GM of Management Consulting

35 Years of Experience

Previously At

Connect With Michael Now

MessageSend a Message

This is Michael’s personal WhatsApp number so please be respectful.

Management Consulting/

Operations Consulting/

Performance Improvement Consulting

Performance Improvement Consulting – Increase Efficiency and Maximize Productivity

Maximize outcomes and reduce costs with Toptal’s Performance Improvement Consulting. We provide tailored solutions to help businesses streamline workflows, implement Lean management practices, and empower leadership teams to drive long-term success.

Get a Free Consultation Now

Clients Served

25,000+

Vetted Professionals

20,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

64,000+

Industries Served

300+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal Performance Improvement Consulting Services

Enhance your organization’s performance with targeted strategies that boost operational efficiency, reduce costs, and foster sustainable growth. Our performance improvement consultants provide actionable solutions for lasting impact.

Operational Optimization

Fine-tune operations to increase productivity and reduce waste, boosting profitability and scalability.

Business Process Reengineering

Revamp processes to support efficiency and flexibility, delivering measurable business performance gains.

Cost Reduction Analysis

Identify cost-saving opportunities without sacrificing quality, driving profitability and business growth.

Organizational Effectiveness

Reimagine organizational structures to facilitate better collaboration, decision-making, and overall performance.

Financial Restructuring

Redefine financial strategies to improve cash flow, profitability, and long-term financial health.

Change Management

Guide your team through transformations smoothly, ensuring seamless adoption of new processes and strategies.

Workflow and Resource Refinement

Maximize resource allocation and streamline workflows for faster delivery and reduced operational costs.

Risk Management Strategy

Develop proactive risk management plans to safeguard your business and maintain operational stability.

Continuous Improvement Programs

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on long-term efficiency and operational excellence.

Lean Management

Adopt Lean management practices to reduce waste, streamline processes, and enhance organizational agility.

Performance Monitoring and Insight

Establish a thorough performance framework to monitor, evaluate, and improve key business functions.

Training and Mentorship Programs

Develop tailored training initiatives and mentorship strategies to empower your workforce, enhance skills, and foster leadership growth across all levels of your organization.

Discover the right performance improvement consulting service for your needs

Get a Free Consultation Now

PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Performance Improvement Consulting Services

Our performance improvement consulting team, with experience at leading companies, will work with you to develop and deploy tailored solutions that meet your business needs and unique industry demands, providing you with sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

Define

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether your goal is workflow efficiency or business transformation.

Deploy

Get a Free Consultation Now

Michael Valocchi

GM of Management Consulting

Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years of experience 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.

Previously At

CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Performance Improvement Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading performance improvement services 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.

Managed Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

Managed Delivery by Toptal

End-to-end project delivery per your specific requirements.

GM of Management Consulting

Delivery Manager

Performance Improvement Consultant

Operations Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Business Operations Consultant

Strategy and Growth Consultant

Performance Improvement 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.

Previously at

Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

Previously Managed Client

Experience

9+ Years

Francesco Castellano

Verified Expert in Finance

16+ Years

of Experience

Performance Improvement Consultant

Francesco has 16+ years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

Previously at

Barbara Close

Verified Expert in Finance

36+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for 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 multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

Previously at

Gustavo Pinto Guimaraes

Verified Expert in Finance

14+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

Gustavo is an expert in management consulting with extensive experience working with digital native tech companies and retail, energy, and telecom corporations. He combines strong analytical, abstract thinking and problem-solving skills with a remarkable capacity to connect strategic, product, and commercial perspectives.

Previously at

Michael Ang

Verified Expert in Finance

28+ Years

of Experience

Business Operations Consultant

An MIT MBA graduate, Michael served large corporations at Bain and helped build new businesses at firms backed by top-tier VCs (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. His work has led to the discovery of multimillion-dollar business optimization opportunities and contributed to a client’s multi-fold revenue increase.

Previously at

Peer Hackman

Verified Expert in Finance

31+ Years

of Experience

Strategy and Growth Consultant

Peer is a strategy and growth consultant with 31+ years of experience. He has worked with leading corporations, private equity firms, and top-tier consulting firms, such as McKinsey, PwC, and Capgemini, across strategy, growth, GTM, 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

Rajeev Rao

Verified Expert in Finance

17+ Years

of Experience

Performance Improvement Consultant

Rajeev is a strategy and operations consultant with 17+ years of experience delivering value-enhancement projects across industries for Fortune 500 companies. He drives profitability and cost-saving initiatives by transforming supply chain ecosystems. He specializes in supply chain and operations improvement, M&A day-1 readiness, and post-merger synergy capture and integration. Rajeev is also an expert in data analytics, modeling and visualization, and program management.

Previously at

On-demand Talent and Teams

20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Performance Improvement Consultant

Business Process Improvement Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Business Strategy Consultant

Performance Improvement Consultant

Digital Transformation Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Strategy and Operations Consultant

Growth Strategy Consultant

Verified Expert in Finance

13+ Years

of Experience

Performance Improvement Consultant

Fabian is a Stanford MBA with 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, AB 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

Business Process Improvement Consultant

Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients' business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has over 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

13+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

David is a seasoned professional with over a decade-long record of helping clients deliver exceptional results, including advising Facebook's initial public offering (IPO) and acquisitions of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus. His background includes working at McKinsey & Company as their consumer and retail practices lead and now as a strategy lead at the largest food company in North America. David joined Toptal to continue advising clients to solve some of the most challenging problems.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

30+ Years

of Experience

Business Strategy Consultant

Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with over 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 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

11+ Years

of Experience

Performance Improvement 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 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

Verified Expert in Project Management

27+ Years

of Experience

Digital Transformation Consultant

Mihai is a seasoned program and project manager and transformation consultant with extensive experience in digital transformation, process optimization, automation, software development, and technology integration. He strategically navigates change and manages senior relationships within tier 1 banks, global blue-chip companies, and startups. He restructures troubled projects, solves problems, and devises operating models and Agile methodologies, fostering collaboration and long-term success.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

12+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

As a project and finance leader, Dominique has led and executed multibillion-dollar M&A transactions and business transformations for global Fortune 500 companies in various industries while working at Deloitte & Touché, Accenture, and now as an independent financial consultant. She is a distinguished entrepreneur and freelancer who enjoys advising clients on solving complex problems. Dominique also excels at seamlessly transforming matrixed organizations through organic and inorganic growth.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

14+ Years

of Experience

Strategy and Operations Consultant

Reid partners with executives to quickly uncover new value by transforming their operating models and organizations. In his decade of experience at two of the largest international consulting firms, he has worked with CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs on operating model and organizational assessments, organizational redesigns, shared services transitions, and digital transformations. Reid has helped executives identify more than $350 million in cost savings and more than $600 million in revenue uplift.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

10+ Years

of Experience

Growth Strategy Consultant

Arvind is a consultant with more than 10 years of experience, including at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY across the Middle East, America, India, and Europe. He has delivered 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.

Previously at

Get a Free Consultation Now Explore Managed Delivery

Discover the right performance improvement consulting service for your needs

UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

https://www.toptal.com/finance/business-management-consultants

WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Experience the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal enables operational excellence in a Fortune 50 CPG company’s first successful D2C launch.

Challenge: A global Fortune 50 CPG firm had tried and failed to establish a successful D2C model. Its previous attempts had proved too costly and did not resonate with customers. To move forward, it needed a comprehensive approach that would address everything from supply chain inefficiencies to customer engagement.

Outcome: Toptal’s team uncovered the intricate interdependencies of launching a cost-effective and scalable D2C strategy. By resolving supply chain bottlenecks, improving fulfillment integration, and fine-tuning inventory management, the team built a robust framework tailored to the client’s needs.

Impact: With Toptal’s support, the client successfully launched its first D2C model, gaining a competitive edge in a crowded market. It significantly reduced operational costs, improved its use of customer data for precise market segmentation, and set the foundation for ongoing savings and efficiency improvements across its portfolio.

OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Explore Insights From the Operations Field

Read the latest articles and resources to keep you current on emerging trends in operational efficiency, process optimization, business performance, and more.

Making Change Stick: How to Get Change Management Right

Change management is critical to project success. Studies report that about three-quarters of change efforts flop if they are not managed well. This guide to change management for project managers will help you get it right.

Alan David Walker

Verified Expert in Project Management

30 Years of Experience

Alan is a project manager and consultant who specializes in digital transformation for the insurance sector. He has advised CEOs and other C-suite executives at large international insurers and consultancies on change management, strategy, and implementation. Previous positions include vice president at Hitachi Consulting and partner roles at Unisys and EY.

Expertise

Program Management Scrum Project Management

Previously at