Ross Goralnick, CEO
Prior to founding Lumeric, Ross Goralnick established and ran the New York office of AMR International, a firm specializing in commercial due diligence. Over the course of his four-year tenure with the firm, he oversaw the delivery of 70+ projects, of which 90% were in Lumeric’s targeted areas of industry expertise. In this capacity, he had extensive experience supporting industry and private equity executives in making critical business decisions and in facilitating conversations with management committees, co-investors and lenders. Prior to AMR, Ross held various strategic planning and general management roles in industry. He holds MBA and MEM degrees from the Kellogg and McCormick schools at Northwestern University. For further information on Ross, please see his bio on Linked In.
United States
Jon GILBERT, Consultant
Jon Gilbert has extensive senior management and consulting experience in the chemicals, electronics and transportation industries. Over the course of his 23 year career, he has been in charge of sales & operations planning at BOC/Edwards Electronic Gases, a producer of specialty gases and chemicals used in electronics manufacturer, Director of Operations at MF Electronics, an electronic components manufacturer and VP of Distribution for NuCO2, a national carbon dioxide distributor. Jon has particular expertise in identifying strategic opportunities for business improvement, benchmarking and value/supply chain optimization. He holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business and New York University and a BS from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.
Olga Cantarella, Consultant
Olga Cantarella has extensive senior executive and M&A advisory experience in the B2B new media, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors. She has served as CEO of LiveLOOK, a B2B online help and web conferencing firm, COO of SafeScript, an online pharmacy, and as Vice President at Allen & Co., a media and entertainment investment bank, where she provided strategic advisory, conducted due diligence on private equity investments, and oversaw the execution of M&A transactions. Olga has particular expertise in identifying and assessing new business opportunities, improving the performance of struggling businesses, M&A transaction negotiations and M&A due diligence. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an MS in Telecommunications from University of Colorado.
Laura Siner, Consultant
Laura Siner has over 20 years of strategic planning and strategic marketing consulting experience in the health care, pharmaceutical, financial services, and media sectors, specializing in market analysis and customer research. She holds an MBA from Columbia University with concentrations in Marketing and Management and a BA cum laude from Yale University.
Europe
Lucinda Nicholson, Senior Manager
Prior to working with Lumeric, Lucinda spent four years in management consulting with AMR International’s London office. In this capacity she ran over 25 strategy review, commercial due diligence and market analysis projects, most covering multiple European and international locations. Her areas of sector expertise include B2B media, construction and industrial products. She also has considerable operational experience having built up a French customer base for a South African steel manufacturer before AMR. Lucinda is a native of the UK and is fluent in French. She has a degree in Classics and Modern Languages from the University of Oxford.
