Functional Skills

User Experience Design (UX)
Operations Management
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Process Improvements
Value Propositions Development
Customer Relationship Management
Business Analysis
Business Unit Strategy
Change Management / Org Design
Customer Segmentation
Market Research
Performance Management
Strategic Planning
Voice of the Customer
Workshop Facilitation

Sector Experience

Business Services
Financial Services
Healthcare
Technology

Languages

English
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Case Studies

financeAccounting
Streamlining Operations in a $20B Tech Merger for Cost Savings and Growth
Technology Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Business Operations Program Management
corporateStrategyDevelopment
Strategic Carve-Out and Integration for a $750M Healthcare Business
Healthcare Carve-Outs Change Management / Org Design Post-Merger Integration
financeAccounting
Enterprise Customer Retention Strategy in Health-Tech
Healthcare Financial Modeling Customer Relationship Management Operations Management
research
Telecom Market Expansion and Investment Strategy
Telecom Market Research Performance Management Business Analysis
operations
Increasing Upsells and Optimizing Onboarding for a High-Growth B2B SaaS Startup
Technology Process Improvements Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Performance Management
corporateStrategyDevelopment
Annual Strategic Planning and Implementation Support for Strategic Initiatives
Technology Strategic Planning Process Improvements Marketing Strategy

Notable Clients

Brightwheel
Harris Corporation

Big 3 Consulting (MBB)
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

BeaconStreet Advisors Management Consulting
Founder and Principal Consultant
1/2023 - Present
Operations and Strategy Consulting Firm Founder and Principal Consultant
• Redesigned sales, pre-sales, and customer success roles and responsibilities at a $750M B2B SaaS company resulting in a 20% efficiency gain and a 35% targeted uplift in annual cross-sell/upsell ARR.
• Built a holistic approach to drive customer NRR growth of 120% at a national HealthTech provider. This included tools to capture, quantify, and communicate a complex value proposition to enterprise accounts.
• Drove strategic growth planning process for a Mid-Market IT services firm that yielded a streamlined go-to market strategy and a more intensive operating cadence that resulted in a 25% increase in revenue.

brightwheel Operations
Head of Customer Success
1/2020 - 12/2022
High-Growth B2B Vertical SaaS Head of Customer Success
• Scaled customer success and support teams while driving improvements in revenue generating KPIs including product adoption (activation), customer retention, and customer expansion (upsell + cross-sell).
• Built and executed a post-sales strategy supporting hyper-growth (5x revenue in 2.5 years).
• Improved new customer activation by 30% in first 6-months with analytical insights, process improvement, team upskilling, and more aligned KPIs, targets, and compensation incentives.
• Turned around customer support organization by launching a new live channel (chat), overhauling SOPs, and resetting team culture. Resulted in a CSAT increase from 70% to 93% over 5 months.
• Built segmented approach to engage 20K+ customers and 1M+ users with a mix of B2B and B2C techniques.
• Owned account management (adoption/retention/expansion) for all enterprise customers.
• Created repeatable process to capture and apply the Voice of the Cust

DaVita Operations
Senior Director, Customer Operations
1/2013 - 1/2020
Fortune 200 Healthcare Provider Senior Director, Customer Operations
• Led team accountable for improving efficiency, quality, and consistency in the daily operations of a 350- person customer facing organization.
• Drove a portfolio of projects from ideation to completion; Also accountable for internal tech stack.
• Delivered new predictive model that became the cornerstone for a proprietary customer segmentation approach that drove $10M+ in growth.
• Led enterprise account management for large health insurers (renewals, quarterly reviews, audit readiness).
• Grew from novice to industry thought leader in multiple areas of healthcare. Presented at national physician conference and delivered the keynote at the University of Michigan healthcare conference.

Harris Corporation | Broadcast Technology Corporate Strategy & Development
Head of Corporate Strategy
1/2011 - 1/2013
Global Media Technology Company Head of Corporate Strategy
• Led growth planning for a $500M business. Output included setting annual sales targets, ops improvement roadmap, R&D investment allocation, and 3-year strategic plans.
• Partnered with investment bank to successfully complete the sale of the business to a mid-market PE firm.

Bain & Co Management Consulting
Case Team Leader
1/2007 - 1/2011
Global Management Consulting Firm Case Team Leader
• Led integration planning for finance functions in a $20B merger. Guided organizational redesign of 1,500- person org. spread across 80+ countries. Drove refinements to $4B cost savings plan with FP&A team.
• Built acquisition strategy and acquisition screening approach for multibillion dollar firm. Resulted in board approval for $100M+ acquisition plan.
• Drove design of a new 40-person sales team from concept to approval for a national advertising company.
• Created an analytics-based approach to allocate a $200M+ annual budget across 65 U.S. geographic markets.
• Selected to Lead MBA Intern program (in addition to case work).

Collaborative Consulting Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
1/2004 - 1/2005
Regional IT Consulting Firm Senior Consultant
• Supported Tech Program Management Office; Mapped matrix of 450 data interfaces across 50+ systems.
• Turned around a critical data interface project preventing a 3-month delay of the larger outsourcing project.

Lanthorn Technologies Product Management / Strategy
Product Manager
1/2001 - 1/2004
Energy Management Technology Startup (3rdemployee) Product Manager
• Collaborated on business plan and co-designed prototype system that led to a $2M investment by a strategic investor and partner.
• Led end-to-end product design of distributed software systems with both B2B and B2C functionality. This included development of feature roadmaps, detailed functional requirements, and UI/UX designs.
• Planned, executed, and analyzed customer focus group feedback. Applied this Voice of the Customer (VoC) to shape next-generation product design.