Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.

1. Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc. Helping leaders orchestrate business successes Colleen Burke, President Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.

2. Who Is Ascentrics? • Privately held management consulting firm founded to help companies improve business performance Houston • Texas-based…globallyfocused • Integrates five critical components: strategy, process & technology, people, organization structure, measurement • Focuses on implementing projects and organizational efforts in such a way that benefits are realized & sustained

3. Why Companies Call Us Ascentrics’ growth spurred by Fortune 100 companies’ facing issues such as: • Need for enterprise system implementation to deliver targeted value • Need to fully realize and sustain program / project benefits • Need to improve supply chain performance • Need for multiple functions to work together to improve decision quality and effectiveness • Repeated organization structure changes; organizational ineffectiveness • Need for “up-skilling” to improve organizational capability

4. 1. Strategy 2. Process & Technology 5. Measurement 4. People 3. Structure Framework Benefits: • Balanced System– views the organization/project as a system with five key components, and ensures all components are appropriately addressed for success • Scalable – adjustable for the size / complexity of the problem • Customized – tailored to address client’s specific situation • Acceleration Methodologies & Tools – framework supported by unique and proprietary techniques for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe Framework Ascentrics’ framework for aligning organizational components around strategy to create sustainable step-change improvement Sustainable step-change improvement

5. Driver-Result Mapping Organization Mindset Alignment** Start 1. IDENTIFY Key Organization Mindset Issues CUSTOMERS HUMAN RESOURCES 2. ASSESS Your Organization’s Present Mindset 5. ALIGN Processes to Support New Organization Mindset SUPPLIER & PARTNER OPERATIONS & PRODUCT/SERVICE QUALITY 3. BUILD on Your Organization’s Mindset’s Strengths FINANCIAL & MARKET Change Agent/ Org. Leadership 4. DEPLOY Your Organization’s Mindset Carriers INTERNAL OPERATIONS RESULTS OF ALL RESULTS Capability* Assessment Surplus Superior Parity Deficient Aligned Performance Gap Criticality Needed to Play Needed to Win Methodologies Each of our methodologies has a well defined process for achieving accelerated results Examples of three of our methodologies/tools *Organizations have capabilities, people have competencies. Examples of organization capabilities: a) ability to build to order, b) ability to quickly assimilate information, c) ability to deploy/re-deploy people **E.H. Schein, Organizational Capability and Leadership, Jossey-Bass

6. Services Our services address specific company issues, while applying proven methodologies to deliver accelerated results Framework Components

7. Why Ascentrics? Why Clients Choose Us • Proven Approach A proven performance improvement framework for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe • Strategy AND Implementation Focused Help clients ensure success from strategy through implementation, successfully transferring tools to internal staff for sustainable results • Seasoned and Specialized Consultants Provide skilled consultants with an average of 15+ years experience, plus a large network of consultants with specialized skills • Collaborative Approach Work closely with clients to create a solution that has the buy-in and the understanding of the organization • Value Our passion is quickly transferring ideas and techniques to companies, resulting in rapid achievement of substantial business benefits at a cost-effective price

8. For additional information, please contact: Colleen Burke President, Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc. 832-978-6514 Houston Office 713-665-6910 (phone/voicemail) 713-665-6937 (fax) State of Texas HUB

9. Helping leaders orchestrate business successes