OUR LEADERSHIP
Great People Deliver Great Results
When a client hires a consulting firm, they are not just hiring expertise or bandwidth – they are hiring people. We think our people are unique:
- We have a lot of experience… more than 15 years on average!
- 75% of us have “Big 4” experience
- 60% of us have been both Big 4 consultants and clients (pretty unusual, and very useful)
- 60% of us have advanced degrees
- We live full lives. Our ranks include marathon runners, movie extras, road and mountain bike racers, golfers, photographers, proud parents and more.
This means our clients get a well-rounded team of people with deep professional and life experience. People who can apply new thinking to new challenges. In short, people who provide a refreshing approach to business consulting.
Thought Logic Leadership Team
Practice Director – Finance Transformation
Brian Greene is Practice Director – Finance Transformation for Thought Logic consulting. He brings more than 25 years of experience both in industry and in consulting, including 15 years of advisory experience with his work focused in finance strategy and finance operations. He has advised clients on how to improve the overall performance of finance and overseen the execution of global finance transformation designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Finance through process improvement and operating model alignment. His work has included merger integration, shared services and covered the spectrum of finance processes, from accounts payable to accounting close and budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
Brian began his career in industry and led various FP&A and reporting groups for national and international companies. Most of his experience prior to joining Thought Logic was with the global firms, including IBM, Deloitte and Accenture. In addition, he supported the launch and development of Slalom Consulting’s CFO Advisory practices with a focus on business and practice development. In his role with Thought Logic he is highly focused on designing and delivering actionable plans for his clients.
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Client Partner
Jay Whittier is a Client Partner in our Project Leadership service area. He brings more than 20 years of industry and management consulting experience to Thought Logic. For most of his career he’s been focused on project delivery across multiple areas of technology – both as a project manager serving industries including Healthcare, Financial Services, and Food Services, as well as leading large-scale programs and establishing PMOs within enterprise level clients. His background on both the industry and consulting side and his pragmatic approach to solving large, complex problems allows him a valuable perspective when helping clients tackle the sizable challenges that come with large organizations. Early in Jay’s career he served in various roles at early-stage software startups where he first experienced the entrepreneurial spirit required to build a company. Prior to joining Thought Logic, Jay worked at McKesson, a Fortune-15 Healthcare organization, in project delivery and account management functions, and most recently he enjoyed a successful 7 year run as an independent consultant leading several multi-year programs at Fortune 500 clients. Jay is developing the Project Leadership practice area at Thought Logic and looking forward to expanding that space in the Atlanta market.
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Richmond Managing Partner
Jeff Deyerle, the Managing Partner for Thought Logic’s Richmond, VA office, brings more than 20 years of consulting and business leadership experience to the firm. Jeff’s career has allowed him to experience consulting from multiple perspectives. Before making the move to Richmond to open Thought Logic’s second office, Jeff led Informatica’s highly technical Professional Services practice in the Northeast U.S., and managed a team of more than 700 consultants as the North America leader for Capgemini’s Business Information Management practice. Additionally, he joined Slalom Consulting to help open their New York market, which grew to more than 200 consultants in its first five years of operation. Today, one of Jeff’s main goals is to help the people of Thought Logic establish the firm as a premier management consultancy.
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Managing Partner and Founder
Keith Roberts is the Managing Partner and founder of Thought Logic Consulting. Keith brings more than 20 years of business consulting and advisory services to the firm and to our clients. He has advised Fortune 500 clients in overall business transformation, merger integration, organizational change and operations management. Prior to starting Thought Logic, Keith started his consulting career working for the original Price Waterhouse/PricewaterhouseCoopers and then IBM Global Business Services via the acquisition of PwC , where he was a Partner in the Media and Entertainment Sector, delivering large scale transformations for clients. In addition, he formed and ran a national finance transformation practice for Slalom Consulting, which had practitioners across seven offices. Keith is focused on creating a culture at Thought Logic that consultants want to call home, one that allows them to focus on true business consulting but still allows them to meet their own personal and professional goals.
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Practice Director – People and Change
Kerri McBride is Practice Director – People and Change for Thought Logic. Kerri brings more than 25 years of private industry and consulting experience to the firm and our clients. After beginning her career in industry, Kerri developed broad capability across the Change Management and Talent Management disciplines. With deep skills in culture alignment and associate engagement, Kerri’s focus is on strategies for organizational transformation. Prior to joining Thought Logic, Kerri led change management, talent management and organizational effectiveness teams in the consulting domain and also as the leader of internal Centers of Excellence. Since joining Thought Logic, Kerri has developed a robust practice of Human Capital and Change Management practitioners working across our client base delivering transformational People strategies that accelerate change and sustain desired outcomes for the long term.
