Senior Advisors Who Do the Work.
Results That Show Up in Your Financials.
Inside Consulting is a boutique performance improvement firm built for PE-backed and middle market companies. We embed with your team, execute the work ourselves, and tie our fees to the results we deliver.
Who We Are
A boutique firm built for middle market and PE-backed companies that need measurable margin improvement, fast.
Inside Consulting was founded in 2005 on a premise that still holds today: mid-market companies deserve the same caliber of strategic and operational talent that Fortune 500s take for granted, without the overhead, the learning curve, or the risk of paying for recommendations that never get implemented.
Our team includes former McKinsey and BCG consultants. But what distinguishes us is how we work. We don't hand off a slide deck and move on. We embed directly alongside your team, running sourcing events, executing pricing initiatives, and driving value at every stage until results show up in your financial statements.
We work across strategic sourcing, pricing optimization, and revenue leakage recovery, with deep sector experience in healthcare, industrials, and technology. Whether you are preparing for a sale, driving post-acquisition value creation, or need more margin from your cost structure, we know where to look in businesses like yours.
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Our Team
Senior practitioners with real operating experience.
Mac has led management consulting engagements across financial services, B2B technology, and healthcare for over 23 years, including seven years at BCG. He specializes in operational efficiency, procurement optimization, and cross-functional team leadership.
His prior background as a combat-arms military officer honed his ability to form and lead diverse teams to accomplish tough tasks in dynamic environments. While with BCG, Mac attained Principal early and received several awards for client service, innovation, and team development. At MWH Global, he served as VP of Strategy and Business Development, leading a restructuring of a $1.5B global engineering consultancy.
Education: B.S. Quantitative Economics, West Point · MBA with honors, Wharton
Dan brings 11+ years of management consulting experience spanning healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced industries, and chemicals. His work covers procurement transformation, supply chain optimization, and enterprise change management from strategy through full implementation.
Before consulting, Dan served 14 years as a Navy pilot, leading teams across Operations, Maintenance, Administration, and Safety in active aviation squadrons. At McKinsey, he contributed to high-stakes turnarounds at Fortune 100 companies, identifying performance gaps, designing improvement roadmaps, and executing cost, procurement, and organizational design transformations.
Education: B.S., US Naval Academy · MBA, Dartmouth Tuck · Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
David has over 10 years of management consulting experience including 3 years at BCG, spanning healthcare, media, consumer packaged goods, and B2B technology. He specializes in leading cross-functional teams through diagnostics and performance improvement using fact-based analytics.
David's prior experience as a combat veteran and combat-arms officer honed his ability to lead diverse teams in high-stress environments. He has also founded and operated a health technology startup, and held roles at NBCUniversal leading the TV Everywhere content rights initiative.
Education: B.S. Applied Economics, West Point · MBA, Stanford GSB
John brings 15+ years of experience as an engineer, executive, and management consultant serving industrial, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense industries. He joined Inside Consulting in 2023 and focuses on industrial procurement and operational value creation.
After BCG, John co-founded Maybell Quantum Industries and later served as an executive at Primus Aerospace, a PE-backed A&D manufacturer, before launching his own independent consulting practice in the sector. His background as a Professional Engineer enables hands-on engagement from the floor up and executive-level strategic alignment.
Education: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Cal Poly SLO · MBA, Wharton
Drew joined Inside Consulting in 2024 with a focus on industrial sector supply chain management. He spent five years at McKinsey as a practice leader in the Capital Excellence and Global Energy and Materials practices, specializing in engineering, construction strategy, and large-scale workforce transformation.
Drew has deep expertise designing and leading capital deployment programs across telecom, electric power, nuclear, natural gas, and water industries. Prior to business school, he was a licensed Professional Engineer with Dewberry focused on water resources.
Education: BA, University of Virginia · M.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech · MBA, Duke (Fuqua)
Jason joined Inside Consulting in 2024 and focuses on healthcare and healthcare technology supply chain management. He spent four years at McKinsey focused on healthcare and industrial operations procurement, and served as Managing Director of Product and Strategy at Evolent, a specialty care management company.
