Atlanta

North Highland opened its first office, in Atlanta, in 1992. While our company has grown dramatically and has expanded into many other cities, Atlanta is proud to be the headquarters, the largest office, and the "pilot" office for new ideas in our company. Through continuous relationship-building and a dedication to stellar work, our presence has grown to over 170 employees and a client base that includes some of the most recognized public and private companies, a large number of state and federal agencies, and well-known non-profit entities..

Our industry expertise ranges from telecom/cable and media, to retail and consumer goods, to finance, healthcare, information technology, and distribution. We offer clients deep experience in the widest range of strategy & advisory, operations, customer interaction, information technology, human capital, and finance & accounting services.

Leadership

Steve Carter

Vice President

Steve Carter has over 25 years of experience in various management and technology consulting positions. As a Vice President with North Highland his responsibilities have covered a wide area, including new office development and the delivery of IT/Supply Chain/ERP/CRM and e-commerce business solutions. Prior to joining North Highland, Steve was a Vice President for Technology Solutions Company, a leading e-business consulting and systems integrator, where he was responsible for PeopleSoft and Oracle application implementations in the northeastern United States; Vice President of a consulting company specializing in the delivery of Purchasing and Materials Management solutions; and Director and Manager for two major ERP software development companies.

Lucy Evans

Vice President

Lucy is the former CFO for AIG Agency Auto, Swift Denim, and Hayes Microcomputer. Her industry and consulting experience encompasses M&A planning and integration, finance and accounting organizational transformation, and business expansion and turnaround with domestic and international organizations.

Dan Fukushima

Vice President

Dan has experience with producing profitable and sustainable top-line growth and driving operational efficiencies for North Highland's clients and within the consulting industry. For over 20 years he has worked with companies across a broad set of industries, developing business strategies and supporting the organizational changes needed for strategy implementation. He spent most of his career prior to North Highland at a major global airline.

Anne Game

Vice President

Anne has over 21 years of consulting experience serving manufacturing and retail clients. Her focus areas include process improvement, supply chain, software selections, cost reduction, and change management. Prior to joining The North Highland Company, Anne was a partner with Deloitte Consulting and was the Practice Leader for Deloitte's Southeast middle market consulting practice for several years.

Carol Kanemasu

Vice President

Carol has over 15 years of consulting experience serving technology and healthcare clients. Her focus areas include systems design and implementation, organizational change management, process improvement, and complex project/program management. She spent most of her career prior to North Highland at Ernst & Young Consulting and IBM.

Andy Mayfield

Vice President

Andy has more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience specializing in the area of business performance improvement. His expertise includes business process management, redesign, and improvement, Six Sigma process management, performance measurements system development, balanced scorecard development, business integration, and cost management. Andy has served as the director of worldwide customer support for a Baldrige Award-winning healthcare company and as the senior vice president and chief quality officer for two leading satellite communications companies, supporting their Six Sigma and business integration initiatives.

Mike Morris

Vice President

Mike's career has spanned business and technology management. He has depth in CIO services, including program management, complex project management, IT strategy, application integration, custom software development, and strategic vendor management. His process experience includes Six Sigma process management, business process improvement, and dashboard development. He has managed large-scale interactive marketing projects, including global implementations and re-launching the online presence for global consumer packaged goods companies. Mike's IT and process experience come together with software methodology offerings, best practices in requirements management, and software quality management. He has over 14 years of management consulting experience, having worked for Andersen Consulting and CMSI / Computer Associates.

Jim Neal

Vice President

Jim has over 20 years of consulting and industry experience, specializing in strategic planning and execution, business growth, supply chain strategy, and performance improvement. His specific areas of expertise include strategy development and alignment, business planning, enterprise performance management, and strategic due diligence.

Ravi Puri

Vice President

Ravi has over 20 years of business and IT C-Level advisory & consulting experience in the planning, development, delivery, and management of revenue enhancement and cost reduction solutions. He has worked with a broad range of global organizations spanning commercial industries and the federal government, and leads North Highland's CIO Services & Supply Chain Management segment.  Prior to joining North Highland, Ravi lived and worked throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, holding leadership positions at IBM and Deloitte.

Albert Rees

Vice President

Albert has over 18 years of human capital consulting experience in various industries. Specific areas of his expertise include developing HR and workforce strategies and strategic objectives, improving the performance of the HR function (from process improvements to transformation), and improving the performance of targeted workforces. His industry experience includes banking, consumer products, distribution and warehousing, education, electronics, energy, financial services, government (State/Federal), health services, manufacturing, technology products, transportation, and utilities. Prior to joining North Highland, Rees worked as a Partner in Accenture's Human Performance Global Service Line.

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