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Joe is a seasoned leader with over 15 years corporate and consulting experience advising chief executives and senior management on the strategic resource allocation and organizational changes needed to deliver superior shareholder returns.
Professional Experience
Joe co-founded Galt & Company now a Huron Consulting Group Practice which has been responsible for some of the more notable Fortune 100 corporate revitalizations in recent years.
Advised the CEO and top management teams on the successful revitalization of:
Two of the top ten U.S. regional banks on changes to the corporate portfolio and the Commercial Retail Mortgage and Wealth management business models. Redesigned target setting strategy development resource allocation performance management and compensation processes.
Global industrial conglomerate on design and execution of a comprehensive turnaround of this underperforming company built through acquisitions. In-depth assessment of 120+ business unit portfolio identified $10B+ shareholder value growth opportunities. Divestitures business model changes new investments and new management model were approved by the Board and are now being implemented.
Leading personal care company on changes to targeted consumers brand strategies distribution promotion and advertising along with restructuring of R&D and product development to increase pace of innovation and success of new product introductions.
Global materials company on new strategies for company's global fabricated products businesses and on changes to the corporate portfolio and growth strategy. Work was part of a two-year corporate-wide strategic and organizational restructuring that resulted in $4.3B shareholder value growth and established strategic rationale for a subsequent major acquisition and simultaneous spin-off that dramatically repositioned the company for value growth.
Global specialty chemicals company On strategic and organization restructuring of performance polymer businesses. Changes to the portfolio business models organization structure and management decision processes accelerated profitable growth and improved discipline and accountability in strategy development resource allocation and performance management.
Leading universal bank on changes in retail banking private banking and back office strategies and corporate decision processes as part of a two-year corporate-wide strategic and organizational restructuring led by CEO.
Global chemical company on review of 16 underperforming plastics business units. Restructuring actions refocused portfolio through spin-offs divestitures and launch of new units to exploit proprietary technology. Growth strategy for engineering plastics business identified untapped profitable growth opportunities and shifted product-market participation pricing and investment to realize the potential.
Global petrochemical business on strategy to reduced asset intensity in basic chemicals and derivatives and optimize capacity and feedstock strategies in response to anticipated structural changes in upstream oil and gas economics.
Education & Certifications
Master of Business Administration The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering Lehigh University | 