Automotive Consultants

Client Command, an automotive marketing and technology company, was experiencing substantial revenue growth and needed to figure out how to utilize its strong cash position to grow faster. The company needed an interim CFO who could help the company leverage that position by providing financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting and other critical finance functions.

Through Graphite, Client Command hired Maura O., an experienced interim CFO and Columbia MBA with several years of investment banking experience. Maura had extensive experience in developing business plans, building robust financial models, forecasting, and determining how to optimally grow businesses using existing cash. Maura proved to be the perfect fit and helped Client Command implement financial processes to determine how to use strong cash flow to grow its business.

TransAxle, a Graham Partners portfolio company and the largest manufacturer of drive train components along the U.S. East Coast, was expanding sales by adding two large customers a new geographic footprint. The company was looking for an analyst with a strong background in manufacturing and logistics to analyze its finished good inventory and ensure it had the cored goods in locations that would optimize sales while minimizing non-value-added transfers to maintain optimized stock levels.

Through Graphite, Transaxle found Robert K., a consultant and professional with 10 years of manufacturing and supply chain experience. Robert had the exact skills and expertise required for the job and had just completed a similar project for another company, where he optimized inventory including dispositions and discounting. His industry knowledge as well as his expertise in using data and creating actionable improvement plans allowed him to deliver on Transaxle’s needs quickly and successfully.

NEC, a Fortune 1000 information and communications technology company, was looking to bring on an interim analytics solution architect as part of its global strategy team. Specific business objectives included creating a solution concept for the global market as well as marketable use cases. The candidate also needed to have large-scale solution architecture skills as well as in-depth knowledge of analytics solutions and platforms, domain application knowledge, and public sector expertise.

Through Graphite, NEC hired Inigo M., a strategic high-tech executive and enterprise software architect with large-scale project experience involving AI, machine learning, and analytics. Inigo provided to be the perfect for the project, with experience with Cienaga Systems, AT&T, and Merrill Lynch Online, as well as being a Six Sigma Black Belt with lean and business process management experience throughout the entire software development life cycle (SDLC).