ACCLARO PARTNERS - Key Persons
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Engagement Director
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
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- CFO
- COO
- Member of the Leadership Team
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Quantitative Analysis
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- Senior Research Consultant
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- CEO
- Member of the Leadership Team
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
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- Senior Operations Manager
Leslie is a visionary marketing professional with extensive strategy and insights expertise through 25+ years in marketing and strategy consulting, and 6 years in consumer products marketing.
She specializes in leading client/agency/consulting teams to delve into their brands and marketplaces and create insight-driven positioning, branding, portfolio, innovation, segmentation, path to purchase, and marketing strategies that drive meaningful business results. A hallmark of her approach is providing innovative and collaborative team leadership and hands-on participation with clients and business associates at all levels to develop and bring strategies to life.
Leslie's breadth of experience enables her to bring unique insights to every engagement. She has consulted to a wide variety of B2C and B2B clients (consumer packaged goods, OTC/ pharmaceuticals, universities, appliances, professional organizations, healthcare/medical products, media, marketing agencies, financial services, spirits, telecom, insurance, energy, mattresses, casual dining). Her engagements have included strategic planning, marketplace landscapes and competitive benchmarking, marketing strategy development, creative concepting, brainstorming, and more. She is also an ‘insights expert' with qualitative techniques and has developed and managed extensive quantitative research studies.
Leslie graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in biology and psychology. She earned her MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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- Business Development Associate
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Principal and Healthcare Lead
Micki Tiffen provides strategic consulting supporting marketing and sales, including market due diligence, shopper marketing, custom survey design/development and analysis/reporting. Micki is experienced in a wide range of industries, including personal care, supplements, batteries, QSR, food and beverages, snacks, adult beverages, advertising and cable services. Ms. Tiffen is skilled in secondary research, trend spotting, expert interviews and market intelligence.
Prior to working with Acclaro, she was a consultant in analytics at IRI Worldwide, focused primarily on working across various packaged goods clients (bakery, snacks, frozen foods among others). She also supported and produced shopper marketing and integrated trade marketing programs for Dulcolax and Zantac products.
Micki earned an MBA in Marketing from the Stern School of Business at NYU where she was awarded the NW Ayer Scholarship for leadership potential in marketing and a member of Alpha Mu Alpha, the honorary society of the AMA. She also holds a BA in Anthropology/French from Binghamton University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Trained as an anthropologist, she approaches business issues from an unique perspective bringing a convergence of art and science to surround a topic from a 360-degree perspective.
Pat has a proven track-record of success as a Fortune 1000 Chief Marketing Officer and over 25 years in senior global operating roles with an A-List company roster including: PepsiCo, Capital One Financial Corporation, Dell, Nestle, Kellogg's and Colgate Palmolive
She began her career with McKinsey & Company as a research associate and consultant focused in the Oil & Gas, Transportation and Consumer Goods sectors and has recent strategic consulting experience in Wireless Telecom, Technology, FMCG, Healthcare, Financial Services, Travel & Hospitality, E-Commerce, Retail, Restaurant (QSR and Fast Casual), and Entertainment.
Pat has an undergraduate degree from Trinity University in Business and Economics and an MBA from The University of Texas/Austin in Marketing and Finance. She has served on the local board of the American Red Cross and as a board advisor to equity investors for small to mid-market companies. Pat has been a guest lecturer at many universities including UT/Austin McCombs Graduate School of Business, Baylor University, UVA/Darden School of Business, Duke Fuqua School of Business, and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Consultant
- Corporate Consultant to Institutional Shareholder Services
Ray Regan has over 25 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions advisory services, strategic market analysis, and private equity market due diligence. Ray has the unique ability to "see in the dark" when it comes to emerging technologies and/or converging trends; whether disruptive threats to existing business models or new product market viability, his diverse background enables him to accurately communicate a complete picture on industry growth.
Ray has completed almost 200 market due diligence projects in a wide range of industries including A/V, aerospace & satellite, GPS & telematics, telecom, specialty & petrochemical, oil and gas, light industrial equipment, automotive, consumer and retail products, food technology, healthcare, medical and dental device, Internet & e-commerce, IT and various "niche" industries.
