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This list showcases the top United States based Manager operating in the Consulting space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Bethany Andres-Beck
Software Engineering Manager of Long-Term Stock Exchange
Beth Andres-Beck was most recently a staff engineer on the fundraising team at Hillary For America. Over the course of her career, she has migrated from backend to frontend at BAE, TripAdvisor, Twitter, and others. She enjoys applying design patterns to JavaScript and feminist philosophies to software.
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About Long-Term Stock Exchange: The Long-Term Stock Exchange designs an SEC-regulated national securities exchange that aligns great companies and long-term investors.
Kayla Seaman
Office Manager of Blackstone Group
Kayla Seaman provides administrative support for Michael Steinmetz and Nick Galakatos. Prior to Clarus, Kayla was with Carlson GMAC Real Estate. Kayla holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire.
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About Blackstone Group, The Blackstone Group Inc: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Christopher Beam
Project Manager of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
Christopher Beam
Project Manager of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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Jacob Bailon-Valdez
Manager – Accenture Technology of Accenture
Jacob Bailon-Valdez serves as manager at Accenture Technology.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Gurkaran Gulati
AWS Data Architect Delivery Manager of Accenture
Gurkaran Gulati is Founder & CEO @ Yapster.
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John Newlin
Senior Manager, Residential Mortgage and Consumer Lending Consulting Practice, North America of Accenture
John Newlin is a Senior Manager with Accenture’s Credit organization and leads Accenture’s Residential Mortgage and Consumer Lending Consulting Practice for North America. He brings solid and deep experience in the areas of digital transformation planning and execution, operating model design and operations re-engineering, roadmap and business case creation, business process outsourcing, and technology selection and implementation. He has worked with many of the top 20 lenders and servicers, as well as several regional lenders across the U.S. and Canada. His current focus is on addressing the critical issues facing the retail lending industry, including the end-to-end lending life-cycle challenges in sales, loan fulfillment, servicing and default management.
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About Accenture, Accenture, Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
John Andrukonis
Manager of Accenture
John Andrukonis is a Manager with Accenture Federal Services and has operated in the federal space for 6 years. He is responsible for the delivery of security related projects on federal SAP programs.
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Ramakrishna Chava
Senior Manager of Accenture
Ramakrishna Chava is the Senior Manager at Accenture.
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Thomas Hartmann
Legal Manager of Accenture
Tom is Accenture’s North America Connected Product Lifecycle Management (CPLS) Lead for Technology Consulting focused on Consumer Goods & Services, Life Sciences, Automotive, Industrial Equipment and Retail & Fashion.Over the last 20 years, Mr. Hartmann has been providing business transformation and advisory experience to cross industry clients. He has worked with Fortune 500, as well as with small startup companies. Mr. Hartmann is focused on helping clients achieve their digital Product Development and Supply Chain business strategy and driving measurable business results.Mr. Hartmann’s past clients include: Merck, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Boston Scientific Corp, Stryker, Fresenius, Pfizer, AB InBev, WMS Gaming, Sun Microsystems, Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, RR Donnelley, Raytheon, Exostar and MetsoTom is a Managing Director with Accenture and lives in Chicago.
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Renee Lottes
Strategic Initiatives Senior Manager of Accenture
Renee manages multiple global technology initiatives for Accenture by way of analytics, technology expertise, and partnerships with suppliers. Renee and her team are responsible for driving informed, strategic, and creative IT buying decisions/negotiations. To accomplish their goals, they partner with business & technology leaders and Accenture’s ecosystem partners to identify and enable solutions to meet Accenture’s and our client’s business needs.
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Alona Khusidman
Technology Consulting Senior Manager of Accenture
Alona Khusidman is a Technology Consultant Senior Manager at Accenture. She is part of Customer Insight and Growth practice helping financial services companies to solve their business challenges in order to reduce cost, increase revenue, and achieve high levels of customer centricity. She specializes in Vision & Strategy, Digital & Innovative Technologies, Data management & Analytics, Salesforce Implementation, Business Processes & Customer experience transformation, Portfolio & Program Management. A passionate executive, she serves as a Trusted Advisor, Business Strategist and Technology Evangelist to help businesses unlock the opportunities technology can bring to win, serve, and retain customers. Prior to joining Accenture Alona was North Americas Digital Delivery lead at the world’s leading vendor finance company, De Lage Landen. She built Digital Delivery practice from ground up transforming customer experience across multiple channels, implementing CRM and standing up all digital company on one centralized Salesforce platform. Alona holds a MS in Computer Science from Drexel University and various industry recognized certifications. She is regarded as a thought leader on emerging digital business models, technology trends, and the digital future.