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Director of Talent
Leigh Papevies, Director of Talent for Thought Logic, brings more than ten years of advisory and management consulting experience to the firm. Before shifting to her role as Director of Talent, Leigh worked on a broad spectrum of projects including compliance initiatives, corporate transformations, and mergers and acquisitions. Her extensive background in audit and accounting allowed her to offer a valuable perspective when advising clients on finance transformation initiatives and business process improvement-based efforts.
Prior to joining Thought Logic, Leigh worked at Ernst & Young within the Assurance and Advisory Practice where she played an integral role on the audit teams for several high-profile Fortune 500 clients. From there, she made the transition to management consulting by joining Keith Roberts’ Finance Transformation Practice at Slalom Consulting where she proved valuable in growing and developing that practice in the Atlanta market.
Leigh was thrilled to join Thought Logic shortly after the company was founded, and she is looking forward to upholding her role as a strong brand ambassador and continuing to connect Thought Logic with the brightest and best consultants in Atlanta.
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Practice Director – Business Analytics & Insights
Matt Beyer is Practice Director – Business Analytics & Insights for Thought Logic and brings more than 20 years of professional services consulting. Matt is a senior level executive and subject matter expert in leveraging data to produce exceptional business value to his clients. Matt has created and developed a Business Analytics practice within three separate firms over the past 15 years. One being for a Boston based firm entering the Atlanta market and another was with an established management consulting firm where he grew the practice by 150%. Matt was also the executive in charge of a newly formed Analytics / BI division of an Atlanta based management consulting firm. Matt was responsible for the ideation, creation and development of the division. The division was responsible for supporting clients, developing delivery capabilities, and enhancing Analytics expertise. The division delivered hundreds of business intelligence and analytics solutions to some of the world’s largest companies. Matt’s focus at Thought Logic will be to assist our clients in uncovering meaningful information and delivering it in the appropriate context in order to help clients improve customer relationships, increase profitability, grow margins and reduce time-to-value.
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Michael MedwedClient Partner
Michael Medwed is a Client Partner with Thought Logic and is responsible for planning leading solutions that bring out the best of the firm’s teams. His focus is on delivering high-quality client service, fueling people growth, and helping to create meaningful work with the firms client base. Michael is an experienced program delivery strategist known for partnering with senior business leaders, across a wide variety of industries and verticals, to drive and help realize his clients’ most critical initiatives.
In previous experience, Michael had a proven track record for delivering on a number of high visibility client engagements across Fortune 500 and middle-market clients within sales and marketing, brand, digital, loyalty, information technology, product and PMO organizations. Michael’s approach is instrumental in establishing, growing and sustaining a significant share of our client relationships.
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Steve EsmondeClient Partner
Steve Esmonde is a Client Partner with Thought Logic and brings more than 10 years of consulting and account leadership experience. He is responsible for building meaningful relationships with our clients, while leading our teams to deliver high-quality work. His focus is on helping his clients solve complex problems, consistently developing and challenging our Thought Logic consultants to grow within the firm, and helping to create a work environment that encourages curiosity and innovation. Steve is an experienced strategy partner known for helping senior business leaders, across a wide variety of industries and verticals, drive and help realize their most critical initiatives.
In previous experience, Steve has a proven track record for delivering on a number of high visibility client engagements across Fortune 500 clients within finance, sales, information technology, product and PMO organizations. Prior to joining Thought Logic, Steve gained deep Finance Transformation expertise at EY, and he continues to help Finance leaders navigate their challenges today while supporting the growth of Thought Logic’s Finance practice. Steve is looking forward to helping Thought Logic continue to grow through deep focus on our people, culture, and client satisfaction.
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Bobby ConnorClient Development Executive
As a Client Development Executive, Bobby Connor brings more than 12 years of Fortune 500 enterprise sales experience to the team. Bobby is responsible for driving new and emerging client partnerships in the Atlanta market. His focus is on building successful client relationships that allow Thought Logic to deliver high-value strategic solutions to its’ clients.
In previous experience, Bobby most recently oversaw sales and operations for multiple markets at an IT services company. He was responsible for full development and execution of successful product strategies, account business plans, revenue growth, and sales team development.
