Since our founding in 1997, Taylor-Amarel has built a reputation for delivering exceptional strategic advisory services that transform challenges into opportunities and vision into reality. Our firm brings together world-class expertise across multiple disciplines to provide our clients with the insights, strategies, and implementation support necessary to thrive in an increasingly complex global environment.

What distinguishes Taylor-Amarel is not merely what we do, but how we do it—with unwavering commitment to intellectual rigor, ethical practice, and measurable client outcomes. Our approach combines sophisticated analytical methodologies with deep industry knowledge and creative problem-solving to deliver solutions that are both innovative and pragmatic.

Our Core Service Offerings

Strategic Business Consulting

Our strategic consulting practice helps organizations define their direction and develop the roadmaps necessary to achieve their objectives. We provide comprehensive services including:

• Strategic planning and corporate strategy development
• Market entry and expansion strategies
• Competitive positioning and advantage creation
• Strategic due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
• Business model innovation and transformation
• Organizational design and effectiveness
• Change management and implementation support

Each engagement begins with a thorough understanding of your unique challenges, objectives, and operating environment. We then apply our proprietary frameworks and analytical tools to develop strategies that are both ambitious and achievable, with clear implementation pathways.

Financial Advisory Services

Our financial advisory practice delivers sophisticated analysis and guidance to support critical business decisions and transactions. Our services include:

• Capital structure optimization
• Investment strategy and portfolio management
• Valuation services for transactions and reporting
• Financial modeling and scenario analysis
• Risk assessment and mitigation strategies
• Transaction support and post-merger integration
• Financial transformation and performance improvement

Our team combines deep technical expertise with practical business acumen to deliver financial insights that drive measurable results. We pride ourselves on translating complex financial concepts into actionable business strategies.

Digital Transformation

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, successful digital transformation requires more than just implementing new technologies. Our digital practice helps clients:

• Develop comprehensive digital strategies aligned with business objectives
• Identify and prioritize high-impact digital initiatives
• Design optimal technology architectures and platforms
• Implement data-driven decision-making capabilities
• Create seamless digital customer experiences
• Build organizational digital capabilities and culture
• Manage technology risk and ensure cybersecurity

We bridge the gap between technology and business, ensuring that digital investments deliver meaningful competitive advantage and measurable returns.

Operational Excellence

Our operations practice helps clients enhance performance across their value chain, from procurement through production to customer delivery. Our services include:

• End-to-end process optimization
• Supply chain design and management
• Operational cost reduction
• Quality management systems
• Performance measurement and analytics
• Productivity improvement
• Sustainable operations design

We combine lean methodology, advanced analytics, and deep industry expertise to help clients achieve step-change improvements in operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Our Distinctive Approach

The Taylor-Amarel Methodology

Our work is guided by a structured yet flexible methodology that ensures consistency of quality while allowing for customization to each client’s unique situation:

1. Comprehensive Diagnosis: We begin with thorough analysis and fact-based assessment, looking beyond symptoms to understand fundamental causes and opportunities.
2. Collaborative Solution Development: We work alongside your team to develop solutions that leverage both our external perspective and your organization’s internal knowledge.
3. Implementation Planning: We create detailed implementation roadmaps with clear milestones, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
4. Execution Support: We provide hands-on support through the implementation process, ensuring that strategies translate into tangible results.
5. Capability Building: We transfer knowledge and build your team’s capabilities throughout the engagement, ensuring sustainable impact beyond our involvement.
6. Impact Measurement: We establish clear metrics and track progress to ensure that our work delivers the expected value.

This methodology is supported by proprietary tools, frameworks, and databases developed over decades of client service across industries and geographies.

The Taylor-Amarel Difference

Several fundamental principles distinguish our approach:

Intellectual Rigor: Our work is grounded in fact-based analysis and critical thinking. We challenge assumptions, test hypotheses, and build recommendations on solid analytical foundations.

Client Partnership: We view ourselves as partners in your success rather than external advisors. This mindset drives deeper engagement, greater accountability, and ultimately better outcomes.

Pragmatic Innovation: We balance creative thinking with practical implementation. Our solutions are innovative but always grounded in what can realistically be achieved.

Integrated Expertise: We bring multidisciplinary teams to complex problems, drawing on expertise across strategy, finance, operations, technology, and organizational behavior.

Long-term Perspective: While delivering immediate impact, we design solutions with sustainable, long-term advantage in mind.

Our Team: Exceptional Talent and Leadership

Leadership Excellence

Taylor-Amarel is led by professionals with exceptional credentials and experience, combining academic excellence with practical business leadership:

Elizabeth Taylor, Managing Partner brings over 25 years of experience in strategy and operations, having previously held senior leadership positions at global corporations and served on multiple corporate boards. Her expertise in business transformation has been recognized through numerous industry awards and speaking engagements at prestigious forums including the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business School.

Michael Amarel, Senior Partner, Financial Advisory combines two decades of investment banking experience with academic distinction as a former professor of finance at Stanford University. His innovative work on capital structure optimization has been published in leading financial journals and implemented by Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Dr. Sarah Chen, Partner, Digital Transformation holds patents in artificial intelligence applications and previously led technology innovation at a leading Silicon Valley firm. Her unique combination of technical depth and business acumen enables clients to navigate complex digital transformations with confidence.

James Rodriguez, Partner, Operations Excellence brings expertise developed through leadership roles in manufacturing, supply chain management, and continuous improvement at global industrial leaders. His implementation of innovative operational approaches has delivered billions in documented cost savings.