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Lauren Digange
Marketing Senior Manager of Accenture
Lauren Digange joined Flagship Ventures in 2012 as a Marketing Manager. Before joining Flagship, Lauren spent over five years with Deloitte as a Manager in their strategic relationship management practice focused on business development and marketing for their consulting clients. Prior to Deloitte, she served in various marketing and business development roles at Columbia Management, an asset management firm and Cambridge Associates, an investment consulting firm. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from American University and an MBA from Boston College.
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Malek Ben Salem
Senior Manager of Accenture
Malek Ben Salem is a technology leader and cybersecurity expert. She leads security R&D for Accenture out of Washington, DC. She has over 18 years of experience developing technology solutions and offerings. Her recent research work focuses on behavioral biometrics, IoT security, data protection, security analytics, blockchain, and cloud and mobile security. It has been featured in DarkReading, NeoworkWorld, and the New York Times, among others. Malek is helping organizations from various industries adopt innovative security technologies to achieve real cyber-risk reduction and to proactively adhere to digital ethics principles. She is deeply skilled in security innovation and leadership, C-suite collaboration, research and development, technology strategy, and data science. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications and patents and speaks regularly on topics related to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Malek earned a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University and a Diploma of Electrical Engineering from the University of Hanover, Germany.
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Jordan Baucke
Senior Manager of Accenture
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Muzaffar Khurram
Edge-Compute Analyst & Business Strategy Senior Manager of Accenture
Muzaffar Khurram received an MS in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Systems Engineering from Boston University in 1993 with a research concentration in non-linear adaptive filtering structures. Since then he has published and presented white papers in international conferences and chaired technical sessions. Dr. Khurram has over 25 years of hands on experience with telecom and wireless product design, technology innovation and deep engineering development and test management. He has worked for Tier 1 US CDMA/LTE wireless carriers as well as Tier 1 global device manufacturers, developing technology and mobile handsets. He has extensive experience of working through the entire product development lifecycle from business case definition, technical requirements specification, architecture and through to deployment of wireless products and services.
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Ali Adabi
AI Manager of Accenture
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Jeff Brandt
Manager, Digital Architecture, Healthcare & IoT of Accenture
Jeff Brandt is the Sailboat Captain at Conscience VC.
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Dave Schwab
Senior Manager of Accenture
Founder at Iceboxe
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Megan Perrin
Senior Manager of Accenture
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Kirstin Sipes
Senior Manager, Human Resources of Accenture
Kirstin Sipes serves as a Director of Human Resources, Accenture Federal Services at Accenture.
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Jon Kaminski
Senior Manager – Management Consulting of Accenture
Jon is a Senior Manager within Accenture’s Product Engineering & Lifecycle Services Practice specializing in Process Excellence & Change Enablement. Jon brings over 19 year of experience in the Product Lifecycle Management domain across several PLM technologies delivering value to a broad industry client base within Aerospace & Defense, Automotive and Medical / Health Technology. Jon has operational and leadership experience in PLM Program / Project Management, Organization Change Management (OCM), Process Innovation, process architecture, and manufacturing with a diverse group of companies, products, and services. He obtained a BA in Communication from Ripon College, WI – an MA in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro specializing in Organizational and Business Communication and is a member of Mensa.
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Juliane Pressler
Technology Consulting Manager of Accenture
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Cody Burns
Manager – Blockchain Architect of Accenture
He works with fortune 500 companies in developing their long term innovation focus and understanding of distributed systems technology. His enterprise work focuses on Hyperledger, Quorum, and Corda system. Mr Burns has experience with progression of major projects from the planning stage through to large scale proof of concept and has experience in multiple industries, including government, healthcare, natural resources(O&G), and telecommunications. He serves as advisor to the Ethereum Classic Development Team and serves on the Exam Advisory Board for the Blockchain Training Alliance . Mr. Burns holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University Of Houston (UH) as well as a Bachler’s of Art & Science (BAAS) degree of West Texas A&M University in Emergency Management Administration.
