Steven Blanck

Principal
Senior Leader
Chicago

Steve is a Principal at INSIGHT2PROFIT, with over 18 years of experience as a strategy and operations leader. His expertise covers various areas including commercial due diligence, financial due diligence, growth strategy, M&A integrations, and pricing. Steve has advised executives, private equity managers, and functional leadership teams in establishing the vision, structure, process, and technology for achieving long-term, sustainable transformations.

Examples of Steve’s experience include:

  • Developed a pricing platform for a leading professional services automation SaaS platform, driving a 20% improvement in client renewal rates over multiple years and achieving a 5-6% realized price increase in the first year, implemented a customer success model that analyzed target pricing based on factors like cost to serve, upsell and cross-sell potential
  • Achieved a 15% EBIT recurring price improvement for a global client in the medical device parts industry, led the development efforts for the existing customer base, overseeing a full process re-engineering of pricing model and processes, implemented the client’s first quoting tool, facilitating quicker turnaround and more profitable deals
  • Delivered over $6M in price impact for a leading North American customs brokerage business, created a complex client outlier to identify target pricing and added a salesforce enablement tool to enhance visibility into customer performance and revenue growth opportunities

Steve earned his MBA in Finance, Strategy, and Managerial Economics from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and his B.A. in Political Science and Government from Northwestern University.