We have high standards for excellence and look for people who are motivated by that challenge. We generally hire people who have prior experience preferably in related areas of strategy consulting or analytical roles.
We have high expectations for our people and therefore apply rigorous standards throughout our hiring process. Below are the minimum criteria we seek in each candidate. All candidates should have demonstrated analytical and communication skills as well as the ability to work both independently and in teams.
Following are several sample employee profiles to give you a sense of the types of people that make up the Blue Ridge team.
Analyst
Angela Perkey
Angela joined Blue Ridge Partners in 2009. She has worked on engagements in industrial manufacturing, IT, healthcare, and financial services. She is experienced in assisting clients with strategy development, lead generation, and due diligence. Prior to working at Blue Ridge Partners, Angela was a Transfer Pricing Analyst at Ernst & Young.
Angela received a BA in Economics and Government from the College of William and Mary.
Associate
Brian Flaherty
Brian’s engagements while with Blue Ridge Partners have included work in the business services, consumer services and healthcare industries. He has experience in sales process improvement, customer segmentation, lead generation, go-to-market model and sales force effectiveness. Before Blue Ridge Partners, Brian worked for Mockingbird Associates, a Nashville-based boutique consulting firm focused on business development. Brian has also spent time working for Allconnect, Inc., a start-up sales & marketing company, and for Goldman Sachs as a Summer Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions industry group.
Brian received a BS in Engineering Science from Vanderbilt University and now lives in the Washington, DC, area.
Manager
Kevin Berger
Before joining Blue Ridge Partners, Kevin’s career included two and a half years as a consultant with PwC Consulting followed by five years in systems and IT project management with two manufacturing companies. Subsequently he joined Oliver Wyman and then SAIC to provide growth strategy consulting services to both B2B and B2C companies in several industries. Kevin’s strategy consulting has focused on working with senior executives to develop and implement actionable growth programs with top-line and bottom-line impact.
His specialties include corporate strategy, data analytics, operational excellence, pricing, business optimization and business transformation
Kevin received a BA in Pre-Med and Sociology from the University of Texas and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He and his family live in the Chicago area.