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Rupal Thanawala
Account Executive & Senior Manager of Accenture
Rupal is account executive at Accenture, where she provides innovative consulting solutions in the areas of digital technology, application management, outsourcing, security, and infrastructure. She has over 23 years of experience in a wide range of industries from start-ups to established corporations. She is recognized as a trusted advisor to CIOs, and she helps them with executing business objectives as well as developing long-term strategies. Her responsibilities also include supplier management, resourcing, budgeting, client management, and community engagement. She has led multiple full life cycle projects in rolling out global template, system consolidations, upgrades, M&A and divestiture projects. Rupal is actively engaged in multiple community and corporate organizations to support healthcare, STEM educations and Inclusive and Diverse. Rupal is serving the community as a family in Indiana since 1998 with her husband Amit and sons Rahil & Ninad. Rupal and her son Rahil Thanawala have founded TheSnapLink – Alzheimer’s Advocacy group and launched mobile application in 2016 leveraging picture therapy. TheSnapLink has chapters in Illinois, Ohio and Mumbai.
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Heath Casaldi
Industry Services and Solutions Associate Manager of Accenture
Heath is a Manager in Accenture’s Product Engineering and Lifecycle Services (PE&LS) practice. He enjoys bringing value to clients by aligning technology with their key business requirements. He has 16 years of experience with PTC products which includes 5 years as a consumer industry end user and 11 years of consulting experience on PTC`s Windchill suite of products. Heath earned a Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering Technology from Penn State University and a Master of Science in Information Technology Management from Regis University.
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Kyle Brower
Senior Manager of Accenture
Kyle Brower is the Senior Manager at Accenture.
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Alex Tee
Senior Manager of Accenture
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Wally Young
Sr. Technical Delivery Manager, XR of Accenture
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Eduardo García
Strategy Manager of Accenture
Eduardo is a Senior Technology Architect at Accenture’s global emerging technology practice, specializing in complex digital transformation projects for G2000 clients. He has over 7 years of full-stack software engineering experience, was responsible for managing a $2M capability development program for front-end engineers at Accenture. He has extensive international work experience, specifically in Asia-Pacific and Europe, and is bi-lingual. Eduardo has spoken at the jQuery conference, Open Slava, mHealth Summit, and other internal Accenture conferences.
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Quentin Jones
Senior Manager of Accenture
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Jeremy McKenzie
Application Development Manager – Delivery Lead of Accenture
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Quentin Jones
Senior Manager of Accenture
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Jeremy McKenzie
Application Development Manager – Delivery Lead of Accenture
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Rob Callaham
Product Manager & Director of Finance of Greyfinch
Rob Callaham is the Product Manager & Director of Finance at Greyfinch.
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Dave Kovatch
Sr. Global Sourcing Manager – Infrastructure Solution Architect of Infosys
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Lydia Murray
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Kaitlyn Kuczer
Manager – Exponential Technology Experiences and Digital Strategy of Deloitte
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Darren Schneider
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Brett Davis
General Manager, ConvergeHEALTH of Deloitte
Brett is the General Manager of ConvergeHEALTH and a principal with Deloitte Consulting. In addition to his role at ConvergeHEALTH, Brett serves on the board of directors of the tranSMART Foundation, and the external advisory boards of both the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Jefferson School of Population Health. He was also a board member of the Personalized Medicine Coalition for six years. Prior to joining ConvergeHEALTH, Brett was the senior director for global business development and strategy at Oracle Health Sciences, and a business unit executive in IBM’s health care and life sciences business. Brett is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University.
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Patrick Johnson
Audit Manager of Deloitte
Patrick Johnson is a senior leader with Deloitte Consulting’s Product Strategy and Life Cycle Management Practice, focusing on clients across industries such as High Tech, Medical Devices, Consumer Goods, and Heavy Construction. He has over 20 years’ experience helping global organizations integrate tools and technologies into tailored business processes to improve operations, reduce time to market, and increase business margins. Patrick has a background in Automotive Engineering and Product Development backed by a degree in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute (Kettering University) and a MBA from DePaul University.
