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:EXPERIENCED Management Consulting
:Interim Management

Broad generalist with depth in Aerospace, Airlines, Airports, Travel and Transportation

 
 

Services

STRATEGY

  • Benchmarking

  • Business plan development

  • Business plan validation

  • Carve-out assessment and planning

  • Distribution strategy

  • Due diligence

  • Expert witness support

  • Market assessments

  • Market entry strategy

  • Industry analysis

  • Network strategy

  • Organization effectiveness, design and transformation

  • Revenue enhancement

  • Strategic audit/review

OPERATIONS

  • Operational planning

  • Operations control centers (design, effectiveness, performance management)

  • Reliability improvement

  • Pre-/post-merger integration support

  • Process re-design (including order-to-cash)

  • Procurement (strategic sourcing, process transformation, procure-to-pay)

  • Productivity improvement

  • Profitability improvement

  • Restructuring

  • SG&A reduction

  • Supply chain design

  • Supply chain risk mitigation

  • Supply planning

DATA ANALYSIS & MODELING

  • Financial analysis/financial modeling

  • Operations modeling

  • Data visualization

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  • PMO mechanisms and reporting

  • Communications and change management

 

DEPTH IN AVIATION, AEROSPACE, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

AEROSPACE

  • New aircraft programs

  • Manufacturing

  • Suppliers / parts distributors

  • Air traffic management

AIRPORTS

  • Parking

  • Operations control

  • Cargo

AIRLINES

  • Business model assessment

  • Operations transformation

  • On-time performance improvement

  • Organization structure effectiveness

  • Operations control

  • Operations consolidation

  • Cargo

  • Disruption management

  • Loyalty

  • Network strategy

  • In-house and third-party fixed wing MRO

OTHER TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

  • Travel technology

  • CEP (courier, express and parcel)

  • Rail

  • 3PL

  • Ocean shipping

  • Customs brokerage

  • Rotary wing MRO

 

Pragmatic, objective and down-to-earth working style, focused on delivering actionable recommendations

Effective communications (logical writing and thinking based on the Pyramid Principle) and data-driven decision making

Proven relationship development skills, from C-level executives to the “shop floor”

Over 70 completed projects worldwide in multiple functional areas

Clients vary from the Fortune 50 to small startups

 

Sample of recent projects:

  • Conducted broad business restructuring assessment for an aircraft MRO; included improving back-office functions (billing and payroll processes), HR policies (vacation policies, employee payment process), and various core aircraft maintenance, planning and supply chain functions related to productivity (employee time clocking, automation adoption of non-routine event approvals, materials P&L accountabilities)

  • Supported assessment of strengths, weaknesses and profitability improvements opportunities of an airline as part of an investment due diligence during the COVID pandemic

  • Developed disruption management strategy for an airline; included proactive customer re-accommodation processes, broad operations control center improvements, and development of initiatives to improve on-time performance

  • Assessed viability of new airline ancillaries sales platform; included market/industry validation, client capabilities assessment and expected product P&L evolution

  • Evaluated overall organization structure and effectiveness for an airline; provided specific recommendations to change management structure for greater effectiveness and faster decision-making, with identified USD 5MM per year bottom line impact

 
 

About Gus (GUSTAVO) Freitag

I have had my own management consulting practice since late 2012 after over twelve years with A.T. Kearney and Oliver Wyman’s Aviation Practice, where I managed strategy, due diligence, restructuring/operations improvement and cost reduction projects primarily in the aviation, aerospace and surface transportation sectors. My projects to date have been based in 16 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and the South Pacific. I was a flight test engineer prior to management consulting, and am still an aviation geek at heart.

Travel and diverse cultures are my passions, with the goal of someday visiting all countries in the world – currently at 100 and counting. My alma maters are the University of Michigan (go blue!) and London Business School. Born in Brazil, I speak fluent English and Brazilian Portuguese, as well as business level Spanish and German. I am also learning French.

While the world is my playground, the Lake Tahoe area is now home. When not on the road, I enjoy my free time cycling, hiking, paddling, skiing, cooking, playing classical piano, and am most recently improving my photography skills - check out my photo blog.