Ray is skilled in constructing and managing market due diligence studies, including competitor landscape analysis, customer opinion analysis, acquisition search, growth strategies and market entry. Ray has consulted various Fortune-1000 companies, early stage & start-ups, venture capital funded and private equity owned companies. His consulting career started at Markowitz & McNaughton where he managed acquisition search and market research intelligence projects.
As an entrepreneur and operator, Ray was cofounder of Acuity Mobile, a location-based mobile advertising platform (acquired by Nokia in 2008). Acuity Mobile was the first location based mobile marketing delivery platform and was awarded a patent in the area. Ray continues to be active in various start-up enterprises and remains an advisor to a number of angel and venture-funded companies.
Previously, Ray was a Senior Product Development Manager Consultant for mobile business intelligence platform technologies for Microstrategy (MSTR) where he marketed and developed new products focused on the convergence of mobile, social media, big data, cloud, and the Internet of Things (IOT).
Ray has worked as a Corporate Consultant to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), advising publically traded corporations (CXO teams and Board of Directors) on matters of Corporate Governance and institutional proxy voting.
Ray was also a NASD Registered Representative (Series, 7, 63, 65) with Wellington Financial Group, PaineWebber (now UBS/Union Bank of Switzerland), and Alex Brown & Sons (now Deutsche Bank).
Ray graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Economics.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
Russ works with a broad range of private equity clients, investment banks and operating companies. Russ leads teams that reduce risk for investors and identify growth strategies using the full range of Acclaro services including commercial buy-side diligence, sell-side market studies and value creation for portfolio companies.
With nearly three decades of senior management experience, Russ brings a valuable hands-on operating perspective to Acclaro. In addition to progressively challenging assignments at several Fortune 500 companies, Russ was also Managing Director of Atlantic Capital, an M & A boutique in Brazil that focused on cross-border transactions.
Russ' domain expertise includes but is not limited to consumer and industrial products, business services, SaaS, distribution, and logistics. As a former CEO focused on bottom line performance, Russ helps ensure that Acclaro delivers fact-based, actionable results.
Prior to joining Acclaro, Russ transformed an unprofitable, private equity-owned artisan bakery into a leading branded food company. Russ speaks three languages and has extensive international operating experience in Brazil, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Outside of Acclaro, Russ is an avid underwater photographer, does pro-bono consulting for minority-owned businesses and is a board member at a local not-for-profit focused on food insecurity.
Education
Harvard Business School, M.B.A.
Earlham College, B.S. Physics
Favorite Quote
"If everything you try works, you aren't trying hard enough."
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Engagement Director
Tania serves as an Engagement Director who helps investors and corporate clients make better decisions by delivering solutions for M&A and growth strategies.
She leverages her four-year strategy consulting experience at EY-Parthenon and three-year engineering service experience at Spraying Systems Co to deliver high-impact solutions for clients across various industries. Tania has advised on transaction execution, growth strategy, supply chain transformation, working capital optimization, and numerous other client engagements.
Tania's transaction experience includes leading divestitures, integrations, and spin-offs. She has led multiple post-M&A activities such as application migration, standalone cost, operating model definition, and transition service agreement. Tania also has strong project management, go-to-market strategy, digital strategy and transformation, and advanced data analytics skills. Her industry focuses on life sciences, consumer products and retail, and industrial service.
Tania enjoys living in New York City. In her free time, she likes to travel, run half marathons, and take photographs.
Education
MBA, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
M.Eng, Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University
BE, Materials Engineering, Drexel University
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- Advisor
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Partner
Trevor leads engagements for investors, intermediaries, and operating companies covering the full complement of Acclaro service offerings including buy-side commercial market diligence, value creation and sell-side market studies.
Throughout his career, Trevor has served as transaction advisor to many different types of investors, including private equity, public equity and venture capital. Trevor has held executive level positions at buyout, venture capital, and asset management firms.
Trevor strives to build trust and credibility with clients, colleagues, and partners, by demonstrable results. As an executive, he has been focused on developing growth strategies and overseeing their implementation.
With domain knowledge in most sectors of the economy, Trevor has served on numerous boards in public, private and not-for-profit companies. He began his career as a management consultant and later became CEO of a start-up software company.
Trevor is a fan of all racquet sports, lives vicariously through his scholar/athlete daughters and landscape designer wife, and serves on the board of the Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation.
Education
George Washington University, M.B.A.
Catholic University of America, B.S. Engineering (Computer Science)
Favorite Quote
"I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."