Experienced COO providing interim, fractional and consulting services to business services firms and portfolio companies seeking to transform, scale and grow profitably.

Developed a strategic roadmap for CEO and Private Equity Board to implement systems and processes that provided an operational foundation to scale and increase profitability. Played a key supporting role in establishing organization's purpose, values and DE&I framework to improve market positioning and brand reputation. Managed and transformed operations concurrently in several departments including HR, IT, Workplace & Real Estate, Marketing, Change & Comms and EPMO.
• Completed the deferred integration of 13 acquired businesses in 12 months. Launched an EPMO that consolidated 15 legal entities, migrated 8 payroll instances and harmonized titling, employee benefit plans and all other performance management cycles and processes.
• Spearheaded Material's digital transformation by designing and implementing an integrated system leveraging cloud based enterprise apps (Salesforce, Workday) to streamline company's operations and improve employee experience.

Enabled cross-functional teams comprising 1,300+ employees across U.S. and Mexico to deliver best-in-class consulting services to clients in Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Industrial Manufacturing and Utilities industries. Led Operations team in performing budgeting, forecasting, billing, portfolio reviews, cost management, quality management and performance management to drive operational excellence and profitability.
• Managed a $700M+ P&L, achieving $50M increase in profit, 8.9pts margin growth and 9.1pts utilization optimization over three years, with voluntary turnover of less than 14% each year.
• Managed practice's $1.3B+ pipeline and investment portfolio to ensure deals totaling $1M+ were successfully and profitably closed through the proposal of innovative pricing structures, optimized staffing models and digital products.
• Architected and delivered an automated revenue and margin predictive forecasting model for $4.7B U.S. Advisory practice with 90%+ accuracy 90 days out.

Partnered with Global COO on strategic planning, investment prioritization, cost management, strategic combinations and integrations and technology enablement to support operations of the PwC Network ($38B, 236k people from 157 countries). Designed target operating model for global and territory operations to improve cost efficiency, service quality and investment capacity. Worked with cross-functional teams to prepare budgets for global operating and investment costs.
• Delivered $40M in run-rate cost savings via implementation of global shared service centers and cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborated with Global Leadership Team to define target portfolio mix and strategic investments required to achieve sustainable growth in five to ten years across the PwC Network.

Collaborated with U.S. Vice Chair to conduct quarterly strategy and operations reviews to ensure efficient running of U.S. Advisory, Assurance and Tax businesses (~$13B). Established operational priorities and instilled strong collaborative culture in the organization through effective management of business unit leadership teams. Maintained strong stakeholder relations through strategic communications with the Global Leadership Teams, U.S. Board and broader U.S. partnership.
• Served as Executive Sponsor of the Change & Communications workstream in the global acquisition and integration of Booz & Co. with 1,800 professionals and $900M in revenue.
• Provided strategic management on the design & implementation of global operating models for the Consulting business.

Co-developed strategic plan, inorganic growth strategy and operational priorities to rapidly and profitably transform the U.S. Consulting business. Drove alignment among Operations leaders ensuring functional strategies contributed to enterprise vision and overall operational objectives.
• Collaborated with U.S. Advisory CEO, CSO, COO and CHRO to scale business, increasing revenue from $1.1B to $2.8B, doubling headcount to ~10,000 and entering new consulting markets in four years.
• Partnered with the CEO, CSO and COO to acquire and integrate 11 businesses, adding $650 million in revenues as well as offshore capabilities in China and India.
• Designed, launched and served as Executive Sponsor for PwC's Internal Change Management and Communications function to increase organizational change readiness and effectiveness.

Delivered expertise for clients navigating mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructuring activities. Performed IT and Operational due diligence on the buy-side and sell-side for corporates and P.E. firms in the Consumer Products, Industrial Products and Retail industries.
• Worked with COO, CFO and CIO of Industrial Products company to complete IT and Operations day one planning and systems migration of three disparate business units forming a new spin-off business.
• Presided over the 503(b)(9) bankruptcy claims administration process of a Fortune 500 Industrial Products company.

Collaborated with U.S. Advisory COO, CHRO and other top-level executives to implement operating model changes and evolve people management processes to enable the $1B and 3,800-person business to scale rapidly.
• Teamed with COO and CFO to execute annual budget cycle, negotiate final budget targets and conduct quarterly business unit reviews to drive enhanced operational performance.
• Managed $50M investment fund through strategic planning process and collaborated to ensure ROI was achieved.

Delivered financial business process and information technology auditing and consulting services to help clients enhance process efficiencies, redesign compliance programs and enhance their internal controls. Served a broad range of Fortune 500 clients across Aerospace & Defense, Consumer Products, Industrial Products and Utilities industries.