Top Consultant with RJ Lumba

In this episode, we speak with Cindi Bassford, Cyber Security Leader at Impact Advisors. Cindi works with healthcare organizations to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses and improve their ability to respond to threats. Her work focuses on protecting sensitive information while helping hospitals and other healthcare providers maintain continuity of patient care during security incidents.

Before joining Impact Advisors, Cindi was a partner and Cyber Security Leader at Guidehouse, where she advised clients across multiple industries. She previously served as a managing director at both Guidehouse and PwC. After years of working across different sectors, she joined Impact Advisors to concentrate on healthcare cybersecurity, with a particular emphasis on patient safety and organizational resilience.

Cindi was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Cybersecurity Consultants and Leaders in both 2025 and 2026.

Impact Advisors is a healthcare management consulting firm that helps organizations improve performance through technology and operational consulting, with expertise in healthcare IT implementation and cybersecurity.

Cindi supports Health Sector Coordinating Council. To learn more about this organization click here.

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In this episode, we speak with Joseph Esteves, Chief Executive Officer of Maine Pointe. Joseph leads the firm's efforts to help companies improve operational performance, with a particular focus on supply chain efficiency and profitability. He has spent more than 17 years advising private equity firms and corporate executives on complex operational challenges, including major turnaround and value creation initiatives.

Joseph joined Maine Pointe in 2013 as an analyst and worked his way through the firm's consulting ranks, eventually leading its private equity practice before becoming CEO in 2024. Since taking the helm, he has overseen Maine Pointe's return to independent ownership and introduced a greater emphasis on AI, including changes to how the firm conducts analysis and delivers results for clients.

Joseph was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Consulting Firm CEOs in both 2024 and 2025.

Maine Pointe is a global supply chain and operations consulting firm that works with businesses and private equity investors to improve financial performance through hands-on operational improvements.

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In this episode, we speak with Landis Rossi, Vice President and National Child Support and Child Welfare Practice Lead at CSG Government Solutions. Landis oversees engagements supporting state agencies with technology and program modernization, with work spanning implementation planning, project management, organizational change management, quality assurance, and independent verification and validation.

Landis brings more than 20 years of experience across child support, child welfare, and other human services programs. She began her career working directly with families in child support before moving into leadership roles in the nonprofit and public sectors. Since joining CSG, she has helped state agencies across the country modernize technology and business processes while also taking on increasing leadership responsibilities within the firm.

Landis was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Government Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

CSG Government Solutions is a management consulting firm focused exclusively on state government, supporting agencies with IT modernization and other complex program initiatives.

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In this episode, we speak with Nate Heeren, Senior Managing Director and National Private Equity Leader at Riveron. Nate leads the firm’s private equity strategy, working with sponsors and portfolio companies across the M&A lifecycle. His work includes financial due diligence, carve-outs, interim financial management, operational accounting, and value creation initiatives.

Nate brings nearly 20 years of experience in private equity and transaction advisory. Since joining Riveron in 2014, he has played a significant role in the firm’s growth, including establishing its Denver and New York markets and expanding relationships across the private equity landscape. Earlier in his career, he worked at FTI Consulting and Ernst & Young.

Nate was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top Private Equity Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

Riveron is a business advisory firm providing finance, accounting, technology, and transaction services, with capabilities spanning the office of the CFO and the M&A lifecycle.

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In this episode, we speak with Marc Reinhardt, Public Sector Global Industry Leader at Capgemini. Marc leads the firm’s public sector activities worldwide, working with government organizations across public administration, defense, security, healthcare, and social insurance. His work spans strategy, digital transformation, AI, cloud, data, and the modernization of public services.

Marc has spent nearly two decades at Capgemini, previously leading its public sector and healthcare business in Germany and serving in several other regional and industry leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he led Capgemini Consulting’s biotechnology and life sciences businesses and worked as a managing consultant at Ernst & Young High Growth Consulting. He also serves as President of Initiative D21, a German nonprofit focused on advancing digitalization in society.

Marc was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top Government Consultants and Leaders in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation company providing services across strategy, technology, engineering, AI, cloud, and data.

