Mr. Holt partners with client leadership to drive enterprise-wide transformation and operational performance improvements. Most recently, he led a $450 million operational optimization and cost take out transformation for a global life sciences company, focusing on customer pricing, market penetration, product delivery and G&A support. Previously, Mr. Holt led a transformation for a distributed commercial services company to improve EBITDA from 10% to 20%, focusing on market pricing, sales methods, product/service mix and operational delivery.   

Mr. Holt’s other notable engagements include leading the transformation of a $1.2 billion global industrial services company to lay the foundation for over $120 million in EBITDA improvement. He oversaw the transformation’s cost optimization initiatives, including organization/segment consolidation, SG&A reductions, leveraged procurement spend, and standardizing operational processes. He also led revenue initiatives to optimize the sales organization, standardize pricing, and create playbooks focused on improving cross-sell amongst teams. 

Additionally, Mr. Holt has partnered with clients to lead integration management offices (IMO) for complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs/standups and greenfield company standups. He brings extensive experience in leading business strategy execution and program and change management. 

Mr. Holt has published several articles, including “Failure Points: Where BPM Projects Tend to Falter” in Business Finance Magazine, “Better Succession Planning Starts with Knowing Your CEO,” “Failing Your Way to Success,” “What the Museum of Failure Teaches Us About Success” and “What CEOs Can Learn From Disney's Proxy Fight With Activist Investor Nelson Peltz.”

Mr. Holt earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Texas A&M University.