Who We Are

Our partners bring diverse business experience and real-world insight from senior leadership roles across global organizations. Their backgrounds span strategy and executive leadership, supply chain, manufacturing and operations, enabling functions such as finance, human resources, leadership development, and communications, as well as commercial, pricing, and product management.

Through our engagements, you work directly with experienced practitioners who are business leaders first and consultants second. We combine deep functional expertise with a facilitative approach that engages your team in the work, ensuring solutions are practical, adaptable, and supported across the organization.

With a strong awareness of the human side of change, we help teams move from planning to execution. Together, we turn strategy into clear actions, align leaders around priorities, and build the discipline needed to deliver measurable results.

While we are involved in every project we do for our clients, we shape our team to best fit your solution.

David Brandt

David works shoulder to shoulder with leaders to identify practical solutions for complex operational challenges.

• Strengthens systems and processes by seeing how all the moving parts can work together to drive efficiency, revenue growth, and profit expansion
• Leads across functional lines and is skilled at guiding disparate processes to drive improvements and accelerate change
• Brings 30 years of experience at General Mills in supply chain management. Having led sweeping changes in supply chain operations, David helps leaders cut through the noise, identify the root cause, and gives clear coaching, mentoring, and guidance to all levels within the organization

David leads with a listening ear and deep sincerity for wanting to help people, giving clients the confidence they are on the path to a sustainable solution. Dave also volunteers as an advisor and consultant through a non-profit supporting BIPOC entrepreneurial start-ups in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Tom Hammann

Tom partners with leaders and teams as a consultant and facilitator to strengthen operations and deliver meaningful cost savings.

• Sees the totality of the end-to-end value chain and the opportunities across functions and partners for cost savings, process improvement, and operational efficiencies
• Blends strategic insight with hand-on, expert facilitation to help cross-functional teams deliver continuous improvements and incremental savings by guiding teams to identify opportunities, solve operational challenges, and implement practical solutions
• Brings more than 22 years of leadership experience at Fortune 200 Consumer Packaged Goods companies, having partnered with all end-to-end functions from procurement, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain strategy, and commercial business units to suppliers and customers. He has worked with a variety of clients from startups to global enterprises

Known for his down-to-earth and relatable style, Tom’s goal is to guide teams to practical, affordable, and impactful outcomes. He is a U.S. Army veteran and enjoys traveling, trekking, and volunteering in his community with organizations that aim to solve food insecurity.

Lisa Kline

Lisa drives performance by creatively integrating strategic thinking, financial expertise, broad organizational knowledge, and a collaborative approach.

• Partners closely with leaders across business unit management, marketing, sales, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, and corporate planning functions to shape growth and organizational performance
• Integrates the big picture with practical business insight and detailed analysis to help leadership teams develop practical solutions and make informed decisions
• Holds more than 25 years of experience with General Mills where she was responsible for maximizing profitable growth for $1 billion businesses, and leading strategic upskilling initiatives

As an advisor and coach, Lisa blends her analytical business thinking with an approachable facilitation style to draw people to the edges of problems to see what’s working and not working. She is professor of Finance at the University of Minnesota and an active board member of a children’s theatre company that stimulates the artistic excellence and personal growth of children and youth.

Karin Munksgaard

Karin guides executives through complex transitions and builds leadership and talent systems required for sustained performance, turning vision into reality.

• Bridges business strategy with human systems, operating at 30,000 feet and 3 feet simultaneously, ensuring that transformation is implemented, sustained and trusted
• Coaches leaders to move through change and make hard decisions, helping them navigate the unwritten rules and processes of an organization
• Has over two decades of executive leadership at Thomson Reuters, entrusted with some of the most critical transformation efforts with roles in Human Resources, Communications, Strategy, and Marketing

Karin helps leaders think clearly in high-pressure or ambiguous situations. She is a board member for a social services organization that provides crisis intervention, violence prevention, and community support services.

Deb Seidman

Deb facilitates change and transformation implementation to produce tangible business results in productivity, cost reduction, risk mitigation, talent retention, and talent development.

• Brings extensive experience in change management, facilitation, and process improvement to help teams resolve critical issues and achieve better business outcomes
• Holds certification to administer, interpret, and give feedback in the Myers-Briggs Type Instrument (MBTI); the Hogan Personality Inventory; Development Survey; and Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory; and is an International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Facilitator
• Has more than 30 years of experience as a consultant, executive coach and internal Human Resources & Organization Effectiveness manager in global organizations

Deb’s drive for results makes her excel at helping leaders break down strategies into manageable execution plans. Deb founded and runs the NYC facilitators’ group—the NY Chapter of the International Association of Facilitators—and enjoys spending weekends in the workshop drawing and printing.

Gregg Stedronsky

Gregg advises executives through high-stakes challenges and identifies practical strategies and solutions to build organizational alignment and deliver results.

• Builds strategy with substance, relying on deep expertise in how organizations work based on leading operations, manufacturing, and capacity and growth planning
• Grounds recommendations in supply chain best practices across industries so that strategic thinking is based in reality
• Brings more than 30 years of global experience as an executive leader, strategist, and coach across supply chain, engineering, and safety for General Mills

Gregg understands people very well and is skilled in connecting people to the bigger picture. He has a natural ability to help people at all levels in an organization understand business implications and why decisions matter. Gregg is an active board member in higher education and a volunteer in the community.

Beth Young

Beth is a trusted advisor and catalyst who helps teams generate financial and operational achievements beyond what was thought possible.

• Engages clients in deep discovery and true listening to understand what’s happening; sees where to go and leads clients to be successful in operational performance, transformation, and organizational change
• Connects end-to-end thinking to strategy through her ability to quickly analyze situations and information, draw practical conclusions, and identify specific, implementable actions
• More than 30 years of senior executive experience for Honeywell and General Electric as a global leader in supply chain, marketing, program management, and new product development. She worked extensively in Asia and speaks fluent Mandarin

Beth is known as an authentic leader who continuously seeks out opportunities to serve in capacities that positively impact our world. She served five years on the Board of Directors for Hopewell Music Cooperative North and volunteers with her local church and community.