Diversified Industrials & Technology

Andy is a Principal at INSIGHT2PROFIT bringing over 20 years of strategy consulting experience, specializing in pricing, analytics, strategy and operations. He has led numerous B2C pricing and commercial strategy engagements at INSIGHT and has deep retail experience as an operator.

​Prior to joining INSIGHT, Andy spent 10 years at Ace Hardware, where he held multiple leadership positions encompassing all aspects of cost/price management and analytics to support the merchandising organization. Prior to joining Ace Hardware, Andy spent 10 years in Accenture’s retail practice focusing on pricing and promotion strategy and operations.

Examples of Andy’s experience include:

• Built a team of 16 analytical professionals focused on managing wholesale and retail profitability through analytics and cost/retail management
• Led a complete redesign of cost change management process, technology and reporting, leading to greater efficiency, accuracy and visibility
• Effectively navigated an entire organization through tariffs, pandemic-related pricing and supply challenges, and historic rates of inflation, all while growing profitability and maintaining competitiveness
• Led a team of more than 35 professionals focused on improving productivity of retail model through store planning, space and assortment planning, retail pricing, power aisle, store environment and GNFR

Andy earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Brad is a Senior Manager at INSIGHT2PROFIT, with over 5 years of consulting experience, specializing in price and profitability strategies, revenue management, and the implementation and execution of quote applications. Brad has led and contributed to over 10 client engagements throughout his time at INSIGHT. His expertise spans more than 10 industries, including home security, medical supplies, life sciences, industrials, food and beverage, automation, energy sustainability, facility services, and global contract manufacturing. He is well-versed in various pricing strategies, such as target pricing, margin targeting, list plus discount, list price setting, among others.

Examples of Brad’s experience include:

• Led a pricing application and strategic price implementation for a flow manufacturing and distribution organization with over $1.6B in revenue and 90+ independent business units, resulting in margin improvement exceeding $25M
• Led a strategic pricing initiative for a flooring company with revenue surpassing $400M, implementing price level setting strategies and increases across three distinct business divisions

Brad earned a B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan.

Chris is the Vice President of Sales at INSIGHT2PROFIT, bringing over 25 years of leadership experience focused on organizational growth, sustainable change management, and project leadership. He collaborates with both corporate entities and private equity firms to uncover business potential, leveraging strategic and operational improvements to enhance existing pricing methods. Chris’s expertise in pricing and change management helps clients identify and capitalize on often overlooked opportunities for margin enhancement, demonstrating how even slight price improvements can significantly boost their EBITDA.

Chris is well-versed in various aspects of the business landscape, specializing in Price Management, Pricing Strategy, Price Leaks, Software Development, Change Management, Project Management, B2B, and Private Equity.

Chris earned his B.S. in Finance from John Carroll University.

Christopher is a Director at INSIGHT2PROFIT with over 15 years of industry and consulting experience in strategy, pricing, finance, and commercial leadership roles serving companies in chemicals, manufacturing, industrial distribution, and education.

Prior to joining INSIGHT, Christopher led commercial, marketing, pricing, and strategy teams at PPG Industries.  In addition, he served for four years as a U.S . Army officer.

Examples of Christopher’s experience include:

• Led an engagement with a large U.S. B2B manufacturer that involved identifying and allocating significant cost-to-serve elements such as purchase price variance, freight, rebates, and payment terms
• Led an engagement with a large HVAC distributor that aligned pricing processes among multiple recent acquisitions and identified multiple areas of profit leakage resulting in a margin increase of over 10%
• Drove an engagement focused on aligning costing processes between a large multinational supplier to the metalworking industry; identifying several crucial disconnects due to acquisitions and ERPs, enabling consistent costing and pricing capture.
• Spearheaded marketing, pricing, business development, and Canadian sales for large protective coatings supplier.
• Held multiple finance roles, including corporate FP&A, finance manager for a large, flat glass producer, and internal auditor; experienced in analytics, costing, forecasting, and budgeting

Christopher earned his MBA in Finance and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame.

Gary is a Principal at INSIGHT2PROFIT, bringing over 20 years of experience dedicated to unlocking growth within the consumer, hospitality, retail, and technology sectors. He co-founded a technology start-up in the dining space, played a pivotal role in the growth of an early online-to-offline hospitality commerce business, and led marketing and e-commerce for a Private Equity-backed B2B enterprise.

Gary is passionate about growing businesses by integrating science (data, algorithms) with art (change management, effectiveness) across industries. He excels in pricing strategy, growth strategy, and general management.

Examples of Gary’s experience include:

• Led discovery for an environmental services business, identifying and implementing opportunities to drive a 10% incremental profit, actions included addressing peer-price-index outliers, improving fee/surcharge realization, enforcing list-prices in advantaged areas, establishing analytics capability, and implementing governance/cadence for sustained gains
• Led assessment and implementation of customer-specific repricing of lists and discounts and pricing quick-wins for a multinational transportation and logistics services company, targeting $45M of incremental profit
• Led assessment and implementation of target inflationary price adjustments, margin floor implementation, measurement and reporting structure and capability for an industrial equipment manufacturer, generating mid-single-digit impact for core products and double-digit impact for parts.
• Led design and implementation of a segmented margin-target model for a transportation services business with nationwide operation, generating 8% revenue impact to the bottom-line during the pilot phase

Gary earned his MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Engineering and Computer Engineering from McGill University.

