Frank Ribaudo Joins West Monroe as Practice Leader for Manufacturing and Distribution

Chicago – October 6 - West Monroe Partners, a North American business and technology consulting firm, today announced that Frank Ribaudo has joined the firm as a director and leader of the Manufacturing & Distribution practice. Ribaudo, who has more than 25 years of industry and consulting experience, is based in Chicago.

Ribaudo has worked with manufacturing and distribution enterprises across a range of sectors, including healthcare products, food, automotive, consumer packaged goods, and industrial products. He adds depth and leadership in the areas of IT strategy, governance, and functional design; manufacturing operations including lean layout and design; supply chain assessment, technology, and planning; sales and operations planning; and business process re-engineering.

Ribaudo joins West Monroe Partners from Baxter Healthcare, where he was director of quality IT programs, responsible for selection, design, and deployment of a standardized, integrated set of IT tools for quality systems and quality operations.

“Our manufacturing and distribution clients are facing an unprecedented degree of change, including global sourcing, rising transportation costs, IT-enabled products, and other game changing enablers and threats across multiple facets of their operations,” said Kevin McCarty, co-founder of West Monroe Partners and managing director of the firm’s Chicago office. “Frank Ribaudo’s experience is well suited to providing leadership as these enterprises transform their operations combining sound analysis and strategy formulation with excellence in process and technology execution to respond an evolving market and competitive landscape.”

Prior to joining Baxter Healthcare, Ribaudo was a founding partner of Achieve Consulting, LLC, a provider of supply chain and information technology services to clients in manufacturing and distribution sectors. He also has held leadership roles with several other consultancies, including Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Consumer and Industrial Products practice in Chicago; Partner in Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting practice and leader of its Michigan Supply Chain Solutions practice; and Manager in Ernst & Young’s Performance Improvement group. His industry and operational leadership experience includes roles with Chiquita Brands International, AlliedSignal Inc., and TLC Beatrice International Inc.

Ribaudo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from New York University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant and also is certified in production and inventory management. 

“West Monroe Partners offers an excellent fit, not only in terms of industry strength and focus on transformational business solutions, but also in terms of its core values,” said Ribaudo. “I am pleased to have this opportunity to be part of a growing organization and to help define the next stage of success—for the firm and its clients.”