Andy is the Executive and Team Performance Practice Leader, overseeing the C-Suite and Executive services with BTS. Andy works with senior leaders and their teams to engage, influence, align, and inspire their organizations. Through advisory relationships and facilitation, Andy helps leaders and teams develop insights and acquire skills to create alignment for business performance. He brings a particular focus on how to increase trust and engagement through strategic communications and effective individual and group interactions. Prior to joining Bates, a BTS Company, Andy was the Chief Innovation Officer with Interaction Associates where he led the firm’s development of products and next generation services. He has held senior leadership positions in Human Resources and Leadership and Organizational Development with Bank of America, Genuity, Fidelity Investments, and Arthur D. Little. Andy earned his MBA at Columbia University where he was the Goldman Sachs Fellowship recipient. Industry expertise: Andy has coached and consulted to executives and teams in a wide range of organizations, including Dow, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, Takeda, Biogen, Shire, State Street, BlueCross BlueShield, Corning, Comcast, GE, Kronos, Disney, Adobe, Verizon, TJX, Aldo, and Tory Burch.