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A Glance at Our Leaders

Ashlee Aldridge

CEO & MANAGING PARTNER

Ashlee is the Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Reach Partners LLC, where she is at the forefront of providing global companies with business and technology strategy, digital accelerations and transformations, digital enablement, and C-suite leadership. With over 20 years of experience as a top-notch C-suite executive with Fortune 50 and 100 retailers, Ashlee has a proven track record of transforming organizations and delivering results.

DAVID FLEMING

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

David is a seasoned and high energy executive with 30+ years of experience in building strong financial and accounting organizations. David has worked across multiple industries as a CFO/ Controller and Management Consultant. He has worked in startups, turnarounds, international, family, and ESOP-owned companies. His broad experience and strategic perspective make him an effective finance leader and trusted advisor both internally and externally.

CRAIG FULLEN

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Craig brings more than 30 years of legal and business experience to Reach Partners with a deep experience advising public and private businesses in a variety of areas including commercial contracts, corporate matters and business related transactions, e-commerce, technology implementations, and data privacy and security. He plays a pivotal role in strategizing long-range goals and overseeing legal, compliance, and risk management operations for Reach Partners and its Clients.

ROBERT SCHWARTZ

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

Robert is a seasoned leader with a distinguished career at firms like Alvarez & Marsal and IBM and has a proven track record of helping his prior Firms and their Clients identify high-value business performance issues and opportunities, designing and implementing transformative solutions, and achieving accelerated returns on invested capital. His unique skill set will be instrumental in propelling the growth of Reach Partners and other Reach Businesses and will also extend to the success of our Clients.

CRYSTAL TIDMORE

SR. VP, PEOPLE AND BRAND

Crystal brings to the Team over 20 years of experience consulting executives in Fortune 100 and 500 companies. She is a culture architect and brand builder, partnering with executives to develop a vision and strategy for company culture, talent and brand. Crystal has a collaborative approach to leadership and is known for promoting long-term transformation. Crystal has proven herself as a leader consistently inspiring her Teams to Dare to do better. Be better.™

Our practice leaders

DAVE FINNEGAN

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Dave is a retail industry leader and an award-winning Customer Experience Officer (CIO/CMO) with a proven track record of producing breakthrough business results. He brings more than two decades of experience leading companies through human-centered digital transformations that create unique customer experiences, strengthens company culture, and drive quantitative business growth. Dave is most known for his development of the Build-A-Bear Workshop.

LESLIE DINHAM

DATA INSIGHTS AND DIGITAL

Leslie has more than 25 years of experience developing strategies for retail companies to drive revenue and business improvement. As consulting professional and an industry C-suite executive, Leslie won the Consulting Excellence Award for her well-known ability to deliver successful change initiatives. Leslie's diverse repertoire of skills allows her to develop innovative solutions that address Clients' challenges and help them achieve their desired results.

KUMARAN VEERARAGAVAN

CLOUD ADVISORY INSIGHTS

Kumaran is a Client Delivery Transformation Leader with over 25 years of experience. He is known for his successful track record of delivering complex transformation programs on time, budget, and value. He specializes in digital enablement and ecommerce retail optimization and is skilled in leading large, diverse Teams through strategic initiatives. Kumaran has the expertise necessary to deliver top-notch client transformation initiatives.

MOHAMMAD SALEH

TECHNOLOGY & AUTOMATION

As an experienced executive IT leader, Mohammad Saleh has worked tirelessly to foster cross-functional growth across technology teams and has a proven track record of identifying opportunities for revenue growth. Mohammad has successfully spearheaded multiple successful initiatives focused on building customer-centric solutions, creating brand-new transaction avenues, and driving customer satisfaction and revenue through omnichannel experiences.

MICHELLE EPPS

ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION & CIO

Michelle has an impressive 24-year career at FedEx, most recently serving as the CIO of FedEx Freight and SVP of IT. She is skilled at bringing the right people, mindset, and strategy together to build transformations that increase business value and maximize results at speed. Her knowledge spans global software delivery, enterprise architecture, software engineering frameworks, merger and acquisition consolidation, SaaS implementation, legacy/mainframe retirement, and vendor management and governance.

JEFF KELLY

STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Jeff leads critical business functions to drive scale transformation. He has spent his career helping clients adapt to critical business challenges, rapidly changing markets, and evolutionary technology. His specialties include designing new operating models, aligning business and technology, digital enablement, and organizational change management. He has worked across a range of industries, including financial services, retail, food and beverage, entertainment, and manufacturing.

Simon Nankervis

COMMERCIAL PRACTICE LEADER

Simon is a visionary leader with 25+ years of proven track record in transforming businesses across multiple industries. Recently, he was President of Copperstate Farms, the largest cannabis greenhouse operator in the USA, transforming it into a vertical retail operator. Previously, he was CEO of Source Holding, LLC, and EVP at Designer Brands, Inc. He held leadership roles at American Eagle Outfitters and Palmer Corporation, and was a Partner at Wilmoth Field Warne Lawyers.

Alex Sims

DIGITAL & CLIENT SOLUTIONS

Alex has worked on all of Reach Partner's digital, e-commerce projects and transformation programs over the past six years. She sets a high bar of Client Service excellence and delivers on Reach's commitments to its Clients, regardless of deadlines, setbacks, or challenges. She consistently plays a leadership role on the Firm's most challenging transformations, leading the Client work while always elevating the people on her team.

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