West Monroe Announces 2016 Director Appointments and Promotions

West Monroe Partners, a full-service North American business and technology consultancy, today announced the appointment of five new directors. In addition, the firm has promoted nine current directors to new roles.

“Growing as fast and as consistently as we have provides expanded leadership opportunities for our people. At the same time, it elevates the importance of developing our next generation of leaders—ensuring that we have the right leadership talent in place and in the pipeline to guide the various facets of our organization in a collaborative and cohesive way,” said Kevin McCarty, CEO and president of West Monroe Partners. “These director appointments and promotions reflect both our expanding leadership requirements and outstanding individual contributions. While our new and promoted directors fulfill very different roles and responsibilities, each one exemplifies what we envision in that next generation of West Monroe leaders.”

West Monroe Partners appointed the following new directors:

Keith Campbell, Mergers & Acquisitions, Chicago, leads West Monroe’s “CORE” carve-out service offering, helping clients achieve business goals through efficient design and execution of technology and other aspects of carve-out transactions. In 2014, Consulting® magazine named him one of its 35 “Rising Stars of the Profession” in the Client Service category.

Kaumil Dalal, Technology, Chicago helps clients across industries apply evolving social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (SMAC) technology competencies and capabilities to advance their business goals. He leads West Monroe’s Platforms group within the Technology practice, which focuses on SharePoint and Salesforce competencies.  

Casey Foss, Marketing, Chicago is a member of West Monroe’s Executive Team and leads the firm’s Marketing function, which includes team members in multiple offices. She guided the firm’s 2015 multi-faceted brand-building program, which established new visual imagery and market positioning based on West Monroe’s uncommon blend of business and technology expertise and capabilities for enabling business goals through technology.

Cindy Garrett, Customer Experience, Chicago has more than 25 years of customer experience insight and practical experience in contact center strategy, operations, and technology. She has translated that experience in to High Performance Contact Center offerings that help organizations establish cost-effective solutions while also enhancing customer satisfaction and experience.

Julie Meyer, Talent Acquisition, Chicago has led development of the Talent Acquisition function and guided growth of West Monroe’s workforce from 150 people in 2007 to more than 700 people today. She oversees a team of recruiters across the firm’s offices and continuously refines the firm’s capabilities and processes for finding and recruiting people whose skills, experience, and personal values fit West Monroe’s talent requirements.

West Monroe Partners also promoted the following directors to new roles:

• Tom Hulsebosch, Energy & Utilities, Chicago, to Senior Managing Director

• Nathan Ulery, Performance Services, Chicago, to Managing Director

• Paul DeCotis, Energy & Utilities, New York City, to Senior Director

• Mazen Ghalayini, Customer Experience, Chicago, to Senior Director

• Kyle Hutchins, Customer Experience, Seattle, to Senior Director

• Mark Nelson, Performance Services, Chicago, to Senior Director

• Steve Sapletal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Minneapolis, to Senior Director

• John Stiffler, Mergers & Acquisitions, Chicago, to Senior Director

• Mike Wayman, Energy & Utilities, Chicago and Los Angeles, to Senior Director

All appointments and promotions are effective March 1st, 2016.

About West Monroe Partners

West Monroe is a progressive business and technology consulting firm that partners with dynamic organizations to reimagine, build, and operate their businesses at peak performance. Our team of more than 750 professionals is comprised of an uncommon blend of business consultants and deep technologists. This unique combination of expertise enables us to design, develop, implement, and run strategic business and technology solutions that yield a dramatic commercial impact on our clients’ profitability and performance.