Mike Cooke — Executive Vice President of Business Innovation Services at Forsythe Technology

Mr. Mike Cooke has been Executive Vice President of Business Innovation Services at Forsythe Technology, Inc. since May 11, 2017. Mr. Cooke has more than 25 years of industry and general management consulting experience helping clients with business and digital strategy, new operating models and IT strategy to support extensive, large-scale corporate transformations and restructurings driven by broad industry forces and competitive pressures. He has worked with global organizations in all major industries, including aerospace & defense, automotive, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare & life sciences, industrial products, media and the public sector. Before joining Forsythe, he led the IT transformation service offering at Strategy &, a member of the PwC network of firms (formerly Booz & Company). Mr. Cooke was a Partner of PwC Strategy& LLC (now Booz & Company) in Chicago. He helped client companies drive substantial change through the development and implementation of new operating models to increase efficiency and effectiveness; the development of cost benchmarking studies to identify areas of opportunity; and the development of IT strategies to support strategic corporate objectives. Prior to joining Booz, Mr. Cooke worked as a business development manager at EDS and a product development consultant at A.T, Kearney. Mr. Cooke began his career as an engineering systems engineer for EDS, where he provided interior and electrical integration engineering assistance to a big three automaker. Mr. Cooke has authored more than two dozen articles for publications including Financial Times, Harvard Business Review Supply Chain Strategy, strategy+business and CSO and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian. Mr. Cooke earned Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan ' Stephen M. Ross School of Business.