Beyond Consulting

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Nashua Springberry, former PwC consultant, and current Principal at Cloudera. Nash joins us to discuss his journey to PwC and his move to Cloudera - a hybrid data platform - where he leads their Corporate Strategy team from their Melbourne office. In this episode, we hear how Nash went from a small town in Washington state to becoming a strat...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Kaitlin McCarthy, former BCG consultant, and Founder and CEO of Ionic Development Company.   Kaitlin joins us to discuss her career journey in real estate development, and how her time in consulting has influenced her.   Each week we speak with leaders in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting to explore the vario...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Heinrich Rusche, former McKinsey Jr. Engagement Manager, and current Chief Revenue Officer of Building Radar.   Heinrich joins us to discuss how he used his experience as a consultant to become an entrepreneur, what it's like leading sales and revenue at a rapidly growing startup, and how he started his own YouTube channel with nearly 200K su...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Jonathan Choumas, former Deloitte consultant, and Founder & CEO of Whisha.    Jonathan joins us to discuss how he started Whisha by being bold with a cold first sales call.    Each week we speak with leaders in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting to explore the various career options after leaving management co...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Christopher Gallant, former Bain consultant, and CEO of Chamberlain Coffee.   Chris joins us to discuss his time with Bain & Company, what it was like starting his a brewery in New York, corporate strategy roles at Heineken and Red Bull, and what it's like to be the CEO of Chamberlain, a rapidly growing coffee company.   Each week we speak wi...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Mike Grisko, former PwC consultant, and CFO & Co-Founder of Atmosphere.   Mike joins us to discuss his career path, and specifically the benefits of working in both investment banking and consulting. This dual career experience, and interest in media / technology eventually led Mike to Chive Media Group and the launch of Atmosphere.   Each we...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Sergio Castanho, former McKinsey consultant, and current CEO of M4-E.   Sergio joins us to discuss how he went from consulting to leading transformation for Aura Minerals, a high growth mining company. When Segio joined, the stock price was trading around $1. The leadership team made several key strategic investments and successfully transfor...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Brad Eckerdt, former consultant, and current Director of Corporate Development at Wisconsin Stamping and Manufacturing. Brad joins us to discuss his experience as an investment banker, a management consultant, and his time in the military. We discuss the importance of relationships and networking to drive a a successful M&A process, especiall...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Grace Ma, former consultant, and current Porsche influencer. Grace joins us to discuss how she has built a following around Porsche racing and the Porsche brand. Grace is passionate about cars and talks to us about what it takes to pursue your passion and side hustle...after a career in consulting. She also tells listeners what it takes to be...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Kevin Waddell, former BCG Senior Partner, and current President at SemiTorr Group, a leading sales and distribution company for gas and fluid handling systems / components. Kevin joins us to discuss his career and what it takes to succeed in growing a middle market business. We discuss everything from organic growth initiatives to strategic a...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Dan Calpin, former Bain consultant, and current President at Hive. Dan joins us to discuss how Hive is leading the industry in cloud-based AI solutions for content, both in terms of intelligent moderation and optimized ad / marketing. He draws on his experience as a consultant for Bain & Company. Dan also talks about his project work at Bain,...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Igor Smelyansky, former BCG Principal, and current CEO - Director General at Ukrposhta. Igor joins us to discuss his current role as CEO of the Ukrainian Postal Service. We start by understanding how he transformed the organization prior to the war, and what it has been like after the invasion. Igor draws on his experiences from Boston Consul...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Leo (Chris) Kasuya, former KPMG consultant, and current Director of Strategy & New Ventures at Irresistible Foods Group. Leo joins us to discuss his current role at IFG and what it's like to work in the consumer packaged goods industry. IFG is a family of authentic food & beverage brands that are beloved by their consumers for its irresistibl...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Devin Basinger, former Accenture consultant, and current SVP of People and Operations at H1.   Devin joins us to discuss his current role at H1 and what it's like to lead people operations at a fast growing HealthTech company. H1 is on a mission to create a healthier future by delivering a platform that connects stakeholders across the health...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Rajitha Swaminathan, former Deloitte consultant, and current Vice President of Program Strategy & Member Services at Grameen America.   Rajitha joins us to discuss her current role at Grameen America, where they provide small loans (microfinance) to low-income women entrepreneurs to make big impacts in communities across the US. They are curr...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Ken Hooton, former Deloitte consultant, and current Principal Business Partner at Anaplan.   Ken joins us to discuss his experience across Deloitte, Nike, and Anaplan focusing on supply chain and customer success. Ken discusses he approaches customer success in a SaaS context and why it's an interesting career after consulting. He also talks...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Anjali Nakhooda, former Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and current VP of Marketing and Product Management at Vestcom.   Anjali joins us to discuss her career across BCG, Beachbody, IRI and Vestcom. She also explains how she thinks about leading marketing strategy and product management for a data driven media company, the pros and cons of con...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Rahul Malik, former Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and current Managing Director at The Business of Fashion.   Rahul joins us to discuss how he successfully transitioned from consulting to the media and fashion industry. He covers a range of topics, including major trends driving consumer purchase decisions in the fashion industry now and wha...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Michael McCarroll, former McKinsey consultant, and Irina Egorova, former BCG consultant, and current co-founders of Teamraderie. Michael and Irina join us to discuss how they built a highly successful sales and customer success team at Lattice Engines, a B2B enterprise SaaS company that used predictive analytics to drive better outcomes for m...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome Ryan Starks, Director of Marketing at Qventus (former Strategy& / Innosight consultant).   Ryan joins us to discuss enterprise healthcare management solutions and what it takes to build a successful marketing strategy. We talk about everything from his time at Harvard Business School to life as a consultant in the Middle East. A must listen f...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, we welcome husband and wife team, Nicholas Contag and Katherine Hill Contag, both serial entrepreneurs and co-founders of Klaro CFO.   Nic and Kat join us to discuss what it takes to succeed in consulting, search funded ventures, and corporate strategy teams. From Harvard Business School to quitting their jobs, all the way to a successful exit and every...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, Matt Cybulsky, PhD, and Founder and IONIA Healthcare Consulting and Host of The Digital Healthcare Roundtable / The Voice of Healthcare joins us to discuss how boutique or specialized consulting firms can create an engaging brand strategy.   Matt spent the early part of his career at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant, then went on to successfully develop...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, Mike Sterling, Founder and CEO of Quantegy Analytics joins us to discuss how they drive value for middle market companies by blending strategy and advanced analytics solutions. Mike spent the early part of his career at Booz & Company / (now Strategy&, a PwC subsidiary), then went on to product management, and successfully transitioned to a career in ad...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, Eric Pritchett, President and Chief Operating Officer of Terzo Technologies joins us. Eric spent the early part of his career as an Engagement Manager at AT Kearney, and has successfully transitioned to enterprise technology. Each week we speak with leaders in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting to explore the various car...

In this week's episode of Beyond Consulting, Sean Wheeler, retired Kearney Senior Partner, and current fellow at Stanford University joins us this week to discuss the question in every consultant's mind... "Should I stay in consulting or take the leap to an industry role?" Each week we speak with leaders in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting to explore the various...