Kinetic Consulting Partners

Co-Founder and Partner

Atlas Holdings LLC

Currently consulting on several transformation initiatives for Atlas PortCos.

Previous Operating Roles:

- ELT / Management Team (SVP Growth & Product) at Kodi Collective, $500M Print and Marketing Services business.  Owned $160M P&L

- ELT / Management Team (SVP, Strategy & Product) at Enru, $300M Logistics and Postal Optimization business.  Owned $80M P&L

- Advisor / Product Owner for ACTNx - Logistics Tech

Various Executive Positions at PortCos

Axxum Consulting

Affiliated Consultant

Enru Logistics and Postal Optimization

Lead various Product and Strategy initiatives across technology, logistics, and postal optimization product lines.

SVP, Strategy & Product

Kodi Collective

SVP, Growth & Product

aifleet

Using proprietary ai-driven planning software, aifleet is able to plan their fleet assets to industry-leading levels.  The impact of this optimization improves driver shortages and improves the earning opportunity for aifleet's drivers.

I was aifleet's first Head of Operations - focused on building processes, training, automated systems, and organizational structures to enable growth.

Head Of Operations

IMS Integrated Merchandising Solutions

Led multiple Strategy, Product, and Operations teams at IMS - an Omnicom Group Company.

IMS is the founder and leader of the In-Retail Merchandising Execution industry.  We've perfected project management, sourcing, logistics, insights, technology, and more for both digital and static in-store messaging.  With hundreds of supplier partners that provide everything from Bluetooth/RFID/software/data to lithography/flexography/digital printing to in-store operations and compliance - we create a seamless solution for our amazing clients: McDonald's, The Home Depot, Walgreens, ExxonMobil, Kraft Heinz, Remy Cointreau, Constellation Brands, and many more.

Chief Strategy & Product Officer (CSO)

Techstars

Mentor for Kansas City & Minneapolis Techstars

Mentor

Outcome Health

Led the Post-Merger Integration of a 130 person organization into Outcome Health.
Designed and led Operations Transformation Office.  Reported to COO.

► Develop metrics, processes, team structures, projects, and technology solutions to improve operations (NOC, Broadcast Ops, Call Center/Account Management).
► Partner with Head of Sales Ops and Head of Finance to prioritize process improvement initiatives.
► Lead PMO activities for the successful integration of 130-person AccentHeatlh into Outcome Health.

Head of Operations & Transformation | Reporting to COO | PMI | Acquisition Integration

► Source and develop suppliers for field services and logistics (Inbound/Warehousing/Fulfillment/Outbound/Reverse Logistics)
► Manage RFx processes and supplier relationship management programs
► Own short and long-term growth plans for distribution networks
► Develop PO-to-Pay system and Inventory Management / S&OP with Finance and manufacturing partners

Head of Field Operations & Domestic Supply Chain

Copia (formerly Feeding Forward)

Copia, a Y-Combinator 2016 company, connects those with excess food (e.g. restaurants, grocery stores, food-service organizations, sporting events, conferences) to those in need (e.g. food banks, homeless shelters, human service organizations). We enable rapid redistribution of excess food and challenge the structural causes of food waste and hunger. 

Our algorithm will connect the amount and type of food to nearby non-profits in need. Our driver then recovers and distributes the food. Your business will then receive photos and testimonials from the people fed allowing you to see the impact you made through Copia! 

Advisor on:
  * Operations & Logistics
  * Finance /  P&L Management
  * Sales Funnel and Sales Operations

https://www.gocopia.com

Feed your community and end hunger instantly!

Board of Advisors (Operations)

- Experienced Strategy, Product, & Operations Executive.
- Passionate leader of people and ideas.
- Analytical General Manager.

My happy place is in going from 0 to 1.  Whether that is working on a new product launch with a B2B saas start up, or it is building a new brand and business focus at a $500M PE PortCo.

I'm very fortunate to have worked with senior thought leaders at F500 companies but have learned the most from my experiences with merchants, systems developers, machine operators, operations managers, field technicians, and sales associates.

Specialties: Corporate Strategy ● General & Operations Management ● Product Management ● Data & Analytics 
Passions:  Mentoring ● Networking ● Chicago!

If you feel behind on AI, you are not alone.

I’m lucky to have a tight group of friends from business school. We’re all in our mid-40s now, with the types of titles that normally signal confidence: MDs in investment banking, senior partners in consulting, CEOs of mid-market companies.

Every one of them feels behind on AI. They rarely use it, they’re not sure where to start, and they can’t picture how their teams or businesses could get real value from it.

That changed when we actually carved out a little time to experiment.
I put together a short article that breaks down what we learned from a “non-technical operator’s” perspective. It’s practical, not theoretical, and built around real examples.

My goal is simple: help more leaders move from FOMO to functional in a few months.

Let me know if this resonates?  What else should we try out?

Eric West

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