Functional Skills

Business Unit Strategy
Change Management / Org Design
Business Planning
M&A Support
Benchmarking

Software Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word

Sector Experience

Business Services
Consumer Goods
Life Sciences & Pharma
Manufacturing
Social & Public Sector

Languages

English
French

Notable Clients

Bain & Co
Boston Consulting Group
Brown University
Gates Foundation
Kirtland Capital

Experience

AllioAssociates LLC Management Consulting
President
1/2012 - Present
Lead projects specializing in practical strategy, innovation, metrics. Clients range from multinationals and startups to nonprofits, higher ed, philanthropic foundations, and social enterprises.

The Food Innovation Nexus Product Management / Strategy
Cofounder, Exec Director
9/2014 - 6/2021
Led an R&D/innovation engine powering new product platforms and new ventures at the intersection of healthy food, design, and medicine. Invention, incubation, launch of new food technology; delivery of strategic R&D services. Clients and funders included multinational CPGs, non-profits, hospitals, universities, start-ups.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Corporate Strategy & Development
Deputy Director, Strategy & Management
6/2008 - 5/2011
Led strategy, implementation, measurement processes for $1B portfolio of grants and contracts in the US program. Responsibilities included formulating and translating strategy into practical implementation programs, designing performance measurement and evaluation systems, managing and aligning complex grants and grant portfolios.

AllioAssociates LLC Management Consulting
President
1/2003 - 6/2008
Led consulting firm specializing in practical strategy and measurement programs for private sector, philanthropic, and nonprofit organizations. Clients spanned industries and sectors, ranging from multinationals and private equity to startups, higher ed institutions, and public agencies. Corporate strategy, channel diversification, and business strategy programs in consumer products, manufacturing, and financial services sectors. Applied organizational restructuring experience for private equity

Mymetics Corporate Strategy & Development
Chairman, interim CEO
1/2001 - 3/2003
Led development-stage pharma start-up originally based in France, focused on HIV therapeutics and vaccine technologies; publicly-traded (MYMX). Spearheaded strategy and directed multifunctional technical teams, guided transition from research to development programs.

TracRac Inc. Product Management / Strategy
Principal, Founding Board Director, VP
1/1995 - 1/2001
Launched, shaped and grew innovative industrial design and manufacturing start-up that matured to a $20M+ revenue, 60+ staff entity with national multi-channel distribution, robust brands, synergistic product lines competing in the automotive accessory and consumer/professional hardware industries. Cultivated and leveraged strategic alliances with Black & Decker, GM, Ford,