WINDERMERE - Key Persons
Don Potter has been a consultant to senior managements of substantial companies since 1973. For eleven of those years, he was with the international consulting firm of McKinsey & Company. He was a partner with McKinsey & Company, and served both domestic and international companies from the firm's San Francisco and Amsterdam offices. For several years, Don continued advising senior managements of both domestic and foreign concerns while heading Windermere Associates. Don's principal work today focuses on developing the concepts and examples behind StrategyStreet.
The work Don has undertaken has encompassed many different types of industry environments, for example:
Capital intensive: Wood products, oil, chemicals, equipment rental, lodging, newsprint, coated paper
Labor intensive: Insurance, investment banking, airframe manufacturing, wholesaling, direct consumer sales, trucking
High growth: Electronics, financial services, legal services, semiconductor test equipment, personal computers, wireless communications
Low growth: Metal fabrication, manufacturing equipment, food processing, industrial equipment, food service, residential roofing, gypsum, quick service restaurants, retail banking
Industries under profit pressure: Airline, heavy construction, dredging, agricultural equipment, building products, truck manufacturing, wholesale banking
High profit industries: Pharmaceuticals, oil exploration and development, investment banking, executive recruiting, financial transaction processing, disposable diaper, credit card, commercial printing
Deregulating: Commercial banking, health care, trucking, airline
Government protected: Various European industries, military components