Consultant

Robert R. D. Nickels

Robert R. D. Nickels is the founder and a principal of Consulting Alliance member Strategy Partners Group and has more than twenty years experience in the design and delivery of Strategy Formulation and Strategy Implementation services. In addition, he has structured and led the execution of a number of large-scale organizational change initiatives (such as Complexity Reduction and Process Re-Engineering). Finally, he has held product development and staff development responsibilities within these disciplines.

Prior to founding SPG, Mr. Nickels was a Senior Consultant with Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. for twelve years. Before joining Kepner-Tregoe, he was Director of worldwide Ferrous Metals consulting at Chase Econometrics. Previously, he was Director of Market and Economic Analysis at Carpenter Technology Corporation, and Assistant to the Director of Marketing at USM Corporation. He also has served as an instructor in Business Policy at Albright College, Reading, PA.

Mr. Nickels has written extensively on the demand outlook for a variety of industrial products, both in the USA and worldwide. His forthcoming book, Charting A Strategic Course in Turbulent Times, is expected to be published soon.

Mr. Nickels holds a B.A. in political science from Northwestern University and an MBA in marketing and finance from Harvard Business School. His postgraduate studies have focused on econometric methods, scenario construction, and on the diagnosis of organizational systems.

Contact: rrdnickels-at-strategypartners.net
Direct Phone: +1 570.424.7870

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