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Craig Astrich
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Peter Fritz
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Kelsey Carvell
Sr Manager of Deloitte
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Loucif Kharouni
Sr. Manager – Global Threat Intelligence of Deloitte
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Preeti Pincha
Lead Senior Manager – Strategy & Transformation of Deloitte
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Reza Rizvi
Manager, Hosting Services Automation at Deloitte of Deloitte
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Steve Herczeg
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Folashade Butler
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Sean Wilson
Cloud Project Manager of Deloitte
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Puneet Bhargava
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Gaurav Khurana
Program Manager of Deloitte
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Andrew Carey
Manager of Deloitte
Andrew Carey is responsible for Deloitte’s on-premise infrastructure and leads strategy development of their private cloud infrastructure. His prior responsibilities included design of go-to-market solutions for various lines of business, data center consolidation, and relocation of their primary and secondary data centers – including architecture and build-out. His Information Technology strategies ensure Deloitte is positioned at the leading edge of technology. Reduction of Deloitte’s environmental footprint, maximizing performance, and improved cost efficiency are critical components of his strategy. Andrew is sought out by Deloitte’s engagement teams as a trusted advisor for their client technology needs.
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Leslie Henry
Manager of Deloitte
Leslie Henry is a Vice President at Bank of America and has been with the bank since 2003. She is PMP certified and has been in various roles throughout her career within Information Security, IT project management and process management. Leslie is also an award winning Diversity and Inclusion leader at Bank of America who has served as co-chair for the Bank’s LGBT Employee network in Chicago. She also sits on the Global Technology and Operations LGBT Advisory Council and the Global Information Security Diversity and Inclusion Council. In the past, Leslie has served on the Boards of Girls in the Game and The Victory Fund. Leslie is an active volunteer in her community. She currently serves as the co-founder/co-chair for Lambda Legal’ s Women’s Diversity Council and is on the Advisory Board for Lesbians Who Tech. In her down time, Leslie is an active biker, swimmer, golfs, participates in martial arts and a photographer. She enjoys spending time with her wife and dogs, and loves to read. Leslie and Jennifer live in Chicago and have two dogs, Faith and Francis.
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Turner Roach
Senior Marketing Manager, New York Marketplace of Deloitte
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Beth Hayes
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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Lisa Bartolucci
Professional Development Manager of McKinsey & Company
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Tyler Maglione
Product Manager – Digital Consultant of McKinsey & Company
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Armen Mkrtchyan
Engagement Manager of McKinsey & Company
Armen Mkrtchyan is a Senior Engagement Manager in McKinsey’s Los Angeles office and is the co-leader of McKinsey’s Center for Future Mobility on the West Coast. At the firm, Armen’s clients primarily include automotive passenger and truck manufacturers and their suppliers. He also serves electronics and semiconductor players across the value chain both on operational and strategic topics. Previously, Armen established the Entrepreneurship and Product Development Center at the American University of Armenia and served as an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering. Armen has a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and has worked on the development of various autonomous air and ground vehicles.
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Julia Macalaster
Product Manager of McKinsey & Company
Julia Macalaster is the COO and Co-founder at PreeLine.
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Joy Smith
Engagement Manager, Digital Risk Management of McKinsey & Company
Joy Smith comes to McKinsey with significant public sector and government experience in cybersecurity, and helps lead our efforts to bring our capabilities to more clients. She previously worked with Novetta and IBG, providing advanced analytics to conduct cybersecurity analysis, entity resolution, and multi-source investigations. Joy holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Chris Sullivan
Portfolio Manager of Hyperion Wealth Management
Sullivan is an Investment Advisor Representative of Hyperion Wealth Management and serves as the firm’s Portfolio Manager. Since 2015, Mr. Sullivan has been an Owner and Operator of Hyperion Wealth Management. He has concentrated experience in portfolio construction, risk management, equity, futures, and derivatives trading with experience in managed futures. Mr. Sullivan previously worked as a Private Wealth Manager from 2007 to 2011 with Morgan Stanley and with Merrill Lynch. Mr. Sullivan holds Series 3, 4, 7, 24, 30, 31, 66, 215 securities licenses. Mr. Sullivan has earned the following designations: Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA) and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC). As of April, 2016 Mr. Sullivan completed the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) program. Mr. Sullivan has a B.A. from Emory University in History and English with a minor in Music and Micro-Economics.
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Scott Osterhoudt
Technical Services Manager of Jacobs
Scott has more than 17 years of experience in the Survey and Mapping industries. Scott is the Technical Discipline Manager for the 3D Laser Scanning disciplines in the Geospatial Services Group. His duties have included collaboration with clients on project needs, educating clients and stakeholders on the benefits of laser scanning, quality checking laser scan data, creating control layouts, coordinating with field crews, Project Managers and Scan Techs to insure client’s needs are met and exceeded.
