Industries

Semiconductor

Growing capital costs and fierce competition characterize the semiconductor industry. Add to that the extraordinary and growing complexity, and there are challenges indeed.

Our team brings wide experience to this sector:

  • Chip design and design management
  • Marketing and sales
  • General management
  • Captive and fabless operational experience
  • Global manufacturing
  • System-level design
  • Analog, digital and mixed signal.

Software

Modern software systems are expensive to develop, complex to test, and a constant challenge to support. Yet software is often perceived as a low value, easily commoditized offering. Building software architectures and roadmaps that can sustain a business with differentiated value over time is very hard to do.

Our experience in software includes:

  • Software architecture
  • Roadmap and product planning
  • Product launch and customer ramp-up
  • Operational management of software teams
  • Crisis management
  • Global marketing and sales.

Telecommunications

Wireless and wireline communications are the backbone of the modern world. Increasingly the developing world is moving to wireless as the foundation of its telephone system. New wireless standards are both proliferating and expanding in scope and performance as our wireless networks move from 3G to 4G. The volume of data is constantly rising. These challenges mean that participation in the telecommunications market is a high-stakes game, with few big winners.

Our focus in telecommunications includes:

  • Global outsourcing and partnering
  • Venture financing and startup support
  • Strategy and business planning
  • Technical evaluation and pre-M&A services.

Design

Commercial furniture and product design are key to our well-being at work and at home. But with a challenging financial environment, buyers are increasingly conservative. Developing and sustaining a value proposition for well-designed, ergonomic furniture and products has never been more important, or more difficult. Despite a wealth of research, buyers are tempted to opt for low-cost solutions that ultimately lead to higher operational and healthcare costs.

Our expertise in this field includes:

  • Product launch and market optimization
  • Channel strategy
  • Positioning and segmentation
  • Practical design knowhow.