Jeri Sessler

Current

Contract Consultant at Major Public Utility; contract through Denali Consulting
COO at Libertango Partners
CEO at SDMR, Inc.

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Past

Sourcing Consultant (contract through On-Demand Resources) at GMAC
Interim Chief Procurement Officer at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center--Seattle, WA
Contract Consultant at Wellspring Partners, a unit of Huron Consulting Group

Chief Operating Officer at Vsource, Inc.
Principal Consultant and COE Leader, FVP Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Director, Practice Development; Consulting Manager at A. T. Kearney

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Education

Lake Forest Graduate School of Managment
Northern Illinois University

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Jeri Sessler’s Summary

My passion is producing results for my clients and those results have totalled over $2.0 billion in net bottom line improvements for clients in the last 20 years. I produce results that can be seen, felt and touched for my clients and can do the same for your company.

I enjoy intellectually challenging, collaborative environments and have the intensity and focus required to succeed. My consulting experience coupled with start up company leadership and interim senior management roles give me a unique ability to create implementable strategies and tangible results for organizations of any size.

I have more than 28 years of consulting experience in the areas of operations strategy, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, asset lifecycle management, enterprise relationship management, and acquisitions assessment/integration. I also help clients cut costs by significantly reducing energy consumption, and of the investment, purchasing, and maintenance of equipment related to energy production or usage.

Prior to forming SDMR, Inc. in 2000, I was a consultant at A.T. Kearney and led PricewaterhouseCooper's’ $32 million strategic procurement practice in the west region as the COE leader. Throughout my consulting career, I gained experience in operations cost performance improvement, turnarounds, supply chain, strategic sourcing/offshoring, business strategy, and merger due diligence/ integration. I have also served in interim CPO and COO roles at client organizations.

Industry focus
My experience includes in depth work in the chemicals/pharmaceuticals, utilities, life sciences, oil & gas, consumer foods/beverages manufacturing, chain retailers and health care facilities.

Jeri Sessler’s Specialties:

Business continuity, turnarounds, operational performance improvement, procurement strategy/strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, supply chain strategy and implementation, energy cost management, merger due diligence and integration, and enterprise relationship management.

Jeri Sessler’s Experience

Contract Consultant

Major Public Utility; contract through Denali Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Strategic Sourcing in the Engineering, Construction, Program Management for Generation, Electrical Distribution and Transmission Equipment, and Environmental projects
COO

Libertango Partners

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — Present (1 year)

Libertango's mission is to help companies operationalize their relationships--both inside and outside the organization.
CEO

SDMR, Inc.

(Management Consulting industry)

August 2000 — Present (9 years)

SDMR is an Independent consultancy providing business continuity, performance improvement, turnaround, and cost management services in the areas of operations, strategic sourcing, supply chain, merger due diligence/integration, enterprise relationship management, and strategy development/implementation.

Through its subsidiary company, PowerLogic Systems, SDMR, Inc. develops integrated energy savings products, consulting services and outsourcing solutions sold into commercial operations and industrial companies. Delivers complete energy related services and provides innovative and integrative solutions. Helps clients cut Energy costs by significantly reducing energy consumption, and of the investment, purchasing, and maintenance of equipment related to energy production or usage, particularly HVAC, Chillers, Steam Generation, Refrigeration equipment, lighting systems, or other equipment.
Sourcing Consultant (contract through On-Demand Resources)

GMAC

(Public Company; GM; Financial Services industry)

December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)

Strategic sourcing for telecommunications and information services.
Interim Chief Procurement Officer

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center--Seattle, WA

(Hospital & Health Care industry)

October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

An SDMR, Inc. project: In this role I was responsible for forming and operating the strategic sourcing division for Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in support of Children's long range strategic plan. This division includes all procurement and materials management activities.
Contract Consultant

Wellspring Partners, a unit of Huron Consulting Group

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

August 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 5 months)

An SDMR Relationship: I subcontracted to Wellspring for over 4 years in the hospital consulting arena as one of their lead consultants and project managers for non-labor operational performance improvement and cost reduction services, primarily in procurement and strategic sourcing of products and services used by the hospitals. Wellspring was acquired in January of 2007 by Huron Consulting in Chicago.
Chief Operating Officer

Vsource, Inc.

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; VSCE; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Former Internet Application Service Provider specializing in Internet Business-to-Business applications in eMarketplace and eProcurement platforms (Company currently performs business process/ business operations outsourcing in Asia). Chief Operations Officer.

* Helped grow a start up to $3 million in sales in six months after market entry, managed operations, created needed infrastructure and business process while responsible for 76 direct reports
* Created successful alliance partnerships with IBM, US West, PwC, CEXP, Boise Cascade for a start up eProcurement company within the first three months of employment
Principal Consultant and COE Leader, FVP Practice

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

May 1996 — September 1999 (3 years 5 months)

Center of Excellence (COE) Leader and Principal Consultant, Full Value Procurement Practice, West Region ($35 million regional practice with 23 direct reports); Principal Consultant, Global Full Value Procurement Practice New York City; Principal Consultant, Management Horizons Global Retail Practice, Columbus, Ohio.
Director, Practice Development; Consulting Manager

A. T. Kearney

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1982 — 1996 (14 years)

Management Consulting Group, 1992 – 1996: Director of Practice Development, Global Supply Chain Integration Practice ($85 million global practice)
Management Consulting Group, 1989 – 1992: Manager, Business Marketing and Strategy Practice
Executive Search Practice, 1981 -- 1989: Global Director of Research

Jeri Sessler’s Education

Lake Forest Graduate School of Managment

MBA , General Business , September 1987 — June 1989
Northern Illinois University

BA , Anthropology , 1971 — 1976

Activities and Societies:

President, AIESEC chapter, Northern Illinois University 1973 - 1975;
Delegate to the AIESEC New York special congress at the United Nations 1974;
Board of Advisors, Newman Center, Dekalb IL 1973 - 1975;
Curriculum Development Manager, Loyola University Institute for Religious Education, Newman Catholic Student Center 1974-1975