Michele Studer, MBA

Current

Consultant at Project Leadership Associates

Past

Program Manager, M&A Integration and Strategy Management at Accretive Solutions (IESC, Rexel, Gexpro)
Strategy and Business Development Consultant at Independent Consultant
Program Manager, M&A Integration and Strategy Management at VeriSign, Inc. contracted through Comsys

Information Design and Software Release Consultant at VeriSign, Inc. contracted through AGSI
Information Design, Product Management Process Improvement, and Post-merger Integration Expert at VeriSign, Inc.

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Education

Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin

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Management Consulting

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Michele Studer, MBA’s Summary

I am a Business Strategy Execution Specialist with a focus on creating value through M&A and post-merger integration. Dedicated to dramatically increasing economic profit, I am adept at developing customer-focused, innovative growth and expense reduction strategies, translating conceptual strategy models into executable plans, and building high-performance teams using positive motivation to instill a passion for quality results. So far, I have contributed $275M in cost savings and revenue growth to my client companies.

Specialties:
Strategy Planning and Execution
"Straight to the Brain" Communication of Complex Topics
Process Improvement
M&A Integration
Expense Reduction
Financial Modeling
Organizational Transformation
Change Management
Marketing
Sales and Grant Proposals
Business Analysis
Customer Relationship Management
Project/Program Management
Lean Six Sigma White Belt

Michele Studer, MBA’s Experience

Consultant

Project Leadership Associates

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Develop integration strategies and executable plans designed to accelerate deal value, mitigate risk, facilitate governance structure, and focus the combined firm on creating value. Increase value by working with the CEO and senior management team to lead the development of corporate growth strategy. Ensure accountability by articulating strategy to business units, defining executable plans, and communicating plans to various audiences for "straight to the brain" knowledge transfer. Accelerate deal value by driving strategy management system. Enhance combined organization’s ability to successfully navigate and execute enterprise-wide change. Engage in business development activities to grow Business Strategy Execution practice. Create marketing collateral, presentations, and white papers designed to establish thought leadership.
Program Manager, M&A Integration and Strategy Management

Accretive Solutions (IESC, Rexel, Gexpro)

(Management Consulting industry)

2006 — 2008 (2 years )

Planned and managed transformational integration of newly acquired company for $12B global electrical distribution firm resulting in early integration completion and additional synergies of $30M despite dramatic cultural differences, executive leadership overturn, ambiguous business plan, and severe industry downturn.
Strategy and Business Development Consultant

Independent Consultant

(Management Consulting industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Conducted due diligence across Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT to devise plans to increase shareholder value for small to mid-sized businesses seeking to be acquired and non-profit organizations. Crafted winning sales proposal that quantified the economic potential from the consulting engagement.
Program Manager, M&A Integration and Strategy Management

VeriSign, Inc. contracted through Comsys

(Public Company; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

Led internal teams in Sales & Marketing, Finance, Operations, Engineering, and Client Support during acquisition integration to assess, define, and refine strategies and tactics to deliver against business goals for $4B telecommunications firm.
Information Design and Software Release Consultant

VeriSign, Inc. contracted through AGSI

(Public Company; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Designed and implemented innovative, effective, and efficient information delivery systems for GUI- and network-based telecom applications. Analyzed team dynamic and effectiveness, made recommendations for improvement.
Information Design, Product Management Process Improvement, and Post-merger Integration Expert

VeriSign, Inc.

(Public Company; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )

As lead subject matter expert through two acquisitions, created and managed user-centric technical publications for telecom product suite and development of new deliverables maintained in multiple languages. Created, maintained, and improved customer feature request process. Worked directly with customers and their technical staff to help them understand custom request process and product functionality.

Michele Studer, MBA’s Education

Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

MBA , Business Administration , 2004 — 2006
The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Arts , English with a minor in Government , 1983 — 1987

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Michele Studer, MBA’s Interests:

Keeping current, writing, reading, vocal performance, biking, hot room yoga!

Michele Studer, MBA’s Groups:

Association for Strategic Planning - DFW Chapter Board of Directors
Association for Strategic Planning - National Strategic Planning Certification Task Force
National Association of Women MBAs
Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
McKinsey Quarterly Online Executive Panel