Strategic Cost Reduction

Any category, any industry, any challenge; we deliver results.

Ready. Aim. Fire.

Our mission and reason for existing is simple; to improve our client’s bottom line. We look strategically across your organization to identify savings opportunities then develop a plan to achieve them that aligns with your objectives.

Our projects are targeted and deliver hard-dollar savings across all areas of operations to quickly, and meaningfully, impact EBITDA.

We customize each engagement to our client’s needs and are flexible in the size and scope of our projects. We welcome the opportunity to learn about your financial objectives, operational challenges and long-term goals and will develop a tailored solution guaranteed to achieve results in rapid fashion.

Our expense reduction work includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Opportunity assessments

• Strategic sourcing of supplies and services

• Enterprise-wide implementations

• Operational and process improvement

• Business strategy

• Competitive bids and incumbent vendor contract negotiations

• Personalized advisory services

Experience.

We are honored to have collaborated with some of the brightest minds in the business, each institution unique with its own challenges and objectives. We bring insight from these learnings to help our clients succeed and to challenge what is possible. Together.

Industries.

Sample Spend Categories.

About Us.

We Get It.

We are committed to making your job easier. We’ll work with your ideas, provide a few of our own and help you realize savings using our practical, time-tested methodology and creative approach.

We’re Hungry.

We excel at implementing aggressive yet attainable solutions that redefine value and challenge the traditional approach. You provide us with the opportunity and we’ll supply the insight, passion and perspective essential for reducing costs and improving margins. Let us show you what we can do.

We’re Skilled.

In order to serve your customers effectively you need to operate efficiently. We possess the credentials and executional excellence needed to help you achieve your financial and operational objectives. Our holistic vision and dynamic delivery uses data and industry leading practices to tackle initiatives that are unique to your business, industry and goals.

We’re Different.

We are a mission-driven organization with a reputation fueled by our personalized service and practical recommendations that are designed to exceed expectations. We can seamlessly integrate into your existing decision making structures to minimize disruption and maximize savings. Let us show you the difference.

Leadership.

Lonnie Yates, Managing Partner

Lonnie has over 15 years of experience in financial and operational performance improvement. He thrives by challenging the status quo and helping clients implement enterprise-wide savings initiatives. His industry experience is diverse and includes healthcare, manufacturing, automotive and financial services.

He received baccalaureate high honors from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters in Health Systems Management (MHA) from Rush University in Chicago.

On the weekend you will find him tackling his home improvement list or hiking, camping and exploring the Oregon wilderness.

Patricia Quadros, Partner

Patricia has over 10 years of healthcare leadership experience spanning critical care, emergency medicine, surgical services, oncology, ambulatory care and clinical trials research. She is known for making clinically focused and practical recommendations that reduce costs, maximize safety and improve health outcomes. She is a genuine patient advocate and nurse superhero.

She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon and Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN, RN) from DePaul University in Chicago.

In her free time she enjoys creative arts, getting lost in nature and spending time with family and friends.