Our Global Team

Beyond our leadership, Taylor-Amarel employs exceptional professionals with diverse backgrounds and expertise:

• Former C-suite executives who bring practical leadership experience
• PhDs and researchers who contribute cutting-edge methodologies
• Industry specialists with deep sector-specific knowledge
• Technology experts at the forefront of digital innovation
• Implementation specialists who excel at turning concepts into reality

Our rigorous selection process ensures that we maintain the highest standards of intellectual capability, professional experience, and personal character across our entire organization.

Industry Expertise

While our methodologies apply across sectors, we maintain specialized industry practices to provide clients with relevant insights and expertise:

Financial Services

Our financial services practice serves leading banks, insurers, asset managers, and fintech companies, helping them navigate regulatory complexity, digital disruption, and changing customer expectations. Our team includes former regulators, banking executives, and fintech entrepreneurs who bring relevant experience to client challenges.

Healthcare and Life Sciences

In an era of unprecedented change in healthcare delivery and life sciences innovation, our healthcare practice helps providers, payers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical technology firms enhance patient outcomes while improving operational and financial performance.

Industrial Manufacturing

Our industrial practice combines deep operational expertise with strategic insight to help manufacturers transform their business models, optimize production systems, and build resilient supply chains in an increasingly global and technology-driven marketplace.

Consumer and Retail

Our consumer practice helps brands and retailers adapt to rapidly evolving consumer preferences, omnichannel requirements, and competitive pressures through innovative strategies, enhanced digital capabilities, and operational excellence.

Technology and Telecommunications

We help technology and telecommunications companies navigate rapid innovation cycles, evolving business models, and complex ecosystem partnerships to maintain competitive advantage and drive sustainable growth.

Energy and Resources

Our energy practice supports clients across traditional and renewable energy sectors in strategic transformation, operational excellence, and sustainability initiatives as the global energy landscape undergoes fundamental change.

Public Sector

We work with government agencies and public institutions to enhance service delivery, improve operational efficiency, and implement policy initiatives effectively despite complex stakeholder environments and resource constraints.

Client Success Stories

Our impact is best illustrated through the transformative results we help our clients achieve:

Global Financial Institution Transformation

A leading international bank faced declining margins, legacy technology constraints, and emerging fintech competition. Our comprehensive engagement delivered:

• Strategic repositioning focusing on high-growth market segments
• 30% reduction in operational costs through process redesign and automation
• Successful launch of digital banking platform with 4.8/5 customer satisfaction
• Creation of an internal innovation lab that has incubated five successful new business initiatives
• Organizational redesign that enhanced agility while improving employee engagement

Healthcare Provider Operational Excellence

A regional healthcare system struggled with financial sustainability while maintaining quality patient care. Our partnership resulted in:

• Comprehensive operational improvement delivering $45M in annual savings
• Enhanced patient experience with 28% reduction in wait times
• Implementation of data analytics capability enabling evidence-based clinical decisions
• Redesigned care delivery model that improved outcomes while reducing costs
• Strategic partnership framework that expanded specialized service capabilities

Manufacturing Digital Transformation

A traditional industrial manufacturer needed to embrace digital technologies to remain competitive. Our multi-year engagement delivered:

• Comprehensive digital strategy aligned with business objectives
• Implementation of IoT infrastructure across production facilities, generating real-time performance insights
• Advanced analytics capability that reduced maintenance costs by 22% through predictive modeling
• Digital customer portal that increased satisfaction and reduced order processing costs
• Organizational transformation that built internal digital capabilities and adaptive culture

Our Commitment to Excellence

Thought Leadership

Taylor-Amarel is committed to advancing management thinking and practice through substantial investments in research and knowledge development. Our thought leadership includes:

• Proprietary research on emerging business trends and opportunities
• Regular publication of insights through our quarterly journal and digital platforms
• Annual in-depth studies on critical business issues facing senior executives
• Partnerships with leading academic institutions on applied business research
• Speaking engagements at major industry conferences and executive forums

These investments ensure that our client advice is informed by the latest thinking and evidence-based insights across disciplines.

Professional Development

We invest heavily in the continuous development of our people through:

• Structured learning programs covering technical, industry, and leadership skills
• Mentorship from senior partners and practice leaders
• Regular case study reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions
• Collaboration with academic institutions on specialized training
• Sabbatical opportunities for deep skill development or research

This commitment to professional growth ensures that our clients benefit from continuously enhanced capabilities and fresh perspectives.

Social Responsibility

We believe in applying our expertise to broader societal challenges:

• Pro bono consulting for selected nonprofit organizations
• Reduced-fee services for promising social enterprises
• Partnership with educational institutions to develop future business leaders
• Environmental sustainability initiatives within our own operations
• Community engagement programs across our global offices

These efforts reflect our belief that business can and should contribute to societal well-being beyond economic value creation.

Engaging with Taylor-Amarel

Initial Consultation

We begin every potential client relationship with a thorough understanding of your challenges and objectives. Our initial consultation process typically includes:

1. Preliminary discussion with appropriate practice leaders
2. Analysis of your situation and potential approaches
3. Development of a clear engagement proposal with defined scope and expected outcomes
4. Agreement on working arrangements, timeline, and investment

This structured approach ensures alignment of expectations and lays the foundation for successful collaboration.

Client Collaboration Model

Our work is characterized by close collaboration with your team:

• Regular steering committee meetings with senior stakeholders
• Integrated working teams combining our consultants with your staff
• Transparent sharing of methodologies and analytical approaches
• Knowledge transfer throughout the engagement
• Clear communication protocols and progress reporting

This collaborative approach ensures both better outcomes and stronger internal capabilities for sustained performance improvement.

Contact Taylor-Amarel

We welcome the opportunity to discuss how Taylor-Amarel can help your organization address its most important challenges and opportunities: