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GM of Management Consulting
35 Years of Experience
Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He is also a guest lecturer at Columbia and Baruch universities.
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Unlock your business’s full potential with Toptal’s Growth Strategy Consulting. Our growth strategy consultants provide actionable insights, strategic growth plans, and innovative solutions to drive sustainable success and maximize ROI.
Business Growth Strategy
Develop actionable growth strategies to capitalize on market opportunities, expand market share, and drive revenue growth.
Sales Process Optimization
Optimize sales processes to increase efficiency, boost conversions, and facilitate revenue growth.
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Conduct in-depth market research to identify key trends and opportunities for growth, and to guide strategic decision making.
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Implement digital solutions to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and drive growth.
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Enhance operational efficiency to streamline processes, reduce costs, and position your business for growth.
Growth Hacking
Leverage innovative and experimental tactics to accelerate your business growth and maximize conversion rates.
Customer Segmentation
Segment your customer base to target the most profitable and promising segments effectively.
Competitive Analysis
Gain insights into your competitive landscape to develop strategies that enhance your market position and facilitate growth.
Growth Marketing Strategy
Craft and execute data-driven growth marketing strategies that elevate brand presence and drive customer acquisition.
Product Development Strategy
Develop innovative products aligned with market demands, ensuring your offerings meet customer needs and drive sales.
Go-to-Market Strategy
Design effective go-to-market strategies to successfully launch and scale products.
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Improve customer experience through targeted strategies, driving loyalty, retention, and long-term success.
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Michael Valocchi 
GM of Management Consulting
GM of Management ConsultingMichael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He has focused his career on building consulting practices and advising clients on business, financial, and technology challenges, as well as leading business transformations for clients in a variety of industries.Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He is also a guest lecturer at Columbia and Baruch universities.
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Toptal delivers leading growth strategy consulting through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.
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Delivery Manager
Growth Strategy Consultant
Business Development Consultant
Growth Strategy Consultant
Strategy Consultant
Strategy and Operations Consultant
Growth Strategy Consultant
Michael Valocchi
GM of Management Consulting
Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He has focused his career on building consulting practices and advising clients on business, financial, and technology challenges, as well as leading business transformations for clients in a variety of industries.
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Experience
35+ Years
Lauren Beam
Delivery Manager
Lauren serves as Toptal’s Senior Director of Managed Delivery with a focus on driving high-impact innovation and implementing cutting-edge technologies across diverse client portfolios, from global startups to Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise in product strategy, program development, and performance optimization contributes to her success in crafting forward-thinking solutions that redefine success in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
10+ Years
Arvind Kumar
Verified Expert in Finance
10+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
Arvind is a consultant with more than 10 years of experience, including KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY across the Middle East, North America, India, and Europe. He has delivered more than 30 projects, including growth strategies and business plans; M&A and financial analyses; pitch decks; and go-to-market, branding, and digital strategies. Arvind has a demonstrated track record in planning and delivering complex transformations ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris.
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Akshay Sharma
Verified Expert in Finance
20+ Years
of Experience
Business Development Consultant
Akshay is an entrepreneur, executive, and management consultant focused on solving key business problems. As a technology strategy executive, he has worked with Fortune 500 organizations on data platforms, AI, machine learning, and launching data products. Akshay has a proven track record in bringing products to market and managing technical, operational, and financial risks.
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Michael Ang
Verified Expert in Finance
28+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
An MIT MBA graduate, Michael served large corporations at Bain & Company and helped build new businesses at firms backed by top-tier VCs, such as Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield, SoftBank. He’s led pricing work at a Silicon Valley firm acquired for $185 million and joined Toptal to work on challenging business problems. Michael’s work has led to the discovery of multimillion-dollar business optimization opportunities and contributed to a client’s multi-fold revenue increase.
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Barbara Close
Verified Expert in Finance
36+ Years
of Experience
Strategy Consultant
As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for more than 36 years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multidimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, Barbara’s work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. She is a mechanical engineer and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
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Ruyi Jiang
Verified Expert in Finance
13+ Years
of Experience
Strategy and Operations Consultant
A Brown University graduate with an MBA from Emory University, Ruyi has more than 13 years of Tier 1 consulting experience across strategy, transformation, and M&A in Australia and the US. She has also developed a go-to-market strategy for Origin.