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Baxtex McElroy
VP & General Manager of Jacobs
Baxtex McElroy is the VP and General Manager of Operations at Jacobs Engineering S.A. and brings over 45 years of experience in engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and government contingency operations. He has held other key responsibilities and roles at companies such as Fluor and Arabian American Oil Company, including positions on the executive, program & project management, construction, and the operations and maintenance of industrial and commercial facilities. In addition, Buck has managed supporting manpower, logistics development, and training. Baxter McElroy also brings experience in facilities design and specification, as design manager and coordinator, client representative and operability and maintainability consultant. Buck also served many roles in the United States Navy, including staff civil engineer and design engineer.
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Andrew Beal
Senior Manager, Blockchain Strategy Lead of Ernst & Young
Andrew Beal is the West Coast Blockchain Lead at Ernst & Young, focused on helping clients integrate blockchain technology and digital assets into their businesses. Prior to joining EY, he was a corporate attorney, representing cryptocurrency exchanges, token teams, and mining companies.
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Christopher Lee
Product Manager of Ernst & Young
Product Manager at Ernst & Young
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Kyle Brunell
Senior Manager, Advisory Services and IT Risk Transformation of Ernst & Young
Kyle Brunell is a Senior Manager in the Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP. He leads the connected product security services for EY in the Americas and brings over fifteen years of cyber security, advisory and audit experience. His work has spanned assessing product security programs, building product security strategies and helping companies transform their product security programs.
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Jason Li
Senior Manager, Cyber Security of Ernst & Young
Jason Li earned his BS and M.Eng. degrees in computer science from Cornell University, as well as a post-master’s certificate in computer science with a concentration in information assurance from Johns Hopkins University. As a Senior Manager from Aspect Security (now part of EY), he has led all facets of application security consulting services including helping key clients establish their application security program, working with them to enhance their application security testing and tailoring application security controls in the tech stack. As a former course instructor and teaching assistant, Li is especially interested in pedagogy and communication and has helped create many application security training courses.
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Angus Champion de Crespigny
Financial Services Blockchain Leader / Senior Manager, Financial Services of Ernst & Young
Angus Champion de Crespigny serves as the Blockchain Strategy Leader for Financial Services in the Americas. Over the past two years he has coordinated a global team and overseen the development and execution of services to financial institutions and startups in the blockchain and distributed infrastructure space. He has advised financial institutions, large enterprises, startups and governments, and is a frequent contributor in industry media, specializing in the practical implementation of such innovations and the development of new business models in the financial sector and beyond. Angus has led teams to develop multiple blockchain-enabled products and platforms to address many areas of his clients’ businesses, including identity management, customer onboarding, supply chains, and new business products. Angus has assisted in developing blockchain innovation frameworks, identifying and evaluating numerous use cases for distributed ledger technology and developed go to market plans to leverage the technology to create new products and enter new markets. Angus has led global teams to assess numerous use cases and has led teams to develop numerous pilots and proofs of concept across a number of vendor platforms. Angus has a strong background in technology and regulatory compliance and has applied his compliance and technical experience to a broad range of large scale strategy and implementation engagements.
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Brett Rogers
Manager, Advisory Services, Cybersecurity of Ernst & Young
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Steve Currie
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity of Ernst & Young
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Steve Currie
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity of Ernst & Young
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Dale Galiniak
Manager, DevOps, Tax Technology Transformation of Ernst & Young
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Kyle Hendricks
Sr. Energy and Sustainability Manager of CBRE Group
As an Senior Energy and Sustainability Manager within CBRE’s GWS Americas division, Kyle Hendricks is responsible for leading energy, sustainability, and smart buildings strategy and execution for the McKesson real estate portfolio. Kyle works closely with our clients, facilities management teams, project delivery, and our global GWS platform to drive cost savings and sustainability initiatives. Top priority initiatives include smart buildings strategy for all new offices and distribution centers, on-site and off-site renewable energy developments, and energy efficiency retrofits.
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Randy Bullard
General Manager, Wealth Management of SigFig
Randy leads SigFig’s growth and partnership development in the wealth management industry. Prior to joining SigFig, Randy was the owner/principal of ETF Solution Group. In 1999, Mr. Bullard founded Placemark Investments, a leading provider of wealth management programs and services for broker dealers and RIAs across the U.S. and Canada (acquired by Envestnet in 2014). At Placemark Mr. Bullard led the development and growth/operation of outsourced UMA wealth management programs, partnering with firms including Smith Barney Consulting Group, RBC Wealth Management, Oppenheimer Asset Management, TD Ameritrade Institutional, and BMO Nesbitt Burns. He’s widely published and a frequent speaker on topics related to digital wealth management, the evolution of wealth management programs, unified managed accounts, and ETF-based wealth management solutions.
