Devon Browne

devon browne

Managing Partner & Founder at Parham Advisors, LLC

United States

Bio Summary

A former Kearney Principal, Devon Browne is the founder and Managing Partner at Parham Advisors, LLC. A Wharton MBA with over 30 years of experience in business consulting and corporate leadership, Devon has the perspective of a seasoned professional in multiple markets including, technology, financial services, transportation, food and beverage, new ventures, and emerging mobility. In his current practice, Devon focuses on growth strategies, innovation & product development, mobility, strategic partnerships, and operations improvement.

Prior to starting his own firm, Devon was a successful management consultant for eight years and he gained significant corporate leadership experience at Coca-Cola and Hertz where he had a meaningful impact driving growth through new products and breakthrough strategies. Devon leverages a comprehensive strategic analysis, data driven insights, and a technology-enabled approach to develop business solutions. He has consistently demonstrated his competency in creating differentiated innovation and business models. Devon takes pride in a collaborative style focused on listening well, communicating effectively, pragmatism, and authenticity. This is to ensure that his work contributes to value-creating impact on his clients’ bottom-line. 

Employment History

Parham Advisors

Managing Partner & Founder

Parham Advisors

2019 - present

Naples, FL, USA

At Parham Advisors, we collaborate with our clients to enable impactful results. We take pride in carefully understanding the client’s issue, identifying internal and external data and insights to create solutions, and craf ...see more
Hertz

Mobility Strategic Partnerships and Innovation

Hertz

2014 - 2018

Estero, FL, USA

Tenure Highlights: • Negotiated and implemented broad base strategic partnerships with two leading ride hailing companies that generated new business with over $350M in revenue in two years • Pursued and won new busines ...see more
The Coca-Cola Company

Innovation Program Lead

The Coca-Cola Company

2012 - 2014

Atlanta, GA, USA

Tenure Highlights: • Created a new beverage dispenser platform from concept to commercialization based on advanced Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensing technology to enable penetration of the low volume restaurant segment • L ...see more
The Coca-Cola Company

Portfolio Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Group Director

The Coca-Cola Company

2006 - 2012

Atlanta, GA, USA

Tenure Highlights: • Achieved year over year profit growth by developing annual strategies with the brand managers and the corporate strategy team for the Water, Tea and Coffee Category Business Unit • Crafted new sti ...see more
Kearney

Principal

Kearney

1998 - June 2006

Alexandria, VA, USA

I successfully led consulting and client teams to deliver impactful results, creating incremental value by as much as 30% and over $100M, by demonstrating winning leadership across a broad range of industries and functions ra ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:
For a $9B+ global water management company, I led a GTM strategy initiative for an entry into the water dispensing segment. My approach included comprehensive analysis of the dispensing segment including competitors, growth, customers, and profit pools. Based on detail assessment of customer needs, I outlined a range of product specifications to capture optimal share upon entry. I assessed internal strengths of the client such as branding, sales, operations, customer service and distribution to recommend improvement needs and strengths. I crafted a set of winning strategies for focused and rapid market penetration supported by an aligned portfolio of products, optimize sales organization and distribution plans.

Industry: Industrial Goods

Topic(s): Go-to-Market Strategy, New Product Development, Market Research, Competitive Analysis

Project Description:
For a $10B Packaged Foods company, I led the development of an R&D portfolio resource optimization tool to enable better visibility, understanding and decision making for resource allocation / effort alignment to project the innovation pipeline value creation. We assessed resource time commitments, ability to forecast based upon historical data, and needed level of increased visibility regarding resource allocation and capacity collision. We created a 12-month forecasting data-driven tool to compare and analyze resource utilization, project value, complexity, and constraint to allow for proactive intervention and re-prioritization within R&D. Our analytical tool assisted with value maximization across the portfolio. Our work delivered a data-driven portfolio analysis tool to inform management decisions on maximizing value and balancing R&D efforts and enabled more proactive decision making to prioritize efforts against the highest value and highest complexity projects.

Industry: Food and Beverage

Topic(s): Innovation Strategy, Portfolio Strategy, New Product Development, Resource Management, Value Creation

Project Description:
A leading P&C insurance company was interested in entering an adjacent insurance market for travel insurance. I was brought in to lead ideation and feasibility. I conducted extensive market research to understand the dynamics of the travel insurance market including characteristics of the leaders and requirements for success in addition to identifying the core customer needs. I developed insightful recommendations for the core product that would deliver a differentiated value proposition. Based on the industry structure, I recommended GTM strategies that would create a competitive advantage over existing incumbents for attractive sub-segments of customers.

Industry: Insurance

Topic(s): Strategic Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategy, Market Research, Market Analysis, Innovation

Certificates

Certified Product Manager - Association of International Product Marketing & Management

Education

MBA

Wharton School Of Business

1998

Language Skills

Country Experience

United States Canada France Germany Japan India

Skills

Business

Growth Strategies,

Strategic Partnership,

Product Management,

Innovation Management,

Business Operations,

Strategic Planning,

Business Process Improvement,

Strategy Execution,

KPIs,

Dashboard Development,

Business Planning

Human Resources

Global Mobility Programs

Sales

New Business Development

Marketing and Public Relations

Market Research

Finance

Financial Analysis

Industry Experience

Consumer Products

Retail, Wholesale and Distribution

Financial Services

Travel & Tourism

Hotels & Hospitality

Technology

Transportation & Logistics