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Fabian Raum
Verified Expert in Finance
11+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
Fabian is a seasoned consultant who has been building growth strategies for SaaS, FMCG, and service companies, as well as for his own ventures, for more than 11 years. His fields of expertise include market research, financial analysis, omnichannel marketing, and outbound and inbound sales strategy. Fabian combines his full-stack programming skills with his entrepreneurial acumen to drive results as he enjoys helping businesses plan, analyze, and expand their operations.
Previously at
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Growth Strategy Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
11+ Years
of Experience
Strategy Consultant
Simone has more than 11 years of expertise in strategy consulting, private equity, VC-backed businesses, and entrepreneurship. As a freelancer, she has vast experience in strategic projects for VC- and PE-backed companies, fundraising, and supporting earlier-stage businesses. A strategic problem-solver, Simone enjoys providing structure to solve complex challenges. She quickly grasps the broader perspective, understands practical limitations, and executes for performance improvement.
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Verified Expert in Finance
27+ Years
of Experience
Business Strategy Consultant
A Wharton School MBA graduate, Carlo has led transactions on $10 billion worth of LBO and growth capital deals. He’s worked in investment banking, M&A (Deutsche Bank), management consulting (Bain & Company, Oliver Wyman), and corporate development (Lehman Brothers). Carlo leverages his skills in corporate finance, business strategy, and international business development to help companies scale and deliver value for their investors.
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Verified Expert in Finance
30+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with more than 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big Five management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Finance
33+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
Julio has diversified experience as a finance vice president for multinational companies based in the US and Latin America in the financing, pharmaceutical, luxury goods, and personal care sectors and distribution channels, such as retail, wholesale, and travel retail. His expertise includes financial planning and modeling, investment banking, commercial real estate, fundraising, business plan development, logistics, company valuation, and strategic and visionary leadership based on innovation and creativity.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Finance
18+ Years
of Experience
Business Strategy Consultant
John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital in CRH plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Finance
31+ Years
of Experience
Strategy Consultant
Peer is a strategy and growth consultant with more than 31 years of experience. He has worked with leading corporations, private equity firms, and top-tier consulting firms—such as McKinsey & Company, PwC, and Capgemini—across strategy, growth, go-to-market, opportunity and market potential assessment, change management, digital transformation, innovation management, and operational improvement. Peer advises clients in technology, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, and energy.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Design
29+ Years
of Experience
Market Research Expert
As a designer with more than 29 years of experience, Aaron has consistently created value and produced measurable results in UX and product design. He reduced costs by $70 million at Anthem.ai, increased adoption by 600% at Deloitte, and enhanced productivity at Caterpillar. Aaron tackles complex challenges by taking a holistic approach that involves collaborating with stakeholders, aligning design with business strategy, and effectively identifying user needs to enhance the overall customer experience.
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Verified Expert in Finance
13+ Years
of Experience
Business Strategy Consultant
Fabian is a Stanford University MBA with more than 13 years of experience in business strategy, business development, and leadership. He led two healthtech startups and closed deals with leading pharma companies; built a business development unit at AeroFarms that partnered with Fortune 500 companies, such as Cargill, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Roche; saved Intel $400 million in its run rate through an out-of-the-box solution; and raised money from prominent VCs.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Finance
26+ Years
of Experience
Growth Strategy Consultant
Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients’ business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has more than 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 500 companies like The Kroger Co., Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.
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Toptal consultant unlocks 250% revenue growth for UK-based edtech company with breakthrough go-to-market strategy.
Challenge: Expanding into international markets unlocks new opportunities—and just as many challenges. Although a UK-based edtech company had successfully launched its day care administration platform in certain markets, the brand struggled to find footing in the Americas.
Impact: Toptal’s strategy consulting services enabled the company to expand throughout the Americas, unlocking 250% revenue growth within a year. The company now operates in more than 1,000 global facilities, with Latin America now representing the client’s largest market by revenue.
Anuar [Toptal’s strategy consultant] was instrumental in our growth as a company. His robust analysis gave us the insight and confidence we needed to successfully launch in the Americas, leading to significant customer and revenue growth.
CEO
Edtech Company
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