MCLAREN ACCORD LEADERSHIP TEAM

AMBER BAIRD, PRINCIPAL

Extensive experience leading cross-functional teams focused on competitive preparedness, customer experience optimization, process optimization, and strategic planning.

Over 15 years of cross-industry operational experience in management consulting and direct industry experience in logistics, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, FinTech, and retail.

Consulting projects focused on market opportunity assessments, go-to-market planning and execution, build / buy / partner vendor assessments, and customer experience strategy.

Previously, Amber led Product Marketing for a UPS logistics startup where she was responsible for competitive intelligence, go-to-market strategy, pricing strategy, product roadmap recommendations, to ensure product / market fit, and she owned the voice of the customer.

JIMMY MITCHELL, PRINCIPAL

Increasing leadership roles spanning business growth strategy, strategic planning, transformation program buildout, supply chain optimization, innovation, and analytics deployment.

15+ years driving strategy and growth across industry and consulting in the supply chain, hospitality, financial services, and technology sectors. 

Industry highlights include analytics and AI/ML deployments, go-to-market design and execution on rapid growth, full stack end-to-end platform migrations, CRM service application deployment, and margin recovery via corrections reductions.

Consulting highlights include large transformation (post-acquisition) program and team buildouts, strategic vision and roadmap development, and process, inventory, and network optimizations.