Gerry is a Principal at INSIGHT2PROFIT. Gerry has 9 years of experience in pricing and commercial strategy across various roles, including consultant, manager, senior manager, and director. He specializes in B2B pricing, particularly for industrial equipment, heavy machinery, chemicals, and industrial manufacturers and distributors. He has also collaborated with several B2C clients in industries such as leather goods, white goods, face care, and consumer product goods.

Prior to joining INSIGHT, Gerry spent 8 years as part of the Accenture Strategy team in the Pricing and Commercial Strategy group. During his tenure at Accenture, Gerry worked in sales enablement, zero-based budgeting, and in pricing and commercial strategy.

Examples of Gerry’s experience include:

• Led a project contributing $80M in EBITDA improvement over 16 months by implementing a value-based pricing methodology across the portfolio for a heavy trucking OEM
• Achieved a 2.5% net price improvement during inflationary headwinds for a B2B valve and industrial equipment portfolio company encompassing over 30 distinct brands, implemented a configurable custom quoting tool and PowerBI KPI dashboard utilized across 15+ brands, providing ongoing support for continuous improvement over multiple years
• Delivered over $50M in EBITDA improvement as the pricing project lead for an industrial equipment manufacturer through value-based pricing strategy and implementation

Gerry earned his MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, M.Ed. in Secondary Education and Teaching from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and a BBA in International Business from the University of Georgia.

Mike is a Vice President of Private Equity at INSIGHT2PROFIT, where he has over 15 years of pricing experience across multiple industries and within the consulting field. He specializes in B2B pricing strategy & implementation for distribution, manufacturing, and service providers. Mike has led more than 3 dozen engagements at INSIGHT, excelling in identifying profitability improvement opportunities and offering pragmatic solutions to change management to ensure tangible financial benefits are achieved.

Prior to joining INSIGHT, Mike managed a pricing team at GOJO Industries, focusing on establishing market-based pricing for its PURELL line and heavy-duty cleaning products. During this period, Mike lead the launch of the pricing function within Salesforce.com, along with additional data & systems integrations within the pricing domain.

Examples of Mike’s pricing experiences include:

• Drove over $100M in price improvement for a national sanitation services provider through the launch of an optimized pricing engine, differentiated price increases, and enhanced leakage management
• Led a $20M margin improvement initiative for a primary supplier of packaging solutions by identifying and correcting profitability outliers, implementing a process for strategically addressing cost increase events, and launching price management tools to support optimization of freight recovery and surcharge capture
• Delivered over $20M in margin improvement for a leader in lubricant sales & distribution services through the establishment of a value-based pricing strategy, development of integrated pricing tools, and robust change management program

Mike earned his MBA in Finance and a B.A. in International Business from the University of Akron, College of Business. He has also studied at the Rennes International School of Business in France.

Shelton is a Director at INSIGHT2PROFIT. Shelton has over 5 years of experience leading and supporting clients in revenue management, profitability strategies, and execution. He has led engagements with more than ten clients at INSIGHT, spanning across more than 7 industries, including aerospace parts distribution, telecommunication services, field services, and consumer packaged goods. His expertise encompasses diverse channels, including B2B, B2C, and B2G. While Shelton prioritizes the establishment of meaningful pricing and profitability strategies for his clients his primary goal is to deliver tangible outcomes that provide significant ROI. Shelton has driven over $100M of margin improvement during his time at INSIGHT and led engagements spanning North America and EMEA​.

Examples of Shelton’s experience include: ​

• Led a $50M+ margin improvement for a leading field services provider with more than 40 locations through a differentiated price increase, new pricing architecture, and enhanced leakage management​
• Drove improvement in product adoption through the development of a go-to-market subscription and bundling pricing and product strategy for a telecommunications provider
• Delivered a 5% improvement to gross margins for an advanced materials company through net price increases, refined pricing architecture, price-performance management system, and the support of the development of a pricing function​

Shelton earned his B.S. in International Business, Finance and Accounting from Baldwin Wallace University.

Zach is a Director at INSIGHT2PROFIT, leveraging more than 10 years of professional experience as a management consultant. Zach advises organizations on effective structure, process, and technology development to promote long-term growth and transformation.  His areas of expertise include pricing strategy, growth strategy, financial modeling, project management, operational plan execution, quantitative analysis and research, continuous improvement and change management. He has international experience in U.S., Canada, Mexico, and EMEA, spanning several different industries including packaging, manufacturing, consumer goods, renewable energy, mining, metals, healthcare, and construction.

Prior to joining INSIGHT, Zach spent 5 years as a Finance expert in the healthcare industry.

Examples of Zach’s experience include:

• Led over $50M in annual pricing impact for a market-leading site services provider through a differentiated price increase, new pricing architecture, and enhanced price leakage management
• Drove 150 basis points of annual margin growth to a market-leading manufacturer and distributor through development of an advanced ‘learning’ price engine as well as data science-based market testing efforts

Zach earned his MBA in Data Analytics and Leadership from the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business and his B.S. in Business Management and Financial Economics from Wittenberg University.