Gary Plaster

Gary A. Plaster is an accomplished author and consultant with over two decades of experience advising "C" level executives. He is a nationally recognized thought leader in the area of growth strategy and managing growth. Mr. Plaster is the co-author of the books, Beyond Six Sigma: Profitable Growth through Customer Value Creation and The Road to Success: How to Manage Growth (published by John Wiley & Sons). Mr. Plaster is a Principal with Capital H Group, a strategy firm focused on helping companies grow profitably (2007 Inc. 500 Company). Before joining Capital H Group, Mr. Plaster was a Partner with Grant Thornton LLP, a public accounting and management consulting firm. He served the firm in a variety of roles including as the National Managing Partner of the Enterprise Strategies practice and as the firm's Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Plaster also served as Chief Executive Officer of Winday.com, a Chicago-based technology start-up.

Mr. Plaster has worked with companies in the industrial products, automotive, paper and packaging, semi-conductor, computer, defense electronics, pharmaceutical, airline, financial services, architecture and engineering, software, and IT services industries. Mr. Plaster's clients have included: Lockheed Martin, SAP, Honeywell, Exxon Mobil, Federal Signal, USG, RR Donnelley, Ventas, NCR, Medtronic, IBM, Kellogg's, Eli Lilly, Michael Foods, Liberty Diversified Industries, Michigan State University, Braun Intertec, and Alliant Techsystems.

Mr. Plaster has a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin. He has been a requested speaker for many organizations including Columbia University Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business, the Business Marketing Association, the Professional Pricing Society, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, the American Institute of Architects and Medical Alley.

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