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Joined in 2003 as an Associate Consultant
Education: Master of Engineering Management, Dartmouth College and Tuck School of Business; Bachelor of Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, Dartmouth College; Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Williams College.
Background: After an internship and a full-time job at two broad-based strategy consulting firms, I decided I wanted to work at a firm with a focused expertise and high growth potential. I ultimately joined Putnam Associates after researching a number of other companies. During my time here, I have been impressed with the people, the challenge of dealing with a wide variety of strategic issues faced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and the customized approach that Putnam applies to solving each client engagement.
Putnam builds and keeps long-term client relationships. These relationships allow Putnam to be involved very closely with the actual decision makers such that each case is a collaborative effort between the client and the case team. This type of relationship also means Putnam is able to acquire more interesting and impactful projects. There is variety in casework: I have been involved in projects ranging from new market opportunity assessment, product growth strategy, managed care strategy, sales force analysis, product pricing, scenarios modeling to product lifecycle planning. Each case has involved a customized and collaborative approach — understanding the client's particular need, building a set of relevant hypotheses, analyzing key issues, and providing tailored recommendations.
I love the challenge and rigorous analysis that cases at Putnam demand. In addition, the smaller size and merit-based culture has allowed me to take higher level responsibilities at a much faster pace than at many other firms. I have been happy with my experience and look forward to continued interesting and challenging workload in the future.