David Bernal

Overview

Formerly a strategy consultant for Booz Allen and current Northwestern Adjunct Faculty, Mr. Bernal brings to the table more than 20 years of experience in corporate growth strategy articulation and deployment, market and competitive insights, strategic pricing, performance improvement, and project management with leading multinationals in the US & Canada, Latin America, and Europe. Entrepreneurial and a self-starter, Mr. Bernal has a passion for leading and driving critical value-creation initiatives working collaboratively with client’s top management teams. He is a bilingual English/Spanish speaker.

David has written for the BTG blog about innovation.

Expertise

• Growth strategy
• Planning & implementation
• Market research
• Competitive insights
• Innovation
• Marketing & sales
• New products and ventures

Experience

• Managing Partner, Growth Decisions
• Adjunct Faculty – Northwestern University, “Managing Global Teams”
• Manager, Global Business Innovation – Eastman
• Business Associate – Booz Allen and Hamilton
• Head of Marketing, R&D and Product Development – Granahorrar Bank (BBVA)
• Manager, Commodities – British Steel

Education

• MBA, Kellogg School of Management
• MA (Finance and Marketing), Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota
• BS (Industrial Engineering), Pontifical Xaverian University, Bogota