Intelligent Automation

Drive Efficiency with AI, RPA and ML 
A thorough assessment of workforce automation opportunities followed by seamless integration of next-generation technology with agile development partners.

Enhanced Productivity
Deployed over 50,000 hours of automated tasks in VMware Worldwide Operations, reducing processes from 1-2 days to mere minutes. This strategic automation cut costs, improved precision, and freed employees to focus on high-impact work, driving greater value and innovation.

Strategic Planning

Create Common Goals
Outline corporate imperatives and translate them into clear OKRs, KPIs, and operational priorities. This alignment helps drive consistency across teams and ensures everyone is focused on achieving the company's strategic objectives.

Objectives Achieved
Led strategic planning for multiple corporate entities, aligning teams to shared goals. This coordination not only improved operational efficiency but also increased return on investment through streamlined processes and targeted initiatives.

Opportunity Assessment

Determine Growth Potential
Full analysis of market opportunity including market sizing, growth areas, company positioning, competitive assessment and customer research. ​Frequently part of due diligence for new investments.​

Analysis Confirms Value
Recently hired by a private equity group to evaluate digital growth opportunities. Current and projected Total Addressable Market (TAM) calculated to determine revenue opportunity and valuation.

Due Diligence

Research M&A Opportunities
Primary research conducted through interviews conducted with experts around the globe; results are synthesized and analyzed to determine market trends, customer satisfaction and likelihood of business results. All projects are either sourced through expert networks like GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) and AlphaSights, or include the option of expert calls as a part of the analysis.

Understand Drivers
Recently hired by a leading private equity firm to complete a voice of customer analysis for a software investment to determine key purchasing criteria, competitive landscape, product spend, directional growth in spend, and overall strengths and weaknesses of offerings.

Successful Outcomes

 "Sara Conte did excellent work pulling together our due diligence and market opportunity analysis in advance of the Apptio/Vista Equity Partners acquisition."
- Mat Ellis, CEO, Cloudability
 "I worked with Sara Conte as our GLG Project Lead with one of our private-equity clients. Sara's analysis led all of us to a better understanding of the market opportunity and potential revenue growth for the investment target."
- Kyle Hutton, Strategic Projects Manager, GLG 
  "Sara Conte was the Project Lead on our recent consulting engagement in the Digital Transaction Management industry. It was a challenging assignment that ended with fresh and solid insights on market size and potential business investment opportunities. Sara's deep experiences in market analysis and strategic investments were critical to this engagement's success."
- Robert Al-Jaar, PhD, Managing Partner, RAssociates
"Sara Conte has been a key member of the Tech Association of Oregon (TAO) Board for several years. She initially joined us as co-founder of a startup and then transitioned to work on strategic project with private equity groups and others. We value her smart and consistent contributions."
- Skip Newberry, President and CEO, Tech Association of Oregon

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