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LYNDA D. ZACHAR
Senior Strategic
Advisor
Lynda Zachar is a
strategy consultant with expertise
in strategic planning facilitation,
internal venture processes, and
business analysis. She has 15 years
of experience as a consultant working
with management teams to explore
strategic issues and develop successful
new initiatives. Lynda has worked
with process and electronics manufacturers,
service businesses, and not-for-profit
agencies. Prior to her work in consulting,
she had 13 years of experience in
industry in various systems, finance,
and administrative management roles.
Examples of relevant projects include the following.
- Lynda has led numerous planning teams in the objective analysis of current situation and strategy. Teams worked through concepts including core competencies, scenario planning, identification of driving forces and strategic intent. In each case, she facilitated the development of multiple strategic options and led the team to consensus on a clear strategic focus. Each plan was coupled with a well-designed implementation and monitoring plan designed to help the team dynamically reassess its progress.
- She worked with a “single product” company to develop a new venture team program to support their related product diversification initiative. The engagement combined process and content assistance in the development of new product opportunity analyses and screening tools.
- Lynda conducted an international opportunity analysis for a client contemplating international expansion. Management adopted her staffing recommendation and increased their overall investment in the international marketplace resulting in profitable growth from 12% to over 20% of sales in the next year.
- Lynda analyzed new product feasibility for a software company planning an expensive product development and launch. Her study revealed unknown competitors, a fragmented market, and an undesirable opportunity overall. The client canceled the new product plans.
- She assessed the organizational structure and skill sets for a detailed organizational downsizing due to sale of a division. The staffing recommendations were adopted and the resulting entity doubled profits in first year.
- She co-authored a prospectus for the pre-divestiture split of a company into two divisions. Critical exhibits included the development of a detailed reallocation methodology used to restate performance for the previous 5 years. Her account-by-account allocation methodology was examined and accepted as valid by both selling and purchasing parties.
- Lynda organized and led a multi-disciplinary team in the research and implementation of Activity Based Costing. The resulting new costing methodology triggered a dramatic shift in thinking about individual product profitability.
- She has designed
and conducted numerous internal
employee surveys, which often
bring staffing and other organizational
issues to light. Her work has
included leading a team through
successful problem solving processes
to resolve the issues professionally.
Improved communication and resulting
effectiveness motivated clients
to seek annual survey administration.
Lynda has also been
an adjunct faculty member at the
University of Iowa College of Business,
designing course content and teaching
business policy and strategic management
to graduating seniors. Her industry
experience includes 13 years at
Norand Corporation, an electronics
manufacturer in Cedar Raids, Iowa.
Lynda has a
B.S. in Computer Science from Iowa
State University and an MBA from
the University of Iowa Executive
MBA program.
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