Rachel Berkey

Leveraging strategy consulting and entrepreneurial experience to provide strategic insights and advice to start-ups and non-profits with a focus on the parenting/family space as well as retail/ecommerce.

Inspired Design meets Quality Craftsmanship. Thimble Collection is entirely handcrafted in the USA by mothers working from home. Our mission is to empower parents so that they don't have to choose between providing for their family financially and being there for them physically. Thimble Collection is available online at thimblecollection.com and in person at trendsetting boutique children's retailers.

Built high-impact strategies and implementation plans across healthcare and retail organizations. - Diagnostics regulatory strategy for global health foundation based on in-depth timeline analysis and interviews with diagnostics manufacturers, African regulators, procurers, and quality assurance experts to identify pain points and develop system improvements - Salesforce effectiveness opportunity assessment and value capture for global pharmaceutical firm, including development of training materials and financial model to identify, capture, and quantify salesforce improvement opportunities - Category strategy and profitability improvement for US specialty retailer, including creation of dynamic financial model and negotiation strategy for private label opportunity in $4B category

Developed growth and profit improvement strategies for technology and healthcare organizations. - New product opportunity evaluation for B2B information service provider based on market gaps and key internal competencies - Emerging markets operating model update for global pharmaceutical firm undergoing merger, including identification of internal gaps and best practices as well as responsibilities and dependencies for key processes in medical organization - Profitability improvement across healthcare categories for US retail pharmacy chain, including development of category- and supplier-level P&Ls and negotiation strategies - Advertising sales growth strategy for US cable provider based on pro-forma financials to analyze revenue and cost impact of new marketing initiatives and customer segmentation built on 80+ customer interviews