Courtnie Wise

Courtnie Wise is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting, specializing in Telecom, Media & Technology (“TMT”) and based in Los Angeles. Courtnie’s expertise spans business transformation, M&A and cost optimization for telecom, technology and digital infrastructure clients, helping executives, boards and investors turn strategic objectives into practical execution plans.

Courtnie recently led a multi-phase cost-out and implementation program for a top five U.S. broadband provider. She also played a central role in an enterprise transformation for a global technology and services company. Courtnie’s M&A experience includes operational diligence on numerous fiber acquisitions, a telecom convergence joint venture and a data center strategy engagement for a major U.S. nuclear power plant. Before joining FTI Consulting, she was an Executive Team Leader at Target Corporation.

Courtnie holds an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also has a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Wyoming.

Relevant Experience

• Oversaw the project management office (“PMO”) and workstreams to convert identified savings into delivered results on the multi-phase cost-out implementation program for a top five U.S. broadband provider
• Served as the central program lead for the diagnostic phase of an enterprise transformation for a global ATM technology and services company, coordinating executive workstreams and led the order-to-cash operating model redesign in implementation
• Led buy-side due diligence for a national fiber company across more than six workstreams, assessing sales, field operations and customer care scalability
• Led transition services agreement (“TSA” ) scoping, headcount and cost modeling across sales, marketing and customer care for a residential fiber carve-out and Day 1 readiness
• Co-led the data center strategy for a nuclear energy company, assessing options to monetize land and power assets