Pete Shadek, Managing Director

Mike Sheehan, Managing Director

Pete's passion is helping clients achieve and sustain higher levels of performance - working with companies to drive growth, increase margins, and enable people to be more effective.  Before founding Summit, Pete was a Principal with A.T. Kearney, a Partner at Archstone Consulting, and a Principal at Griffin Strategic Advisors.  He has lived in the US and Japan, and has worked with clients around the globe.

Pete's consulting experience includes strategy, strategic sourcing, supply chain, operations effectiveness, and organizational development, in industries including consumer packaged goods, consumer durables, private equity, transportation and other services, retail, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

Pete received his MBA from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, and his B.S. in Engineering from Bucknell University.  He serves as a Village Trustee in his hometown in the suburbs north of Chicago.

Mike thrives on helping clients with their most difficult challenges. Prior to founding Summit, he was a Principal at Griffin Strategic Advisors and worked at Archstone Consulting, advising companies on a range of strategy and operational issues.  

He has lived and worked in both the US and many European countries and has played key roles in the delivery of initiatives in areas such as: strategic planning, supply chain strategy, strategic sourcing, operations improvement and change management.  Mike has also worked at private equity firms in Europe and the US in a variety of roles including Director of Research.  Recently, Mike served as VP of Operations at an apparel retailer helping to build out their supply chain and infrastructure to support their growth.

Mike holds an A.B. from Lafayette College and a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  At home, Mike speaks German with his wife and three children, while the children adamantly speak only English in return. 

Amit Singla, Senior Advisor

Amit has diverse consulting and general management experience developing growth strategies for C-level executives in a variety of consumer facing industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, household durables, and apparel.  Amit has managed the delivery of positioning and value proposition development, portfolio optimization, channel strategy, pricing and promotion effectiveness, category management and new product innovation initiatives.

He previously worked at Griffin Strategic Advisors, a consultancy focused on helping organizations improve profitability and accelerate growth.  Prior to Griffin, Amit was a Manager at The Cambridge Group, a boutique marketing strategy consulting firm focused on growth strategies based on consumer insights.  Amit also worked at The Home Depot in various areas including operations, store management, strategy and credit services.

Amit holds an B.S. from Northwestern University and a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.  As a result of a Kentucky childhood, Amit predictably enjoys bourbon whenever he can. 

Chad Wind, Senior Advisor

Chad is passionate about delivering value for clients.  He has worked as a consultant and advisor for 15 years on key strategy and development initiatives.  He specializes in helping clients define and execute organic and inorganic growth programs to improve the profitability and sustainability of their competitive position.

Previously, Chad was a Partner with Trinity Associates, a boutique consultancy founded by Partners from AT Kearney.  With Trinity, Chad advised C-Level executives and business unit heads with leading companies in building materials, chemicals, capital goods and consumer products.  He has helped a number of clients improve operating performance by optimizing their business portfolio, pursuing actionable programs for profitable growth, and developing sound pricing strategy.  He has worked in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.  Chad started his career in sales and marketing roles with DuPont and later developed new business models as a Consultant with IBM Global Services.

Chad holds AB Degrees in Economics and Philosophy from Lafayette College and an MBA in Finance and Management from the Stern School of Business at New York University. 

Phil Gillespie, Senior Advisor

Steve Kelemen, Senior Advisor

Phil is a veteran sourcing and procurement professional who has served clients across the United States in the banking, insurance, manufacturing, publishing, and retail sectors for over 20 years.  His focus areas are novel sourcing strategy development and high-return sourcing and procurement technology infrastructure investment.

He previously worked for Archstone Consulting, Mitchell Madison Group, and A.T. Kearney where he led sourcing and operations consulting workstreams and teams.  He also worked on the client side for JPMorgan Chase Bank and the Equitable Life Assurance Society with responsibilities for sourcing, sourcing team building, and sourcing and procurement technology management.

Phil drafted and prosecuted the first patent in spend analytics.

He earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Duke University and an M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Steve is a versatile team member with experience in manufacturing and supply chain management in consumer and industrial products.  His focus areas include logistics and transportation, shop floor improvements, sales and operations planning, materials management, strategic sourcing, procurement, reverse logistics, fulfillment, and product development.  

