About Us
Our Mission: To serve as strategy partners who advise leaders, catalyze innovation, and mobilize the community.
Our History
Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting (GTSC) has been serving Georgia Tech since the 1990s. Over the years, we have matured from being reactive to more predictive. Major milestones include:
- From 1996 to 2013, two groups served the organization. The Office of Organizational Development (OD) focused on helping unit leaders make targeted improvements focused on driving unit level continuous improvement, and the enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO) focused on technology adoption.
- In 2013, the two groups were combined and renamed Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting (GTSC). The group was given a new charge to bring all the services together and focus on strategy development as a foundation for organizational improvement.
- In 2019, with the arrival of a new President, GTSC was moved from the Administration and Finance Division to the Office of the President so that the group could have a broader impact. The first assignment provided by the new President was to lead the creation of a new institute-wide strategic plan. Since then, the team has been operating primarily at the enterprise level to set and pursue strategic priorities.
- In 2024 we sharpened our mission to reflect our primary role as trusted advisors and refined our services to six reinforcing competency areas.
Our Experience
Our complementary experiences, knowledge, perspectives, and skills are the strength behind our success. We have a wide range of backgrounds including:
- More than 175 years of cumulative higher education experience!
- Work experience from 8 different external consulting firms, including the Big 4.
- Proven leadership in 5 major industries beyond higher education include educational technology, financial technology, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and nonprofits.
- Team members have transferred into GTSC from other Georgia Tech units including Student Life, Business Services, Sponsored Programs, Interdisciplinary Research Units, and Academic Affairs.
- We share thought leadership at regional, national, and international conferences such as the network for Change and continuous Improvement and the Association of Internal Management Consultants.
- Our work has been published in the Journal of Higher Education Leadership and Management, Behavioral Sciences, and the textbook Managing Innovation in Higher Education.
Our Education and Training
Our team members have earned:
- Doctorate degrees in: Human and Organizational Systems; English, Rhetoric & Composition; Strategic Leadership with Strategic Foresight; Higher Education Leadership; Higher Education Leadership & Organizational Development; and Communication Studies.
- Master’s degree concentrations in: Business Administration (4); Public Administration (2); Public Communications; Strategic Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Global Business; Marketing; Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics; Instructional Technologies; Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy; Human Development.
- Certifications in: ProSci Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, Project Management Professional, New Product Development, DiSC Facilitation, Clifton Strengths Coaching, William Bridges Organizational Transitions, Mediation, and Scrum Master.
Awards Earned
GTSC has been awarded honors for our outstanding practices as an internal consulting group and team members been recognized by external entities for their exceptional contributions and leadership. Recent recognitions include:
- 2025 Maury Cotter Leader of Change Award (individual)
- 2024 Staff Award, Excellence (individual)
- 2024 Partnering Award, Association of Internal Management Consultants (team)
- 2023 Excellence in Consulting Award, Association of Internal Management Consultants (team)
- 2023 Staff Award, Leadership in Action (individual)
- 2023 Gold and White, 2024 Atlanta 40 under 40 and Georgia Trend (individual)
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