Jonathan Hughes is National Managing Principal and the Global Practice Leader for Management Consulting at BDO. He has worked with leading companies and state-owned enterprises across a range of industries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, with a focus on growth strategies, initiating and responding to disruptive competition, external innovation, and supply chain transformation. Before joining BDO, Mr. Hughes was a Partner at Vantage Partners. Prior to Vantage, Jonathan was an Analyst and then Senior Analyst at Putnam, Hayes, & Bartlett where he provided litigation support and management consulting advice to clients. Jonathan has published multiple articles in California Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Ivey Business Journal, and Supply Chain Management Review, as well as articles in Sloan Management Review, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Journal of Strategic Alliances, Supply Chain Asia Magazine, CIO Magazine, Supply Chain Strategy, and The Outsourcing Journal. Mr. Hughes is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and has been a guest lecturer at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, the US Military Academy at West Point, the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Advanced Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School. Outside the corporate arena, Jonathan worked for many years with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) at the United Nations to develop and implement a strategy for partnerships with private sector companies. In addition, he has facilitated strategic planning processes with multiple non-profit organizations including The Autism Alliance of Michigan, A Safe Place (an Illinois-based organization focused on domestic violence, where he is also a Board member), and the Michigan Humane Society. Jonathan has also designed and delivered training programs focused on negotiation, strategic influence, and relationship management for U.S. conventional and special operations forces including Naval Special Warfare, the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, and the 2nd Battalion 5th Calvary Regiment.Jonathan Hughes is a graduate of Harvard University.Specialties: business strategy, disruptive competition, innovation, coopetition, strategic alliances, supply chain management, negotiation strategy, operating model and organizational design, change management, and organizational transformation.