John Nantz

About John Nantz

Former McKinsey consultant who specializes in growth strategy, new markets…

Experience

1. Founding Partner

   Redwood Advisors

   Jun 2013 — Present

   Atlassian – Marketing & analytics team *Created a data-driven Atlassian-wide strategy & program to reduce customer churn *Defined customer segments organized by churn risk (e.g, size, est. churn)*Developed custom churn mitigation approaches by segment (e.g, white glove, low touch)*Developed end-to-end customer engagement processes (e.g, email & call cadence) Unified Women\'s Health Care – Exec. team *With the full exec. team, developed a 4-year strategic roadmap across UWHC *Identified, organized, sized, assessed, & prioritized 21 growth initiatives (e.g, M&A, physician recruiting, VBC) & 19 enablers (e.g, tech)*Developed actionable op. plans with clear initiative owners (RASCI), KPIs (1-5), and resource needs (next 6 months, next 12 months)*Developed clinic-level investment plans for initiatives inc. labs, mammography, & VBC *Helped UWHC achieve a transaction valuation of ~$1.6B ~9 months post-project Modivcare - Exec. team Cost Reduction Strategy *Identified & defined 30 initiatives to reduce costs (e.g, BPO, real estate, IVR) & grow rev.(e.g, new segments)*Sized, assessed, & prioritized the set of initiatives *Saw successful capture of $50M+ EBITDA impact (Mar-Dec ‘22) Performance Mgmt. Support *Identified owners, OKRs, & milestones to increase accountability & accelerate progress for 18 initiatives *Developed a best-practice governance model (e.g, meeting cadence & agendas) to help surface issues, maintain cross-functional alignment, and track performance *Developed dashboards to track & communicate initiative goal progress *Helped initiative owners regularly update & present dashboards (i.e, progress) to the broader team Lyft – Portfolio of Initiatives Implementation for Operations Strategy team * Worked directly with Lyft\'s Head of Operations Strategy to design & implement a customized initiatives systems portfolio *Created template initiative dashboard (excel tracker), charter, end-to-end process (\"consideration\" to \"scale\"), and roadmap

Education

• Stanford University

  Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Mathematics

  2005 — 2009

• Stanford University

  MS, Management Science & Engineering

  2009 — 2010

• Rockhurst High School

  High School Degree, Mathematics, History and English

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Analytics
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Start-Ups
• Entrepreneurship
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Organizational Design
• Organizational Development
• Business Strategy
• Financial Modeling
• Management
• Economics
• Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Data Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Program Management
• Leadership