AArete’s Strategy & Change practice is designed to help businesses transform in a rapidly changing environment. The constant evolution of products, services, and systems create a need to evaluate and transform process, strategy, and technology. AArete helps clients navigate these opportunities by developing and implementing sustainable solutions with proven methodologies and technology.
Featured Strategy & Change Services
Process & Productivity
Improvement
Optimizing processes to increase productivity and operating efficiencies for performance value
Change
Management
Guiding informed paths for reduced risk and sustainable operations
Our Work
We’re confident there’s no problem we can’t work through with you.
We would love to assess your organization’s operating model to accelerate your ongoing success. If you are going through organizational change, seeking reform to enhance operational efficiencies, or seeking advisory on a uniquely complex challenge, let’s connect.
Our Strategy & Change Leaders
Maulik Bhagat
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Maulik Bhagat
Maulik is based out of AArete’s Chicago office and leads AArete’s Innovation and Advisory services. He is also responsible for driving AArete’s international growth strategy. Overall, Maulik comes with nearly 20 years of experience in Operational and Management Consulting across multiple industries working with Ernst & Young, Protiviti Consulting and Huron Consulting. He has experience leading advising Fortune 1000 clients on driving operational efficiencies and creating enterprise value. He has led large consulting engagements for clients delivering operational transformation, bottom line improvement, digitally enabled process efficiencies and organizational change, through fact-based data intensive analysis combined with domain expertise. Maulik holds a Master of Business Administration degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), a bachelor’s in accounting and Finance from Mumbai University, and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Six Sigma Green Belt. He was recognized by Consulting Magazine’s for their “35 under 35 – Rising Star of the Profession” award and was selected to the list of Top 50 Healthcare Consultants of 2021 by The Consulting Report. He is a published author and quoted industry expert in Managed Healthcare Executive, Chain Drug Review, ThinkAdvisor, American Pharmacists Association and Chain Store Age.
Kevin Byrnes
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Kevin Byrnes
Kevin specializes in data analytics and mining, business process improvement, strategic sourcing solutions and leading strategic profitability improvement initiatives. His broad range of healthcare experience, including both the Provider and Payer side, makes him an integral member of AArete’s analytics team. Kevin has worked with large managed care organizations (MCOs) and hospitals to deliver cost savings results and operational and strategic business insight. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and was recognized as a Consulting Magazine “2019 Rising Stars of the Profession – Consulting’s 35 under the age of 35” award winner.