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About SigFig: SigFig is financial services firm that dedicates in making high-quality investment advice to investors of all wealth levels.
Brian Stein
Senior Project Manager of CH2M Hill
Brian Stein is Assistant Treasurer at Smart Card Alliance.He is Senior Project Manager at CH2M HILL.
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About CH2M Hill: CH2M Hill is a global engineering services company that offers a diverse range of environmental and engineering consulting services.
Brian Stein
Senior Project Manager of CH2M Hill
Brian Stein is Assistant Treasurer at Smart Card Alliance.He is Senior Project Manager at CH2M HILL.
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About CH2M Hill: CH2M Hill is a global engineering services company that offers a diverse range of environmental and engineering consulting services.
Eleonora Israele
Senior Growth Operations Manager of Clutch
Eleonora Israele is the Head of Growth Operations at Clutch.
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About Clutch: Clutch operates as a ratings and reviews platform for IT, marketing, and business service providers.
Amanda Baum
Senior Product Manager of Clutch
Amanda Baum is the Senior Product Manager at Clutch.
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About Clutch: Clutch operates as a ratings and reviews platform for IT, marketing, and business service providers.
Oleksandr Andriyanov
Technical Product Manager / Delivery Manager of EPAM Systems
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About EPAM Systems: EPAM leverages its core engineering expertise as a leading global product development and digital platform engineering services company.
John Auble
Vice President, Marketing Program Manager, Digital Strategies of Wells Fargo Advisors
John is Vice President, Marketing Program Manager on Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Advisor (FA) Marketing Team. John Auble is an executive-level manager with more than 25 years of experience creating, implementing and tracking marketing, advertising and communications programs with increasing responsibilities in branding and digital strategy. He is currently a marketing program manager on the FA Marketing Team within Wells Fargo Advisors and has 21 years of FA marketing experience.
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About Wells Fargo Advisors: Wells Fargo Advisors provide advice and guidance to help maximize all elements of your financial life, whenever and however you need it.
Nitin Sharma
Program Manager – IT of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Jason Miller
IT Security Assurance Manager of RELX Group plc
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About RELX Group plc: RELX Group plcis is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
Jeff Carlson
Manager of Bain & Company
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About Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a management consulting firm that provides solutions on change in management, strategies, and technology.
Jenny Li
Senior Manager of Bain & Company
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About Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a management consulting firm that provides solutions on change in management, strategies, and technology.
Trace Mayer
Manager of Premier Ark
Trace Mayer is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist and ardent defender of the freedom of speech. He holds a degrees in accounting and law. He has studied Austrian economics focusing on the work of Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises. In 2008 during the worldwide financial crisis he wrote The Great Credit Contraction explaining the causes and likely effects. Shortly later he was among the first popular bloggers to publicly recommend Bitcoin, as a virtual currency, in its infancy with a market cap under $2m before its massive rise to $27.5B in May 2017. Then he started funding core Bitcoin infrastructure including (1) Armory which provides the foundational security for Bitcoin wallets, (2) Bitpay the largest Bitcoin merchant processor and (3) Kraken the largest Bitcoin/Euro exchange and a major worldwide liquidity provider. Mr. Mayer has presented on Bitcoin, both objectively and persuasively, to a wide variety of audiences including members of the Federal Reserve, Bundesbank, major financial institutions, the IRS, FBI, FTC, HNWIs, conferences and many others on the topics of Bitcoin, cyber security, financial cryptography, digital currency, entrepreneurship and other topics.
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About Premier Ark: PREMIER ARK, LLC provides consulting services
Elizabeth Ledbetter
Vice President/Metro Market Manager of TCG and Robert Half Technology of Robert Half International
Elizabeth Ledbetter is the St. Louis-based metro market manager for The Creative Group, a division of Robert Half specializing in the placement of highly skilled interactive, design, marketing and public relations professionals on a project and full-time basis. Elizabeth joined The Creative Group in 2008 and was previously the agency director for an entertainment agency in St. Louis. She is an active member of many local associations, including the American Marketing Association (St. Louis chapter). Elizabeth is a graduate of Purdue University.
