People profiles
Coe Rost
Professional Background
- 10 years early career experience as a technologist in application development and systems integration
- 20 years of management consulting experience in business analysis, planning, and program & project management
- Consultant for: Sapient, Ernst & Young, Seurat Co.
- Global perspective and experience in business and technology transformation
- Certifications in Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Agile Scrum, and Supply Chain Management
- Holds an MBA from Yale University and a BA, Economics from Northwestern University
M&A Skills & Expertise
- Expertise in business planning, business process re-engineering, and technology enablement for firms that are in transition –Mergers and Acquisitions, Organizational Change, New Product and New Technologies
- Detailed and thorough planning skills ensuring comprehensive perspective in complex environments
- Leadership of project environments with 100+ participants communicating across many disciplines and organizational levels
- Conceptual analytics skills with ability to capture key decision factors and gain consensus across diverse perspectives
- Diverse industry experience – financial, healthcare, consumer products, insurance, energy, advertising, publishing and others
Project Highlights
- Healthcare (Walgreens): led HR business analysis and tech workstream for the Rite Aid merger ($15bn)
- Insurance (Physicians Mutual): enterprise business process re-engineering – core team member, led intermediary relationships process definition, established process and technology transition methodologies
- Banking (JPM Chase): led post merger business process analysis and technology planning to streamline a 400+ person operations center
- Healthcare (Baxter): legal systems business process and technology for Baxalta carve-out
- Energy (Constellation): merger business process consolidation and ERP implementation for a natural gas startup
- Banking (Northern Trust): business process consolidation across 7 geographies and multiple reconciliation types at each site