Company
Applying decision science to improve business outcomes
Sagence Group is a management advisory firm which helps clients improve outcomes through rigorous data analysis and by tackling the technology challenges associated with acquiring, managing, and delivering information.
Capabilities range from strategic advisory and planning services to solution architecture and implementation:
- Strategic Planning: Creating better business outcomes by helping clients use information more effectively
- Delivering Solutions: Helping clients with pragmatic innovation that acknowledges business, technical, economic, and cultural constraints
- Applying Decision Science: Generating hypotheses, collecting data, analyzing, testing, and informing new decisions
Our multidisciplinary teams meld business strategy, technology, and analytics expertise on every engagement. The teams are guided by business leaders averaging 25 years of experience who combine objective (i.e., solution agnostic) thinking with an interdisciplinary perspective.
Management Team
Bruce Quade – CEO
Bruce Quade brings over 25 years of consulting experience to Sagence Group, with unique expertise in healthcare and telecommunications. Bruce began his career with nine years at Andersen Consulting, where he was a senior manager in the healthcare practice and practice leader in patient financial services. Bruce was also a principal in Booz Allen & Hamilton's Healthcare practice, working for both providers and payors, and assisted in the development of an innovative market strategy that integrated the strategy, technology, and operations capabilities of the healthcare practice. In 1994, Bruce became a founding partner for Diamond Technology Partners and was responsible for the North American practice with a focus on healthcare and telecommunications. During Bruce's 10-year career at Diamond, he was instrumental in growing the company from 27 employees to over 1200 employees worldwide. Bruce is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Advanced ICU Care (AICU).
Alan Matsumura – Senior Vice President
Alan Matsumura has more than 28 years of IT experience, with particular focus on enterprise architectures, databases, and data analysis. He has extensive experience designing technical architecture strategies for market-leading firms. Alan has architected, designed, and developed a large number of business intelligence systems and marketing databases and has worked in a wide variety of industries, including financial services, insurance, consumer products and services, retail, and healthcare. Alan was a founder of Diamond Technology Partners and a Partner in the Enterprise Practice and was previously a Senior Principal with Technology Solutions Company.
Kirk Siefkas – Senior Vice President
Kirk Siefkas brings Sagence Group a wealth of experience as a proven executive in advisory services and data analytics. He has a unique combination of consulting and industry experience including IT management, line business management, and business strategy. Kirk’s multidisciplinary background provides clients with valuable insight to uncover new opportunities and to create innovation and lasting change. Before joining Sagence Group, Kirk was CIO at Deere & Company and President of John Deere FoodOrigins. While at Deere, Kirk led a business transformation which culminated in the formation of John Deere Agri Services, Inc. Kirk was a founding partner of Diamond Technology Partners and was previously Vice President of Consumer Products at Technology Solutions Company.
CJ Cadwell – Vice President
CJ Cadwell has over 15 years of industry and consulting experience. The focus of his expertise includes enterprise architectures, enterprise application integration/service-oriented architectures, application architecture, and program and operations management. CJ’s industry knowledge includes retail, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. Before joining Sagence, CJ was CIO of a logistics firm that successfully launched a software-as-a-service strategic business unit.
Jace Frey – Vice President
Jace Frey brings 10 years of strategic Information Technology consulting experience to Sagence. While his core skills and passion center on information architecture and data management, Jace has a breadth of experience across enterprise architecture, ERP financial system implementation, software development, infrastructure rationalization, and IT operations management. He has experience in a number of industries, including travel & transportation and consumer packaged goods. Prior to joining Sagence, Jace was a principal at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants.
Larry Kolek – Vice President
Larry Kolek has almost 30 years of progressive experience in both consulting and corporate environments. He has extensive experience leading high-profile, business-driven IT initiatives for diverse industries, including financial services, insurance, healthcare, and telecommunications. Larry combines exceptional business experience and deep technical knowledge to ensure the client’s objectives are achieved. Prior to Sagence Group, Larry served as Vice President and Account Partner for eLoyalty, where he was responsible for some of the company’s largest accounts. He has designed and developed several large information management systems to allow companies to move to a customer-centric model and improve business performance.
Marisela Rosales Lawson – Vice President
Marisela Rosales Lawson brings over 15 years of consulting and IT experience to Sagence Group. The focus of her expertise includes customer relationship management and business intelligence implementations, technical architecture design and analysis, and project management for industry leaders in retail, food manufacturing, and banking. Before joining Sagence Group, Marisela served as Director of Business Intelligence for Forsythe Solutions Group, where she created an analytics practice and assisted the organization with internal implementations. Marisela was also a principal at Diamond Technology Partners and previously a senior consultant at Accenture.
Rajan Maskay – Vice President
Rajan Maskay has over 30 years of consulting and industry experience, focusing on the strategic use of information primarily for marketing and growth strategies. Rajan has a deep background in business analysis and marketing research for traditional and direct marketing. Rajan has significant experience in customer and prospect segmentation, data warehousing, data mining, and marketing database programs. Rajan has extensive retail exposure and expertise in project management, systems design, analytic methods, and research techniques.
Joy Masterson Weir – Vice President
Joy Masterson Weir has over 17 years of experience in the financial services, consulting and technology industries with deep and varied experience in both business and technology roles, Joy is skilled in bridging the gap between technology and business to deliver desired results. Prior to joining Sagence, Joy played leadership roles driving strategic change initiatives within sales, marketing and corporate level positions at MassMutual Financial Group. Joy was also a manager at Diamond Technology Partners where she led execution of transformational technology and data programs across a variety of industries including financial services, retail and hospitality. Joy holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Tom Mech – Vice President
Tom Mech has over 17 years of business and technology experience, with particular expertise in program management, marketing analysis, and operational and organizational analysis. He has significant experience in creating and implementing far-reaching initiatives, including new product/service launch, market entry, operational and process improvement, and restructuring. Tom’s industry knowledge includes telecommunications, transportation, insurance, financial services, and technology. Before joining Sagence Group, Tom was a principal at Diamond Technology Partners.
Careers
For information regarding career opportunities, please contact us at info@sagencegroup.com.