT hardware and software companies. Interpreted analyses to determine implications for client strategy, including cloud, SaaS and virtualization competitive positioning and M&A agenda- Re-engineered procurement process for leading energy company, resulting in improved supplier relationship management, and improved expenditure planning- Performed market analysis to assess industrial demand for GCC-based economic zone operator. Resulting analysis gauged impact of projected regional industrial growth on client’s future business strategy and plans

Experienced consultant at Abu Dhabi office of a US-headquartered consulting startup. High impact contributor at both key client accounts and within internal company operations:- Provided strategic planning, organizational performance management, and business process improvement advice as embedded advisor to head of Strategic Planning Department at Abu Dhabi government agency- Core member of senior team charged with standing up a new government agency. Responsibilities included resource benchmarking, organizational design and implementation planning. - Led development and implementation of multiple consulting operations improvements such as instituting a company-wide annual employee survey and implementing a new time reporting system for operating unit with 40+ staff, allowing for data-driven budgetary decision-making

Entry-level consultant focused on process improvement, performance management and workforce planning for public sector clients:- Led focus groups of leadership, HR, and IT staff at government agency to improve applicant screening by reducing errors, increasing efficiency, and monitoring key process metrics- Produced operations performance scorecard and implemented process improvements for HR department of large government agency, resulting in 50% decrease in applicant package processing time- Aggregated and analyzed performance data from 25 global business units to produce a management dashboard