Client Successes

Following are just a few of the examples of how GrowthWave has made a difference for its clients:

Expedia

Role: Interim Senior IT Director

Problem: Expedia had a gap in IT leadership for its five strategic IT teams (Strategic Planning/Portfolio Management, Project Management, IT Communications, Commodies Management and Process Management). Needing an experienced IT leader to step in to lead and assess these teams, Expedia turned to GrowthWave for help.

Client Impact: GrowthWave's consultant effectively managed the teams, assessed their effectiveness, and provided recommendations for each team and associated team members. Expedia accepted and implemented all of GrowthWave's recommendations, helping the client plan and execute an IT reorganization.

Sur La Table

Role: Interim CIO

Impact: When the CEO and CFO of Sur La Table needed new IT leadership, they turned to GrowthWave for help. Sur La Table is a privately-held, multi-channel retailer of gourmet cookware and utensils, with 70+ stores nationwide, a catalog and e-commerce site.

Sur La Table experienced first-hand the value of a GrowthWave Interim CIO:

Effective Leadership & Management – Immediately and effectively took on management of the IT organization, freeing executives to stay focused on other business challenges.
Transparency – Sur La Table executives were given an unbiased assessment of the current state of IT, including critical risks, issues and opportunities.
Strategic Planning – GrowthWave’s CIO helped plan and contribute to business strategic planning.
Improvement – Project Management, IT skills and business-IT alignment were all improved during GrowthWave’s CIO leadership.
CIO Selection – GrowthWave’s CIO played an integral role in helping Sur La Table select the right permanent CIO.

Univar USA

Role: Strategic IT Planning

Impact: When Univar USA, a $3B chemical distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, WA, needed guidance for implementing a PMO (Project Management Office) and for reorganizing IT, they turned to GrowthWave.

PMO Implementation Planning – GrowthWave interviewed key business and IT resources and built a detailed project plan for implementing a customized PMO.
IT Re-organization Planning – Univar USA needed an approach to creating a new IT organizational structure that allowed IT to be better aligned with the goals and objectives of the business; GrowthWave leveraged its proprietary organizational design approach and guided the CIO and IT Directors in creating a new structure that proved to be more strategically aligned with the business.