Blaise Barney

Blaise Barney is a transformation executive with more than 10 years of experience leading large-scale transformation programs, building high-performing teams and delivering operational and financial improvements across the retail, consumer products and life sciences industries. Mr. Barney has led programs valued at more than $200 million, managed a $10 million profit and loss (“P&L”) and partnered with Fortune 500 clients to execute enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Mr. Barney specializes in business transformation, operating model design, integration, operational improvement and finance transformation initiatives. He has experience advising senior executives on complex transformations, including strategy development, execution planning, organizational change and value realization. His experience includes leading cross-functional teams, designing transformation approaches and building capabilities to support sustainable business performance.

Prior to rejoining FTI Consulting, Mr. Barney served as Transformation Practice Leader and Senior Director at Capgemini Invent, where he led the North American Transformation Management Practice and grew the practice while managing a team of transformation professionals. Previously, he held roles at FTI Consulting, Capgemini Consulting and Proudfoot, supporting clients across transformation, integration and operational improvement engagements. He also founded and operated two retail businesses, where he managed profit and loss, operations and team development.

Relevant Experience: 

• Led Capgemini Invent’s North American Transformation Management Practice, growing the practice to a $10 million annual profit and loss (“P&L”) while managing a 25-person team
• Served as executive sponsor and program lead for a $200 million-plus retail transformation, modernizing operations across mobile, web, point-of-sale and back-office systems in partnership with senior executives across operations, finance and product
• Led a $100 million-plus finance and operations transformation for a life sciences client, implementing SAP S/4HANA and delivering more than $170 million in business value
• Managed the integration of two modular storage companies into a combined $6.5 billion market capitalization business, leading commercial workstreams through pre-close, Day 1 and future-state value realization
• Delivered $9.9 million in sourcing savings and 10% labor cost reduction for a consumer products client through selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) optimization across procurement, organizational design and salesforce effectiveness
• Led commercial and operational due diligence engagements for private equity and strategic acquirers, including market sizing, competitive analysis, transition services agreement (“TSA”) analysis and integration roadmap development