Action-Based Learning Projects:
MAP & Consulting Studio
Metro-Detroit, MI
Metro-Detroit, MI
2024
Executive MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
Establish a Metro Detroit-based startup specializing in wine distribution, emphasizing wines that embody a strong sense of origin and community. Our vision is rooted in the places and people behind each bottle. Positioned strategically and supported by a robust logistics network, our goal is to emerge as a pivotal player in the wine distribution sector. With over 20 years of industry experience and ample resources to gather necessary information or guide further inquiries, our focus lies in securing rights to the world's most prestigious and historically significant wines. Once acquired, our commitment is to handle and distribute these wines with unparalleled care, setting a new standard in Michigan's distribution market.
Faculty Advisors
Dortmund
Dortmund
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Customer Experience Enhancements
Thyssenkrupp-nucera is an organization focused on developing green hydrogen using existing technology used in the Chlor-alkali business. Green hydrogen is the future and will be key in driving energy transition.
Goal of this team will be to develop a plan to increase sales by connecting with existing Chlor-alkali customers to conduct a detailed voice of the customer to understand key value attributes from these customers. These data will be used to define the service offerings for this business and any product attributes we learn from this exercise will enable to business to support the growth in the green hydrogen business.
The team will work closely with the strategy leader in US, CEO for the US business and will also interact with key leadership team in the corporate office in Dortmund, Germany.
Goal of this team will be to develop a plan to increase sales by connecting with existing Chlor-alkali customers to conduct a detailed voice of the customer to understand key value attributes from these customers. These data will be used to define the service offerings for this business and any product attributes we learn from this exercise will enable to business to support the growth in the green hydrogen business.
The team will work closely with the strategy leader in US, CEO for the US business and will also interact with key leadership team in the corporate office in Dortmund, Germany.
Faculty Advisors
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
2024
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
Evaluate the current state of EMS automation within the company, identify areas for improvement and optimization, and develop a strategic roadmap outlining phased implementation, noting key partners for implementation.
Faculty Advisors
Virtual
Virtual
2025
MM Consulting Studio
Go-To-Market Strategy
Create a plan to position a health and wellness site and apps to be ideal for a campus roll-out, including a specific plan for the U of M system, with a focus on quality assessment and improving the product offerings.
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San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
2024
Global MBA MAP
Market Analysis and Assessment
Conduct preliminary research and formulate a strategic entry plan on brokering warehouse automation opportunities utilizing Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and similar technologies in the logistics sector.
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Manila and Quezon City, Phillipines
Manila and Quezon City, Phillipines
2023
Online MBA
Market Analysis and Assessment
Identify two technologies for possible commercialization, provide market analysis for those technologies, create a roadmap for implementation, and document the process so that T.I.P. can use it with other technologies in the future.
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London, Exeter, and Stonehenge
London, Exeter, and Stonehenge
2025
Weekend MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
The ExecMAP team will create a strategic transformational plan for the University of Exeter that will align most of the 37 climate and sustainability units along with moving the Tipping Points program to the world stage. The University of Exeter has the best and highest number of climate scientists who are positioned to make a significant contribution to the world. This plan will create strategic alignment, positioning, and define the resources needed to help the university provide the best Net Zero solutions platform. Tipping Points program is the best thinking on how these can be achieved to benefit our planet!
Last year’s EMBA team worked on an environmental tech project and really enjoyed working with the leadership! Your team will learn all facets of environment tech, policy, and programming that is essential to any executive career.
Last year’s EMBA team worked on an environmental tech project and really enjoyed working with the leadership! Your team will learn all facets of environment tech, policy, and programming that is essential to any executive career.
Faculty Advisors
Monrovia
Monrovia
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
TRIBE is a five-year-old social enterprise in Liberia, focused on improving learning outcomes and building a novel an ecosystem that complements and enhances the existing educational opportunities for high school students. The goal is to help ensure these young people develop skills valued by potential employers and that, once employed, they become valued employees.
This proposal seeks to collaborate with the Michigan Ross team to develop a five-year strategic plan (framework) based on a careful analysis of TRIBE’s learning journey to date and its capabilities to bridge foundational learning gaps for in current high school education. The goal would be to revisit TRIBE’s unique value proposition for the Liberian school system, develop an action-based operational plan and use this work to attract increased financial and strategic resources to scale organizational operations. The TRIBE leadership plans to be deeply engaged with the students on the process as it is critical to long-term organizational success.
This proposal seeks to collaborate with the Michigan Ross team to develop a five-year strategic plan (framework) based on a careful analysis of TRIBE’s learning journey to date and its capabilities to bridge foundational learning gaps for in current high school education. The goal would be to revisit TRIBE’s unique value proposition for the Liberian school system, develop an action-based operational plan and use this work to attract increased financial and strategic resources to scale organizational operations. The TRIBE leadership plans to be deeply engaged with the students on the process as it is critical to long-term organizational success.
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