Randy Grow
Physics graduate from Colorado College, PhD degree from Stanford University. Two years with small software company developing custom software for clients. Three years in strategic management consulting with the Boston Consulting Group.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | English, German, Languages |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Colorado College, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The Boston Consulting Group |
| Position: | Project Leader (promoted from Consultant 8/07) |
| Time period: | August 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Summary
• Industries: Consumer / retail, private equity, technology, healthcare, and non-profit • Topics: Growth strategy, growth initiative implementation, PE due diligence, hedge fund opportunity search, post-merger integration, and organizational design • Leadership: Led teams of two to five people on five different projects over sixteen months Selected corporate development cases • Investment opportunity search: Led team in researching battery technology sector, identifying most interesting publicly traded companies, modeling them in detail (including earnings forecasts), and recommending investments for a long-short equity hedge fund. Result: Client pleased with work but did not disclose actions taken • Private equity due diligences: Assessed market landscapes, identified improvement opportunities, and developed financial models with EBITDA projections for two Danish retailers being considered for acquisition by PE clients. Result: One client won auction and acquired target. The other won auction but deal fell through due to financing • Post-merger integration: Created headquarters employee database and validated through interviews with key executives of two large and merging U.S. supermarket companies. Designed and rolled out tracking process for synergy realization. Result: Client on track to achieve $75M in synergies by 2010, mostly headcount Selected growth cases • Retail growth initiative implementation: Designed, piloted, and rolled out retail pharmacy operating processes to help patients stay on their medication, including in-store counseling and refill reminder phone calls, for largest U.S. retail pharmacy chain. Result: Client on track to achieve several million incremental prescription fills in 2008 • Growth strategy: Led distributed team in developing market landscapes and three-year strategies for Nordic subsidiaries of the leading global eyeglass lens producer, including competitive moves, brand strategy, and new product introductions. Result: Expect client to grow revenues at >10% annually through 2010 • Retail growth strategy: Assessed existing and potential new markets and distribution channels for licensed media content for leading U.S. consumer electronics retailer. Built economic model of digital download business. Result: Client implemented second-generation media web store Selected organizational cases • Organizational review: Led team in diagnosing organizational issues (including misplaced groups and lack of coordinated business planning) through interviews and collaboratively designed solutions in an executive workshop for the multibillion-dollar semiconductor division of a leading global IT company. Result: Client currently implementing recommended improvements. |
| Employer: | New Sector Alliance |
| Position: | Mentor |
| Description: | Mentored non-profit consulting teams helping Cambridge College to develop their international expansion strategy (2006) and the Institute for Contemporary Art to grow their attendance (2008) |
| Employer: | University of Colorado |
| Position: | Research Assistant, JILA / Dept. of Physics |
| Time period: | January 1999 - July 1999 |
| Description: | • Built a magnetic trap waveguide to guide neutral atoms and published results in Physical Review Letters |
| Employer: | Antalys / Aurum / Baan Software |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | May 1996 - July 1998 |
| Description: | • Developed complex product configuration software for sales forces for GE, Alcatel, and Aspect Telecom |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Applied Physics, PhD |
| University: | Colorado College |
| Time period: | 1991 - 1996 |
| Degree: | Physics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Travel, hiking, biking, camping, skiing, sailing, scuba diving |