Education: B.S. International Economics, Georgetown · MBA, Columbia Business School
Will leads Revenue Ops and Commercial Due Diligence at Inside Consulting. Previously at PwC, he conducted buy-side and sell-side diligence on 25+ technology M&A transactions ranging from $1B to $7B, providing commercial insights across ARR, Net Dollar Retention, customer cohorts, and sales teams.
Education: B.S., West Point · MBA, SMU (Cox)
Jason has 17+ years in management consulting and internal strategy, with post-MBA experience at Kearney. He focuses on PMO development, program management, organizational transformation, and integration management across automotive, medical device, and food and protein sectors.
Prior named clients include Johnson and Johnson, Zimmer Biomet, Safeguard Medical, and Terex. Before IC, Jason held progressive leadership roles at Kaplan, Tyson Foods, and General Motors.
Education: M.S. Engineering, George Washington University · MBA, University of Michigan
Rick founded Inside Consulting in 2005 and led the firm for nearly two decades. He has transitioned to an emeritus role; Mac Hodell leads day-to-day operations and client engagements.
Before founding IC, Rick served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Force before earning his MBA and joining McKinsey, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on business strategy. He subsequently held senior roles including Director of Global Strategy at Thomson Reuters and VP of Marketing for one of its high-growth publishing businesses.
Education: B.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota · Naval Nuclear Engineering (US Navy) · MBA with honors, University of Chicago Booth
How We Hold Ourselves Accountable
Not aspirational statements. Operational commitments that govern every engagement we take.
How We Are Different
Our team brings top-tier consulting backgrounds together with real operational and leadership experience. We've run businesses, not just advised them.
| Instead of... | How Inside Consulting Is Different | What That Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Relying solely on internal staff | Pattern recognition across dozens of identical engagements. Ability to run multiple workstreams in parallel without competing with day-to-day operations. | Faster time to results. Better absolute performance, with no learning curve tax. |
| Individual freelancers | Proven methodologies refined through team-based problem solving. Breadth of expertise across the full partnership, not a single generalist. | Better ROI and greater impact in the same timeframe. Less coordination burden. Ability to tackle larger, more complex issues. |
| Traditional strategy consulting firms | We know where to look in mid-market businesses and stay engaged until value is realized. We do the work ourselves, cost-effectively, with lean overhead. | Better ROI. Lower burden on your team to interpret recommendations and figure out implementation on their own. |
| Mid-market financial consultancies | We focus on operational value delivery, working alongside your team. Our expertise spans pricing, sourcing, revenue growth, and integration, not just financial modeling. | Significantly greater value realized in the same timeframe. Your team gets leverage without having to translate targets into an execution plan. |
| Other mid-market boutique consultancies | Proven track record since 2005. Versatile approach that applies across pricing, revenue growth, sourcing, merger integration, and other complex operational problems. | Confidence in results. Faster overall value delivery and lower transformation risk. Tactical profit improvement that de-risks larger change programs. |
In Their Own Words
Executives we've worked with, on what it's actually like to work with us.
that asks you to do all the work."
"It's not a consulting outfit that's coming in and asking you to do all the work and then putting it in their PowerPoint decks to present. It's completely the opposite."
"We thought a half million in savings would be a huge win. They said they could double it. It sounded too good to be true. But we achieved it."
"In 18 months they delivered over $2 million in annualized spend reductions. Any other jobs I take, I'll be bringing them in right behind me."
"They succeeded well beyond my expectations. Inside Consulting delivered several millions of dollars in cost savings that were locked in and became part of a larger, more profitable engine."
PE Funds We Have Worked Alongside
We have worked alongside leading mid-market PE funds since 2005.
Most of Our Engagements Start with a Single Conversation.
If you are a PE operating partner, CEO, or CFO who wants to understand where the margin opportunity is in your business and what it would take to capture it, we are happy to have that conversation.
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