Partner with institutions of higher education to transform their ability to manage the student lifecycle and foster student success, build analytical capabilities to more effectively understand and improve outcomes, align the organization and its resources with strategic goals, and improve the performance of administrative functions.

• Partnered with a large private university to redesign its management of the student lifecycle to improve enrollment and academic outcomes including financial aid redesign, engagement of deans and faculty in admissions process, communications and outreach to admitted students, design of orientation, creation of automated student checklist and portal, cross-system data integration into academic advising system, modification of student billing process, and proactive identification and intervention for students in academic and financial crisis• Led strategy and operational effectiveness engagements with higher education clients including Tier 1 private research universities, state flagships, and Ivy League institutions, each identifying $30MM to $70MM in annual financial opportunity• Managed assessment projects covering a range of administrative and functional areas including executive organization design, spans and layers analysis, finance, procurement, human resources, IT, shared service centers, and research administration• Provided implementation support to ensure clients achieve objectives: significant change management experience in student lifecycle management, academic libraries, and HR• Collaborated with university and functional area leadership to migrate multi-campus human resources organization from a transactional / compliance focus to one centered on customer service and human capital development, including development of recruiting and hiring shared service center, re-engineering of select processes to improve completion time and reduce complexity, and selection of new performance management and learning and development software solutions• Led assessment of a regional state institution’s library system and designed new organization combining previously-independent main campus and medical libraries in order to provide improved and more integrated services to an increasingly interdisciplinary faculty and student population

• Provided strategic analysis to NGO creating a national network of charter schools• Developed financial and staffing models for a national network of charter academies; models are currently informing HFLI strategies and operations• Created real-time student/school performance dashboards which were deployed at member schools to track academic results

• Managed projects with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms as part of consulting division of global medical data company • Designed and managed projects including SOP design, contract profitability/ regulatory assessment, and operational risk mitigation for several clients which streamlined operations, enhanced profitability, and reduced regulatory risk • Led Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 control framework implementation for government contracting business of a top-five pharmaceutical manufacturer; leveraged work into new firm SOX service offering that was successfully rolled out to other clients • Delivered presentation entitled "Simplifying Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance in Government Pricing" at the 300+ attendee Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Conference in 2006

• Operated own consulting business and successfully identified potential clients, sold work, and completed projects• Created detailed five-year market projections for geospatial imaging satellite operator by reconciling secondary research, interviewing dozens of global experts, and building a model based on analogous metrics; results formed the basis for all of client's strategic decision making and goal setting• Assessed acquisition of $800M consumer products company including all market research, industry growth modeling, and CEO/SVP interviews; acquisition proceeded based on recommendation• Re-designed fundraising strategy and program offerings for a $1M+ NGO focused on at-risk youth; organization recognized gains in philanthropic outcomes and community impact• Developed philanthropic strategy for top-five pharmaceutical firm via research on best-in-class organizations and internal/ external stakeholder interviews; client moved forward with several recommendations

Utilized data-driven analytics to improve fundraising outcomes by assessing the projected return on investment (ROI) of potential grant making opportunities; reallocated staff resources and crafted targeted proposal content to maximize outcomes.

• Consulted for several Fortune 500 clients as part of a boutique strategy firm founded by former BCG partner• Assessed viability of fetal monitoring system including interviews with users to identify competitive product gaps and with engineers to estimate development timeframe; client’s product achieved market leadership within two years• Created store-within-a-store strategy for leading office supplies retailer including partner selection, rollout plan, store design, and product mix; regional rollout began in recommended supermarket chains• Integrated numerous primary and secondary research sources to estimate size and growth rates of 50+ new and existing office supplies markets; client employed resulting model for strategic planning

• Worked with a variety of clients as member of a startup growth strategy consulting firm founded by former Bain and Treacy & Company partner• Modeled sales and costs of a proposed patient monitoring system for medical device manufacturer; rollout halted after results proved product would be unprofitable• Designed marketing plan for a start-up pet treat manufacturer based on competitors’ strategies, customer preferences, and client budget; company now enjoys preferred shelf placement at national pet store chains and strong online sales