Kathy Iversen

With more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Iversen has a measurable track record of driving business growth, leading transformations to new business concepts, identifying major profit opportunities, delivering value and leading effective execution. Adept at enabling change, new business development, process design, organizational transformation and profit improvement, she serves clients across diverse industries, including retail, consumer products and business services.
Previously, Dr. Iversen co-led A&M’s cross-business unit Retail team, addressing profit improvement and growth issues facing organizations. She also served clients as an interim COO and transformation officer.
Dr. Iversen is a hands-on leader, with the goal of building and inspiring high-performance teams to achieve extraordinary results. Her specializations include operational management, operational processes, interim COO, merger integration, product design and development, production management, global sourcing, SG&A cost reduction, synergy realization, business innovation, organizational effectiveness, leadership development and training and development.
Dr. Iversen earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Penn State University and a PhD in urban and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.