Rick built his practice around a simple conviction: results have to show up where clients actually care. That meant earnings and revenue growth more often than not, and it meant measurable improvement year over year. With that focus as his foundation, he founded Inside Consulting in 2005, assembling a team around business performance improvement across a range of contexts: EBITDA optimization ahead of a transaction, company turnaround, cost reduction, revenue enhancement, and operational due diligence.

Before founding IC, Rick served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Force, then earned his MBA and joined McKinsey & Co., where he advised Fortune 500 clients on business strategy. He subsequently moved into industry, serving as Director of Global Strategy at Thomson Reuters and Vice President of Marketing for one of its high-growth publishing businesses.

Education
Rick holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, a master’s-equivalent in Nuclear Engineering from the U.S. Navy, and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago. He received his Naval Nuclear Engineering certification in 1998.

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His experience spans multiple sectors, from financial services and B2B technology to healthcare. Mac’s work has centered on strategy development and execution, typically in the context of organizational restructuring and turnaround programs, sales force effectiveness, and operational efficiency and procurement optimization.

Mac’s background as a combat arms Army officer shaped his ability to build and lead diverse teams through complex, high-stakes environments. In his consulting work, he specializes in leading cross-functional and integrated client/consultant teams to diagnose root causes and prioritize the initiatives that move the needle.

At BCG, Mac was promoted to Principal ahead of schedule and earned multiple awards for client service, innovation, and team development. At MWH Global, he served as VP of Strategy and Business Development and led a restructuring of a $1.5B global engineering consultancy, earning industry recognition in the process. Before consulting, Mac served as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer, holding roles as Rifle Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Personnel Officer.

Education
Mac holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA with honors from the Wharton School.

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Before consulting, Dan served 14 years as a Navy pilot, leading teams across Operations, Maintenance, Administration, and Safety functions in active aviation squadrons. In those roles, he redesigned complex operational processes, directed large-scale mission planning efforts, and built alignment across organizations from senior leadership to the front line.

At McKinsey, Dan contributed to high-stakes turnarounds at Fortune 100 companies, identifying performance gaps, designing pragmatic improvement roadmaps, and executing transformations across cost structure, procurement, operational processes, and organizational design.

Education

Dan graduated from the United States Naval Academy, earned an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

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David’s background as a combat veteran and Army officer shaped his ability to lead diverse teams under pressure. In his consulting work, he specializes in leading cross-functional client and consultant teams to diagnose root causes and prioritize improvement initiatives through fact-based analysis.

Before consulting, David founded and led MaxPatient, a patient communication platform that improved private practice physician utilization through SMS and email outreach. At NBCUniversal, he led the TV Everywhere content rights initiative, enabling NBCU to stream content across mobile platforms.

Prior to his business career, David served as a U.S. Army Armor Officer, holding roles as Armor Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Company Commander, with deployments to Kuwait in 2002 and Iraq in 2003.

Education
David holds a B.S. in Applied Economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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After completing his MBA, John spent two years at the Boston Consulting Group, where he focused on commercial strategy and transformation for manufacturing, energy, and industrial clients. He then co-founded Maybell Quantum Industries, a quantum computing hardware company, where he developed a deep appreciation for the role domestic manufacturing plays in national security and economic strength. John subsequently served as an executive at Primus Aerospace, a PE-backed aerospace and defense manufacturer, before launching an independent consulting practice focused on the same sector.

John’s background as a licensed Professional Engineer gives him an unusual range: he can work shoulder to shoulder with operators and engineers on the most technically demanding problems while simultaneously engaging at the executive level to identify value and drive results.

Education
John holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and an MBA from the Wharton School.

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Drew brings deep expertise in designing and leading large-scale transformations and capital deployment across telecom, electric power, nuclear, natural gas, and water industries, as well as optimizing large distributed workforce operations.

Prior to business school, Drew was a licensed Professional Engineer at Dewberry, focused on water resources.

Education
Drew holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

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Before IC, Jason spent four years at McKinsey and Company focused on healthcare and industrial operations, with an emphasis on procurement. He also served as Managing Director of Product and Strategy at Evolent, a specialty care management company focused on cardiology and oncology.

Education
Jason holds a B.S. in International Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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Previously, Will worked at PWC in Due Diligence and Post Merger Acquisition topic areas. While there he conducted buy-side and sell-side diligence on over 25 technology M&A transactions ranging from $1 billion to $7 billion, providing critical commercial insights into ARR and Net Dollar Retention across customer cohorts, markets, products, and sales teams.

Education

Will graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) and he obtained his MBA from SMU (Cox).

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Prior clients include Johnson and Johnson, Zimmer Biomet, Safeguard Medical, and Terex Heavy Equipment. Before joining IC, Jason held roles of increasing responsibility at Kaplan, Tyson Foods, and General Motors.

Education
Jason holds an M.S. in Engineering from George Washington University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

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