He previously worked for Archstone Consulting where he was a Director in their Strategy and Operations practice.  Past employers also include Sears, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Lincoln Electric Company.  

Steve holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University along with a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and a Master of Engineering Management (MEM) from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern.  Steve is APICS certified too. 

In his free time, Steve can typically be found traveling to far corners of the earth.  It's becoming difficult to find a country Steve hasn't been to.

Nancy Pyron, Senior Advisor

Nancy’s journey in Revenue Management and Pricing began over 20 years ago spanning a diverse cross section of industries including hotel, rental car, airline, cargo, retail, transportation, and b2b contracts. Her career includes user training, change management, system design, and system implementation. Implementation design focused on creating long-term strategies to support blending the needs of business, technical, and analytic teams, while ensuring long-term sustainable and maintainable systems.

Nancy received an MS in Operations Research from Stanford and a BS in Applied Mathematics from University of North Texas.

Mike Christy, Senior Advisor

Mike has a versatile background encompassing supply chain, operations, engineering, and finance.  Prior to consulting, Mike spent 25 years in the steel industry, the last ten as VP Supply Chain.  In consulting, Mike has worked for Maine Pointe and Alexander Proudfoot prior to joining Summit Global Advisors.

Mike’s expertise lies in Strategic Sourcing, Logistics, and Supply Chain process improvement.  His clients cover a wide spectrum of industries including Manufacturing, Packaging, Aerospace and Defense, Food, Oil and Gas, Mining, Retail, Insurance, and Energy Distribution.  He thrives on producing benefits for clients, training, and simplifying complex processes.

He has earned a B.S. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon. Mike is an avid chef and gets his money’s worth on the golf course. 

Jana began her career in supply chain and operations consulting with A.T. Kearney where she was a Principal.  Having made transformational impacts at one of her key clients, she joined Federal Mogul as the Director of Indirect Material & Services and Process Improvement.  Jana eventually took on different roles and founded her own consulting firm, where she gained experience with marketing, business development and pricing strategies.  She also helped businesses improve their new business development outreach strategy by implementing CRM tools, improving prospecting methods, and creating scalable RFP responses.  Her focus on customers and her ability to solve complex problems to reduce material and operating costs has allowed her to serve clients for over 20 years.

Jana’s main areas of focus are Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Process Improvement initiatives.  She has specific expertise in all categories of Indirect Materials & Services and select direct commodities.  She has worked with companies in highly regulated industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, and Healthcare.  She also led complex initiatives such as accelerated global strategic sourcing initiatives, vendor management, reduction of supply base, SKU rationalization, e-sourcing initiatives, reverse auctions, Value Added Value Engineering (VA/VE), and organizational design initiatives to reduce SG&A expenditures.  She has also managed large-scale corporate transformation initiatives to consolidate spend and reduce costs during mergers, divestures, and consolidation of business portfolios.

Jana studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and also obtained a Masters in Industrial Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.  Jana is a sports fanatic and volunteers as a youth basketball coach in her home city of San Diego.   However, on college football days, you can often find her proudly wearing Maize & Blue. 

Bert is energized by helping clients identify/design/build/implement strategic solutions for their complex business challenges.

Through experience creating value for a wide range of iconic retail brands -- from Abercrombie & Fitch to Gerbing Heated Clothing (a niche wearable technology brand for moto enthusiasts) – Bert has developed deep knowledge in global sourcing, product development/production, merchandising, and supply chain management.

He received his BA in strategic communication from Miami University, with a secondary specialization in energy resources & global sustainability. Bert enjoys the outdoors (especially water sports & snowboarding) & woodworking, and loves spending time with family.

Elgin Pearson, Senior Advisor

Elgin is a results driven professional whose passion is saving money for clients.  Over his twenty years of combined consulting and industry experience he has worked on strategic cost reduction projects for private equity, building materials, consumer products, utilities, and life sciences clients.  His focus areas are in strategic sourcing, procurement, inventory management, SKU rationalization, sales and operations planning, EBITDA improvement, and lean process design. 

He previously worked for Slalom Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, and as an Independent Consultant where he led strategic sourcing, process improvement, and supply chain engagements.  Prior to his consulting career, he worked as an engineer designing skid loaders for Case IH.

He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University along with an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Master of Engineering Management (MEM) from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.