Founded in 1994 by Jed Simms, we draw on 25 years of innovation to provide leading professional services to help our clients accelerate the execution of their strategy and sustain results.
We focus on execution capability; often a gap between strategy formation and product development.
Accelerate revenue growth; the largest contributor to value creation.
New business models or creation of new products or services.
Effectiveness and efficiency of existing business and products/service delivery.
Industry research and client needs led to three generations of innovation – governance for optimal portfolio management and sponsor/owner support, delivery for execution of transformation programs often including core platforms, and digital for automation of operations or customer services.
Board Advisory
Executive and sponsor advisory
Portfolio prioritisation and value optimisation
Business case and program design
Vendor oversight
Program Management
Operating Model Design
Business Process Simplification
Organisational Change
Product development timing and sequencing
All our work is fast, fact-based and differentiated by our guiding principles
Desired customer or business outcomes are clearly defined to optimise the delivery of products and other outputs.
Developing execution capability leaves a sustained uplift in practices which is far more impactful than just increasing capacity or resource levels.
Enhanced business performance requires innovation and breaking away from conventional thinking since standards, by definition, offer no competitive advantage.
Outcome driven change programs that are governed to clear long-term plans but encourage and enable higher-cadence product delivery.
Our team leaders are distinguished by their repeated success through multiple organisations. Their teams are primarily composed of our clients’ staff and industry or technical specialists.
Matt is an accomplished CIO and transformational leader with over 25 years of experience in driving change to deliver top-line growth and maximise technology investment.
Known as an authentic and passionate leader who has built high-performing teams at Metricon Homes, ERGO, Toll Group, Australia Post, AMP, ANZ, Telstra, and BHP.
Matt’s executive management experience extends across business and technology functions, both internally and as a consultant, covering strategy development and alignment of business and technology teams to program execution and operational excellence.
Skilled in leadership and management of large business transformation programs, including establishing new business products and functions enabled by technology, Program Assurance, managing financial risk, and IT turnarounds.
Blue Ridge Partners helps clients drive profitable top-line growth, the most potent driver of long-term value creation. We serve public and private companies directly and through relationships with more than 130 leading private equity firms.
We work with a variety of specialists to complement and build our clients’ teams. We understand the importance of the right skills at the right time; to get it right the first time. These typically include industry or research parties, deep functional specialists, creative agencies, business software developers, and technology resource providers.