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Drew ShiembobClient Service Lead
Drew Siembob is a Client Service Lead in Thought Logic’s Richmond office and is responsible for bringing leading solutions to clients that span the firm’s broad capabilities. His focus is on delivering high-quality client service, driving growth among people and teams, and crafting innovative solutions within the firm’s client base. Drew is an experienced business transformation strategist, known for partnering effectively with senior business leaders and employees alike to design and implement sustainable solutions that help realize his clients’ most critical strategic objectives.
In his previous experience consulting and in industry, Drew has a proven track record for delivering on transformational initiatives across Fortune 500 clients in the Consumer Products, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, and Power & Utilities industries. He is an effective communicator, able to support and lead cross-functional teams comprising finance, IT, HR, legal, and line-of-business personnel. Drew’s stakeholder-centric and collaborative approach is instrumental in establishing and growing many of our client partnerships in the Richmond area.
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Jeff KelleyClient Service Lead
Jeff Kelley is a Client Service Lead and 20 year veteran of the Richmond business community, responsible for developing and building relationships with Thought Logic’s clients. Jeff is an experienced corporate strategist and consultant known for partnering with senior business and technology leaders to drive a wide range of business transformation initiatives. Prior to joining Thought Logic, Jeff was a Director at CapTech Ventures where he managed large scale programs across multiple Fortune 100 clients.
Prior to his career in consulting, Jeff was a Vice President at two top 10 banks where he specialized in building consensus across diverse functional groups to achieve corporate objectives. Jeff focused on initiatives related to merger integration strategy, product development, pricing, profitability, and customer-facing user experiences. He began his career as an analyst with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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Chris KingClient Development Executive
As a Client Development Executive, Chris King brings 10 years Global Fortune 500 sales and business development experience to the team. Chris is responsible for driving new and emerging client partnerships in the Richmond market. His focus is on building successful client relationships that allow Thought Logic to deliver high-value strategic solutions to its’ clients.
In his previous experience, Chris was responsible for sales and business development for one of the largest staffing companies in the world. Focusing primarily in the accounting and finance space, Chris developed extensive partnerships with clients and provided Executive Search, Staff Augmentation, and Consulting Services. He was responsible for developing marketing and account strategies, revenue growth, and associate development.
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Elizabeth HarklessClient Service Lead
Elizabeth Harkless is a Client Service Lead in Thought Logic’s Richmond, Virginia office. She has expertise in executing complex business and technical programs focused on evaluating and implementing strategic initiatives and systems across industries and sectors. Elizabeth has a proven track record of delivery excellence and is known for her ability to drive and translate business objectives and technology requirements.
In her previous experience, Elizabeth has successfully led and implemented a number of strategic initiatives across a number of Fortune 500 companies in Consumer Products, Financial Services, and Power and Utilities. She is experienced in the areas of Program Management, Process Improvement, Training, and Change Management. Elizabeth’s ability to communicate, facilitate and work effectively as a strategic partner across multiple executive stakeholder groups is instrumental in building consensus and impactful outcomes.
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Emily WeinsteinTalent Acquisition Manager
Emily Weinstein, Talent Acquisition Manager for Thought Logic, brings more than twenty years of experience in leading initiatives across financial and operational management, organizational infrastructure, strategic planning, and project leadership in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. Before joining Thought Logic as Talent Manager, Emily served as SVP Operations for The First Tee of Greater Richmond, leading strategic infrastructure changes from organizational design to employee management programs. Prior to The First Tee, Emily worked at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta as an SVP in both the investment bank and corporate bank. Emily is happy to be a brand ambassador for Thought Logic and connect the firm with the brightest and best consultants and leaders in our markets.
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Andy RowlandClient Service Lead
Andy is a Client Service Lead in Thought Logic’s Project Leadership service area. He brings nearly 20 years of industry and consulting experience leading complex initiatives that address a broad range of business and technology challenges. Andy has extensive experience helping clients to define, launch, and execute strategic initiatives. He is an effective facilitator who partners with stakeholders at all levels of an organization to define clear objectives and pragmatic implementation plans.
In his previous experience consulting and in industry, Andy successfully led and supported numerous enterprise-wide initiatives across Public Sector, Power & Utilities, Transportation, and Not-for-Profit industries, providing expertise in customer service, process improvement, change management, information technology, and business continuity planning.
CASE STUDIES
Program Management: Retail Food Service
A global leader in the retail food services industry with an international presence that includes 34 manufacturing facilities, 26 distribution centers, four innovation centers of excellence and more than 8,500 employees needed system-wide guidance on the focus of their sales and marketing efforts.
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Change Management: Beverage
A global refreshment brand striving for continuous renewal of its product portfolio
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