Tarisa Parrish

Professional Background

Professional Management Consultant with 25+ years of experience
Executive Consultant for Best Buy working with the executive team on the company turnaround and strategic growth
Business transformation and integration experience for both large and small corporations
Degrees in Business Management, Marketing, and IT. Professional certifications from Harvard and University of Minnesota
Professional certification in business coaching, change management, and organizational design. 500 E_RYT Yoga Instructor
Published children’s book author on topics of nature, ecology, biology and conservation

M&A Skills & Expertise

Professional consultant with proven expertise in business transformation, M&A integration, change management, operating model design/effectiveness, innovation, and leadership development
Industry roles: Consumer Goods, Technology, Health & Wellness, Medical Device and Mass Media
Led several integration & multidisciplinary transformation projects such as strategic growth multichannel fulfillment optimization, customer experience and marketing transformation, acceleration of online growth, digital transformation, enterprise cost reduction and margin optimization, end-to-end process reengineering
Led both large and small M&A integrations. Experience working with the US DOJ on pre-merger HSR notification, reporting and compliance

Project Highlights

M&A Integration/business transformation leadership:

Works side-by-side with executive leadership to set company strategy, approach and plan for enterprise-level transformation in order to the shift culture and associated behaviors/mindsets to support enterprise growth
Led the Best Buy Renew Blue turnaround and transformation including the $800M acquisition of Great Call
Led multiple Harvest Health & Recreation acquisition integrations including a complex $850M acquisition subject to the US DOJ HSR process

change management/organizational effectiveness:

Provides change management to build stakeholder maps, readiness assessments, change impact assessments, engagement and communication plans, leadership alignment, and change advocates
Designs and implements company-wide operating models to integrate and optimize the organization