RSM McGladrey Strategy and Operations Consulting Services provides business consulting services including financial advisory, risk management, IT consulting, strategy and business planning, operational improvement, and program and project management. As the fifth largest accounting firm in the US, they have over 10,000 professionals across 120 offices who can help clients improve efficiency, ROI, growth, and reduce risks. Their approach involves assessing clients' needs, aligning capabilities and resources to solve business problems, and ensuring results and accountability.

1. Introducing – RSM McGladrey Strategy and Operations Consulting Services

3. Serve more than 100,000 clients worldwideSelectMidwestClients

4. RSM Selected Consulting Capabilities 3 Financial Advisory Services Risk Management IT Consulting Strategy & Business Planning Operational Improvement Financial Mgmt Improvement Profitability Improvement Procurement Improvement Enterprise PMO Development Professional Resources Fraud Forensics & Valuation Compensation & Search Risk Assessment Quality Assurance Review SOX Compliance PCI Compliance Special projects Outsourcing / Co-sourcing IT Risk Management Business Continuity Planning Network Assessment Network Outsourcing Business Intelligence Data Warehousing ERP, CRM Implementation SharePoint Customization Systems Integration Telephony & Data Cost Mgmt 3 3 3 3

5. RSM Strategy and Operations Consulting, High-Level Overview 4 Project Execution Partnership Opportunities Define Gaps and Barriers Align Capabilities & Resources Improve Client Results Professional Resources and Services Typically Our Clients Project Focus Areas Efficiency ROI Customer satisfaction Managed growth Business is prepared for the future Succession/ transition clarity Improved employee morale Reduced corporate risk Alignment of the top team Are growth-oriented and fast-paced Are experiencing significant change in their business or industry Have planning concerns Are experiencing resource capacity issues Are in need of accelerating results Have project prioritization issues Need an objective assessment and recommendations to support decisions Need to improve resource allocation Need to improve profitability Need outside resources to lead risk-inherent, cross-functional projects with competing stakeholder needs Flat or declining profitability Need to better understand product costing and the activities that drive costing models High costs/ no standardization Low or no operational integration or centers of excellence Unfavorable project outcomes (missed timelines and expectations) Inefficient processes (timeliness or outcomes) Lack of resources to deploy key initiatives or maintain operations AND run projects Lack of meaningful management reports, financial, operations, customer, human capital Slow or declining growth, at the product, division, or company level Areas of risk exposure in supply chain or with specific vendor or products Lack of clarity and prioritization by the leadership team Business Analysis Process Improvement Program and Project Management

7. Translate your strategies into plans

8. Develop strategic performance measures to help you understand how you are performing to your plan

9. Build or assess detailed operational plans

10. Lead and provide resources to execute projects

11. Help you identify implementation risks

12. Perform detailed financial analysis allowing you to make data-driven decisions, and improve profitability

13. Facilitate strategic reviews and learning processesAdopted from Kaplan and Norton Planning Model Harvard Business School

14. Aligning to help you solve business problems 6 RSM Strategy and Operations Consulting provides you with professional resources that: expand your capacity, add specialty skills, reduce implementation risks,and deliver results. Our Resource Strengths: Process Improvement Business Analysis Program and Project Management

15. Assessment based approach 7 Whether we are working on a large program implementation, a financial analysis project, or are helping you improve project results for your business, RSM wants to work with you to understand your priorities and develop a roadmap to achieve your goals.

17. End-to-End Accountability: The work is not done once the projects are complete. We will be there after implementation with support and accountability to prove that the results promised are the results delivered.

18. “Real World” Practitioners: We’ve done this before in the real world, not just as consultants, and understand the complexities of delivering results across diverse organizations. The opportunities identified will be realistic and achievable; we will not over promise and under deliver.

19. Independent Perspective: Our consultants have no agenda, offer objective reasoning based on cross-industry lessons learned and have a willingness to address difficult situations.

20. Project Management:We have PMP-certified professionals, leveraging a proven methodology for successful program and project management.

21. Change Management:We proactively recognize and tackle change management issues, and have extensive experience leading successful transformation projects.

22. Process Improvement:We have extensive knowledge across a wide variety of functional areas and utilize methodologies, tools and techniques that result in sustained, value-added improvements.

23. Financial Management: We understand how profit improvement programs impact the financials of a company, and can leverage this knowledge to produce significant financial benefits for your business.Process Improvement | Business Analysis | Program and Project Management

24. Identify pain points -Are you experiencing any of these issues: 9 Process Improvement | Business Analysis | Program and Project Management

25. 10 Questions and Answers To Learn More, please contact: Eddie E. Ellis, Practice Leader Strategy & Operations Consulting Des Moines | Iowa 515.281.9394 (direct line) 515.554.4727 (mobile) eddie.ellis@rsmi.com