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In this episode, we speak with Lui Damasceno, Global Managing Partner of Brooks International. Lui has led the firm since 1999, overseeing client engagements focused on execution excellence, operating model transformation, and business performance improvement. He works closely with CEOs to help organizations improve profitability, strengthen execution, and deliver measurable operational results.

Lui joined Brooks International in 1984 as an apprentice consultant under founder Robert Lull. Over more than four decades with the firm, he has led engagements across North America and Europe spanning supply chain, logistics, sales force effectiveness, post-merger integration, asset utilization, and profitability improvement. In 1999, he led the successful effort to return Brooks International to private ownership and has since overseen the firm's global growth.

Brooks International is a management consulting firm specializing in execution excellence, helping organizations accelerate strategic initiatives and improve operational and financial performance. The firm was recognized by The Consulting Report among the Top Consulting Firms of 2026.

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In this episode, we speak with Pete Brown, Global Workforce Leader at PwC. Pete advises boards and executive teams on the workforce implications of AI, helping organizations redesign work, accelerate skills development, and navigate large-scale transformation. He also leads PwC’s global Hopes & Fears survey and co-authors the AI Jobs Barometer, two widely cited studies examining how technology is reshaping jobs, skills, productivity, and workforce trust.

Pete has more than two decades of experience across workforce strategy, leadership, organizational transformation, and human capital consulting. Before joining PwC, he was a partner at Accenture and previously served as an officer in the Royal Air Force. Throughout his career, he has worked with organizations around the world to help leaders build capability, improve performance, and prepare their workforces for change.

Pete has been recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Human Capital Consultants and Leaders for four consecutive years.

PwC is a global professional services network operating in 149 countries with more than 370,000 people across assurance, tax, consulting, and deals services.

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In this episode, we speak with Arun Shastri, Principal at ZS and a global leader in the firm’s AI practice. Arun advises clients on AI, customer experience, sales effectiveness, and digital transformation across industries including technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and travel.

Arun has worked with AI for much of his career, including research tied to his Ph.D. in decision sciences from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. At ZS, he has helped lead AI implementations and guide the development of AI-powered products for B2B and B2C clients. He is also a co-author of The Harvard Business Review Sales Management Handbook and teaches executive education at Kellogg on digital transformation and AI applications in sales.

Arun was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm with more than 15,000 employees across 40-plus offices worldwide, helping organizations use data, science, technology, and strategy to improve business outcomes.

Arun supports Teach for America and Teach for India.

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In this episode, we speak with Micah Alpern, Senior Managing Director at Teneo. Micah is part of the firm’s People Advisory team, where he advises organizations and executives on culture, leadership, and talent strategy, particularly in the context of transformation and transactions.

Micah brings nearly two decades of experience guiding Fortune 500 companies and private equity-backed businesses through complex organizational change. Before joining Teneo, he was a partner at EY, where he built a Culture and Leadership offering, and previously held leadership roles at Kearney and Booz & Company. His work focuses on leadership development, team effectiveness, and aligning culture with business strategy to improve performance.

Micah was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Human Capital Consultants and Leaders of 2023 and 2025.

Teneo is a global advisory firm that works with CEOs and senior leaders across strategy, communications, financial advisory, risk, and organizational design to help solve complex business challenges.

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In this episode, we speak with Sumeet Gupta, Senior Managing Director and Leader of AI and Digital Transformation at FTI Consulting. Sumeet leads the firm’s AI and Digital Transformation practice, advising companies and investors on business model change, operating model redesign, and value creation through AI.

Sumeet began his career as an AI researcher, studying deep learning neural networks at IIT and later conducting research with MIT and the National Center for Biological Sciences. He brings more than 20 years of experience helping companies apply AI, data, and emerging technologies across sectors including retail, healthcare, financial services, technology, and industrials. Before joining FTI Consulting, he was an Executive Partner at Publicis Sapient and previously co-founded a high-performance computing startup.

Sumeet was recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Digital Transformation Consultants and Leaders of 2024 and 2026, and one of the Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

FTI Consulting is a global advisory firm that helps organizations navigate transformation, performance challenges, and high-stakes business situations across more than 30 countries and territories.

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