Blair is a Managing Director with CFGI, providing Strategic Finance & Analytics services to clients across various industries. As a business and technology consulting leader, Blair is focused on understanding and enhancing business performance and returns through root-cause data analysis, M&A, and business profitability growth initiatives. Blair has expertise guiding clients through the M&A process including strategic rationale, highlighting investment risks, and driving value creation through excellence in execution and post-deal synergy realization. She is skilled in advanced data analytics, visualizations, identifying automation opportunities for process improvement, as well as manipulating large volume business data across various ETL tools. She delivers client value building and managing cross-functional teams leveraging business intelligence software.
Before joining CFGI, Blair was part of Grant Thornton and PwC’s Strategy and Transaction Services Consulting practices. She guided strategic discussions with C-suite, private equity, and banking executives to provide recommendations for financial, operational, and process performance improvements by creating insightful summaries of key metrics on the financial position and projected growth trajectories of target companies. She led deals for companies with revenue ranging from $10mm -$115Bn. Blair has been responsible for creating key performance dashboards including board management tools as well as the analysis of business acquisition synergies. She has led the national roll-out of internal strategic business intelligence initiatives including the integration of ETL tools and the related client interfaces.
Blair’s education and certifications include:
- MBA, Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- BS, Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – State of Pennsylvania
- Alteryx Designer Core Certified