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Lizzy Hanna
General Manager, Distribution of The Engine Group
Lizzy Hanna is the head of Engine Media, where she expertly builds custom media solutions by combining best-in-class data, technology, and creative –all aimed to solve the business challenges of marketers today. Prior, Lizzy was leading teams with specialisms in programmatic, paid social, mobile, video, display media, and ad tech.
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About The Engine Group: A creative community that provides clients with best-in-class communications expertise under one roof.
Lizzy Hanna
General Manager, Distribution of The Engine Group
Lizzy Hanna is the head of Engine Media, where she expertly builds custom media solutions by combining best-in-class data, technology, and creative –all aimed to solve the business challenges of marketers today. Prior, Lizzy was leading teams with specialisms in programmatic, paid social, mobile, video, display media, and ad tech.
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About The Engine Group: A creative community that provides clients with best-in-class communications expertise under one roof.
Matt Palen
Senior Manager of NewtonX
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About NewtonX: NewtonX is the world’s leading B2B research company.
John Ellis
Senior Digital Marketing Manager of Ensono
John Ellis is CEO and Owner of Crescent Interactive, an online marketing agency specializing in search and social. John Ellis is a frequent search industry speaker and has spent most of his career as an “in-house” marketer. Working from this perspective has provided John with an understanding of high demand and budget concerns as it relates to marketing departments. Along with search engine marketing, daily activities often included managing budgets, presenting findings and recommendations to executive teams, and working through departmental conflicts. Over the years, John has taken that in-house knowledge into his own career as an online marketing consultant. Now Ellis helps national brands improve their marketing campaigns, with Crescent Interactive. John and his team practice a transparency approach with all clients, with the belief that search engine marketing is not black magic and not secretive. Educating clients is the preferred method for building a long-term relationship.
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About Ensono: Ensono delivers managed IT services to optimize and modernize mainframes, infrastructure, and cloud for clients.
Crystal Thompson
Manager of KPMG International Limited
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
James Reo
CFO & Senior Project Manager of The Attivo Group
Having graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Accounting Theory and Practice, Jim Reo has spent his career in a variety of management positions. He spent 13 years as the Supervisor of Accounting for American Golf Corp before moving into the food manufacturing world. Jim spent close to 6 years as a financial analyst and controller for United Food Group and Sterling Meat Co. Immediately preceding his move to The Attivo Group, Jim worked as the CFO for Picture Car Warehouse, greatly strengthening their financial health during his time in charge.
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About The Attivo Group: The Attivo Group specializing in business process improvement & cost effective software for your business growth.
Tricia Dukes
Human Resources Manager of Cumberland Group
Tricia Dukes is manager of human resources for Cumberland Group, where she defines and oversees hiring and employment policy, benefits, and payroll. Dukes comes to this role from Abacus Solutions, where she served in the same capacity during the company’s greatest period of growth and hiring expansion. She joined Abacus from CDE Services, a distributor for point of service equipment. Dukes is a member of Society of Human Resources Management and earned her bachelor’s of science degree in Christian education from Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
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About Cumberland Group: Cumberland Group is the advisory and services firm.
Kathy Billinghurst
Manager, Consultant of Genpact
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About Genpact: Genpact provides business process management and information technology services.
Chris Madison
Senior Director and Cloud Practice Manager of Levvel
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About Amicus.io, Levvel, Levvel: Levvel is an IT consulting firm that offers technical implementation services and strategic advisory services.
Amber McKenzie
Manager of Emerging Technologies of PwC
Amber “Doc Am” McKenzie is a data scientist at DialogTech. With a masters degree in linguistics and a Ph.D. in computer science, she has over 9 years experience in data science and natural language processing (NLP). Her professional interests include NLP, machine learning, predictive modeling, and big data technologies. When she does get a spare moment outside of work, she enjoys reading, board games, dabbling with Arduinos and Raspberry Pis, and lifting weights.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Ganesh Walavalkar
Technical Product Manager of L&T Infotech
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About L&T Infotech: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Pete Gilchrist
Executive Vice President, Global Treasury and Risk Business Unit Manager of Novantas
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About Novantas: Novantas is the industry leader in analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions around the world.
Darryl Demos
Executive Vice President, Analytical Solutions Business Unit Manager of Novantas
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About Novantas: Novantas is the industry leader in analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions around the world.
Sherief Meleis
Executive Vice President-Senior Client Manager of Novantas
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About Novantas: Novantas is the industry leader in analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions around the world.
