MBA Student Teams

for Consulting Projects

QUICKLY AND COST EFFECTIVELY TACKLE YOUR
CHALLENGING BUSINESS PROBLEMS TODAY

Start today on projects that you have limited resources to push forward
Generate valuable insights from Hult’s well trained and diverse student body
Get actionable results and recommendations in six to eight weeks
A Proven Approach
TO GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED

EXPERIENCED IXL/HULT FACULTY ADVISORS

ROLE: Brings deep experience and tested frameworks to address
your key issues
BACKGROUND: Has strong management consulting backgrounds from
top-tier firms like Arthur D. Little, Booz Allen Hamilton, the Monitor
Group and others

DISCIPLINED IXL PROJECT LEADER

ROLE: Provides day-to-day project management to ensure high
quality results in a timely fashion
BACKGROUND: Trained and certified in consulting methods and
innovation excellence

ENERGETIC HULT MBA STUDENTS

ROLE: Performs rigorous research and analysis to extract insights
and make recommendations
BACKGROUND: Highly motivated students have five to seven years of
pre-MBA work experience with an average age of 30 years

TYPES OF PROJECTS PROJECT TIMELINE

Our teams have addressed a range of challenges in the Student research projects typically last between 4–8
past including: weeks and are designed to work around the student’s
course schedule.
• Competitive Analysis (e.g. Five Forces)
• Market Segmentations and Customer Research DELIVERY
• Strategy Development All materials developed from the research including
• Benchmarking and Due Diligence the final presentation and findings are turned over to
• Technology Assessments the client.
• Innovation
Meetings can be done physically at the Hult campus or
• New Growth Ideas
virtually through IXL Center’s online web conferencing
service.
The IXL Center and all project team members can sign
a non-disclosure agreement before joining the project.

PRICING
Typical projects are between $15K–$20K depending on
the scope, time and resources required. Please contact
us for more details.
 USE STUDENT PROJECTS TO SEE POTENTIAL RECRUITS IN
ACTION AND ASSESS THEIR ABILITIES, SKILLS AND
PERSONALITIES IN GREATER DEPTH

SELECTED RECENT PROJECTS

STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING ECONOMIC

GROWTH IN NORTHERN ITALY

CLIENT ISSUE

How can an innovation park

in Northern Italy rapidly
develop micro-SMEs into export oriented
high-growth businesses? “ The project was well structured, the
recommendations well developed, and the team
OUR APPROACH was flexible to my changing needs.”
• Review and assess the innovation plans of the local and DIRECTOR, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT, INNOVATION PARK
regional governments
• Analyze the current capabilities and resources of the
major public and private sector stakeholders
• Benchmark other highly successful innovative regions
“ Exceeded my expectations and gave me
confidence to present my recommendations to
around the world
the board.”
OUTCOME MANAGING DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER
• Identified the key requirements to support micro-SMEs
and the best options for investment
• Recommendations were the basis for a new regional
innovation plan

IDENTIFYING NEW COATING

TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE NEW OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN BIOTECH

CLIENT ISSUE
CLIENT ISSUE

Which emerging coating Is there an opportunity to

technologies and customer applications will improve the quality and consistency of
drive breakthrough growth in consumer research antibodies?
electronics? OUR APPROACH

OUR APPROACH • Conduct interviews with biomedical research experts

• Study both consumer and technology trends that drive
consumer electronics
• Devise a framework and method to make the best
choices on where the company should play in and which
options to invest in for the future
OUTCOME
• Identified a range of opportunity areas where the
company should watch, assess and invest in
• Presented findings to the business unit head of the
client organization
• Aggregate data from more than 100 antibodies suppliers
OUTCOME
• The volume and growth of waste due to inconsistent
antibodies was determined
• Results were used as input for the client to get further
funding from investors
• A new business venture was established based on the
results of the study
 HULT/IXL CENTER FACULTY ADVISORS AND PROJECT LEADERS
For each project, we will match faculty and project leaders with the right set of skills and experience for your
challenge. Several example bios are provided below. For more information, please visit www.ixl-center.com

FACULTY
DR. HITENDRA PATEL HULT PROFESSOR OF INNOVATION AND GROWTH; MANAGING DIRECTOR, IXL CENTER
At IXL Center, Hitendra works with firms and their executives to develop their innovation
and business strategies. He was previously a senior leader at Arthur D. Little and the
Monitor Group. At Hult, Hitendra teaches innovation and growth courses and is the
global director of the school’s action learning capstone.

TYLER MCNALLY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND PARTNER

Tyler works closely with IXL Center’s clients to deliver innovation management capabilities
building programs for executives and teams. Prior to IXL Center, Tyler was a project
leader with the Monitor Group working primarily with public and private sector clients
on a range of issues related to national economic development, innovation management,
corporate strategy and investment, finance and market entry strategy. He graduated
from the Honors Program at Boston College with a B.A. in Economics.

PROJECT LEADERS
ENRIQUE SHADAH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Enrique works on building long-term relationships with organizations interested in
building sustained innovation capabilities. He has focused his career on innovation,
business plan development and entrepreneurship, starting two companies and advising
founders in six venture exits. Enrique earned an MBA, Magna Cum Laude, from Babson
College in Wellesley, MA and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidad Simon
Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela.

JODY CORNISH SENIOR MANAGER

Jody is responsible for project integration, advisory and client management with a focus
on innovation leadership and executive education. Prior to IXL, Jody was an Associate
Principle for The Trium Group, a strategy execution consultancy and helped to build
the leadership and org. development practice at the Monitor Group. Jody is a certified
executive coach with a B.A. in International Politics, an M.A. in Social Psychology and has
completed additional graduate work in adult education at Harvard University.

IXL Center provides education, training, coaching and advisory services to build the innovation capabilities of individuals,
teams and organizations. IXL Center helps clients achieve bigger, bolder, better results more quickly and cost effectively
though blended learning and action learning programs, its Innovation Management Certification (IMC) program, workshops,
consulting, and collaborative research projects. Please visit www.ixl-center.com for more information.

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