The Need for a PE Focused Analytics Firm
Over the past 25 years, our leadership team has worked extensively with Private Equity firms. Our work focused on a variety of analytic projects including, acquisition-based due diligence, as well as, a number of analytic projects for portfolio companies. We found that PE Firms support their portfolio companies in terms of legal, IT and HR. However, very few PE firms support their portfolio companies in terms of analytics and growth on a systematic basis.
Our experience and discussions with numerous PE Firms indicates a need for sustained analytic support that helps the portfolio companies grow and increase valuation. This also helps them compete more effectively in the marketplace against competitors who are often much larger than them. We therefore work on an extended basis with our clients via an analytics Center of Excellence.
How We Engage with Our Clients
We work with clients on an ongoing basis, becoming an extension of their analytic teams and senior management. Our wholehearted focus is on leveraging the analytics to drive business success and growth.
Define
- Understanding business needs and defining analytics
- Before:
Tactical needs determined by the portfolio company and communicated to the vendor - With NorthLight Analytic Partners:
Collaboration between the Analytics COE and portfolio companies to understand the broad business context and define the analytics that will answer these questions
Analyze and
Recommend
- Executing the analytics and developing key learnings and action steps
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Ad hoc analytic projects conducted by an external vendor as a one-off project. Recommendations based upon the analytics - With NorthLight Analytic Partners:
Analysis using the state-of-the-art techniques powered by AI and Machine Learning and comparison to prior results/trends Recommendations tempered by an understanding of the business context and historical performance of the company
Implement
- Implementing the results and recommendations
- Before:
Vendor not involved with implementation - With NorthLight Analytic Partners:
The Analytics COE an integral partner in guiding implementation and tracking results and benefits obtained.
Our Team
Our Founder and CEO is Sharat Mathur. Sharat has an extensive background in advanced analytics combined with the management expertise in running large organizations. In the course, of his 25+ years in industry, Sharat has built and managed large analytical organizations, developed several new methodologies, products and breakthrough solutions, as well as helped organizations implement them. Most recently, he was an EVP at IRI where he helped some of the world’s top companies drive growth. Prior to IRI, Sharat was with Booz Allen Hamilton and Archstone Consulting, where he worked with clients across a range of industries. Sharat has a Ph.D. in Marketing Science and has taught and spoken at many leading universities.
The team at NorthLight Analytic Partners consists of highly qualified analysts with advanced degrees, located both onshore and offshore. Our analysts have advanced degrees in marketing analysts, software development, product management and data science. They have experience in working across organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Team bios and references are available upon request.
