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The growing pains of change
Those who serve growing populations face increased demands, limited resources, and heightened risk as they work to make the world a better place. We help leaders in government accomplish more with greater efficiencies. We understand the unique challenges of the public sector and specialize in mitigating risk and delivering value that positively impacts both the bottom line and society at large.
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We have the unique opportunity to take [North Highland’s] report and use it as the foundation to rebuild NJ TRANSIT into a 21st century agency
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Chair, NJ TRANSIT; Commission, New Jersey Department of Transportation


Meet Our Experts

Wayne Messina PMP
Vice President and Global Public Sector Lead

<p>Wayne is a Vice President and leads the firm’s Public Sector Practice. He has over 25 years serving the public sector and helping clients through complex transformations. Specific areas of his expertise include strategy development, project and program management, financial planning, business case development, procurement, and cost analysis.</p>

Chris McCarthy
Vice President and Global Transportation Lead

<p>Chris has 25 years of experience in the transportation industry, working with the rail, transit, state and federal government, private industry, and international banks. Specific areas of his expertise include strategy development, project management, market analysis, financial planning, public policy, and international business and trade.</p>

Greg Martin
Associate Vice President, Emergency Management Lead

<p style="list-style-type:none">Greg is an Associate Vice President, leading the Firm’s Public Sector Emergency Management group. He has over 34 years working with Federal, state, and local agencies in business and technology management consulting. He has worked on multiple mission critical Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery initiatives, including environmental disaster recovery, hurricane restoration, disaster preparedness and emergency response organizational design. </p>

Rick Zelznak
Vice President

<p>Rick is a consultant with the North Highland Company. He has more than 25 years of experience in Public Sector Health & Human Service (HHS) policy, technology and financial management. Specific areas of expertise include complex program and project management, strategy development, stakeholder engagement and communications, vendor procurement and oversight and financial management. Rick leads the Public Sector Health and Human Services Practice area for North Highland. </p>

Sue Saikia
Associate Vice President

<p>Sue is an Associate Vice President at North Highland leading the UK Transport and Infrastructure Practice. Sue advises senior leaders across industry on enterprise wide change with a focus on people and cultural change. She is recognised by her clients for her strategic insight and ability to turn that into practical outcomes. Sue has a passion for building talent across client teams and within North Highland and is the executive lead for consultants in their early careers</p>

Craig Spence
Associate Vice President

<p>Craig Spence is the UK Central Government Lead and is passionate about supporting government departments as they transform the way they work. He has a background in change management and transformation working in both the private and public sector.</p>

Matthew Thalakottur
Principal

<p>Matthew is a business transformation and digital innovation solutions leader at North Highland with over 18 years of professional experience in and outside of management consulting. He has worked across industry sectors including telecommunications, technology, energy, financial services, and the public sector. Matthew has held a wide range of roles, from large-scale, global enterprise transformation programmes to digital innovation solution commercialisation.</p>

Adam Wilinski
Associate Vice President

<p>Adam Wilinski is an Associate Vice President at North Highland. Adam brings over 15 years of experience enabling commercial and public sector clients to transform their operations, workforce, and customer experience by optimizing the use of technology and data. Adam specializes in transportation where he has fostered relationships with leaders at the country’s largest transit, DOT, tolling and airport providers. Adam identifies the unique needs of his clients and connects them to the people and capabilities within North Highland to meet those needs. Adam began his career as a consultant with Capgemini serving in such roles as Customer Experience Senior Strategist and Business Process Re-engineering Lead before transitioning into the Business Development. Adam has worked for North Highland since 2016 where he leads our Business Development efforts within transportation.</p>
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