Author Bios

The Hackett Group is a global strategic advisory firm, and a leader in best practice implementation, advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services, with global offices in the United States, Europe, Australia and India.
www.thehackettgroup.com

Sean Kracklauer
Principal in charge - Advisory Services and Research

Over the past 20 years, Sean Kracklauer has advised Global 1000 businesses on strategy, organizational structure and process redesign. He has worked extensively in finance strategy, business performance management, planning and budgeting, financial reporting compliance, and functional design for business intelligence systems.

Christopher Brennan
President, Benchmarking and Business Transformation Services

Christopher Brennan has more than 20 years’ experience assisting executives at Fortune 1000 companies, focusing on large-scale transformational improvements within the finance, human resource and supply chain functions. His expertise covers a wide range of industries and business sectors including retail, manufacturing, transportation, media and entertainment, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, and financial services.

Lynne Schneider
Senior Research Director

Lynne Schneider has worked in consulting and related research for over 20 years. Her previous positions included Director of Research and Finance Lead for Kennedy Consulting Research and Advisory, as well as a variety of internal and external consulting positions with international companies.

She was also a senior consultant in Towers Watson’s Organization Effectiveness practice and a consultant in the change management practice at Accenture.