KEY PERSONNEL

MICHAEL SHEA

Michael has over 25 years of broad business and consulting expertise. Michael was a Principal at the Battelle Memorial Institute, a Senior Manager at AT Kearney and most recently a Director at Huron Consulting. He has consulted with and led numerous engagements in many major corporations within various industries, numerous colleges and universities, as well as worked for and advised engineering firms and research institutions. These include Chevron, Sears, ABN-AMRO, American Electric Power, Detroit Diesel, Boston College, Case Western, Duke, Florida State, Wake Forest, Geosyntec Consultants, and The Field Museum.

Michael’s areas of expertise include strategic sourcing, negotiations, procurement assessment, mergers and acquisitions, functional and organizational design, human resources, strategic planning, and operational strategy. Michael is the President of Griffin Strategic Advisors.

EDUCATION
PhD, University of Chicago (dissertation)
MS, University of California at Riverside
BS, New Mexico Institute of Technology
Certificate, Business Administration, University of Michigan

PETE SHADEK

Pete Shadek has nearly 25 years of management consulting experience, with 12 years of that as a Principal with AT Kearney, and three years culminating as a Partner at Archstone Consulting. Pete helped to develop Kearney’s Strategic Sourcing methodology, and trained hundredsof AT Kearney and client professionals worldwide. Pete’s consulting experience includes strategy, operations, and organizational experience, including assessment, planning, design and implementation to drive growth and profitability improvement in the oil and gas, consumer products, retail, electronics, telecom, manufacturing, and services industries.

Pete has extensive experience in all aspects of large-scale projects, including the development of strategic plans and the supervision of the subsequent design, development and implementation. He has led sourcing engagements across many industries, representing almost $10 billion in combined annual spend. Pete has lived and worked in the US and Japan. Pete is a Principal with Griffin Strategic Advisors.

EDUCATION
MBA, The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
BS, Engineering, Bucknell University

JOHN BUERKLE

John has over 30 years of marketing, M&A, general management, and international experience in consumer products, technology-enabled services, and consulting. John's experience includes serving as a partner in the Strategy and Consumer Products practices of Archstone Consulting; President of Unext International, an Internet-based executive education services company; and President of Asia and the Americas and member of the Executive Committee of SC Johnson & Son. He has also served on the boards of public and private companies and not-for-profit institutions.

John specializes in enterprise transformation, helping clients improve and streamline their growth strategies, business processes, cost structures, commercialization practices, and organizational effectiveness. John has had P&L responsibility for more than 30 countries and speaks fluent Spanish.

EDUCATION
MBA, Marketing, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
AB, Princeton University

MATT BIGGS

Matt has 13 years of industry experience driving shareholder value and profitable growth through strategy development. Matt has designed and implemented value-based management, M&A strategy, strategic planning, brand/product strategy, consumer research, scenario planning at the corporate, business unit, brand, and product levels.

Matt has worked in several industries, particularly consumer goods, retail, health care, and financial services. He was Project Management Professional (PMP) certified in 2005 by the Project Management Institute. Matt is a Principal with Griffin Strategic Advisors.

EDUCATION
MBA, Strategy and Organization Behavior, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
MS and BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois

CARRIE SHEA

Carrie has over 20 years experience providing strategy and organizational advisory services to leading Fortune 500 consumer products, retail, and manufacturing/distribution clients. She specializes in working at the Executive team level to produce pragmatic strategic plans that are both visionary and actionable while securing the support of both the Board and employees. Carrie has served as the Strategy and Organizational Practice leader at two global consulting firms. She has consulted in strategy and organizational effectiveness to many global companies, including Kraft, Unilever, Clorox, and Kellogg. Carrie is the CEO of Griffin Strategic Advisors.

EDUCATION
MBA, Marketing, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
BA, University of Chicago