Barry Jaruzelski

		Barry Jaruzelski
		Florham Park

Mr. Barry Jaruzelski is a New Jersey-based Partner who leads Booz & Company's Global Innovation Practice. He specializes in corporate and product strategy and the transformation of core innovation processes for high technology and industrial clients.

Mr. Jaruzelski’s key areas of expertise are:

R&D portfolio and product growth strategy
Product development efficiency and effectiveness
Innovation metrics
Acquisition due diligence of technology intensive firms
Working capital management

Examples of Mr. Jaruzelski’s recent client work include leading the following assignments:

A major initiative to transform an industrial equipment manufacturer's R&D portfolio management process and its back bone product development and product management processes. This initiative included establishing a comprehensive approach to metrics, including managing Total Cost of Quality.
A comprehensive initiative for a leading software developer to define a best practice-based stage gate process for new product development along with a governance model to ensure transparency by senior management into R&D effectiveness. This effort also included the development and implementation of an ongoing portfolio and investment management process.
A major effort for a leading personal computer manufacturer to develop a metrics-based, cross-functional management system to drive faster time to market, lower total cost to serve, and higher initial product quality. The effort involved an intensive review of leading high tech firms to identify approaches in marketing, program management, engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing that have a demonstrated ability to reduce development cycles and raise quality. Methods to reduce average cycle-time by 35% were developed and implemented.
A global transformation program to dramatically reduce a communications systems manufacturer's working capital balances and redesign the underlying processes to prevent bounce back of inventory and accounts receivable. Program resulted in over $4 billion in cash being freed from the balance sheet.

A recognized thought leader, Mr. Jaruzelski is frequently quoted in publications like The Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Financial Times, and The New York Times on the technology industry and the challenges of innovation. He often appears as an expert commentator on ABC News, CNBC, NPR and the BBC.

Mr. Jaruzelski has co-authored numerous Booz & Company publications, including the firm’s award winning annual Global Innovation 1000 study; several strategy+business articles, such as “Money Isn't Everything,” “What Will Be Made in China,” "The Customer Connection" and "The Stealth Software Challenge;" and the book Mastering the Innovation Challenge. In addition, he has written articles that were published in Strategic Finance, PDMA Visions, Optimize, and Linux World magazines and the Boston Globe newspaper.

Mr. Jaruzelski is a three-time recipient of Booz & Company's Professional Excellence Award, which was given in recognition of outstanding and innovative client service on assignments for Alcatel-Lucent, GE, and for development of the Commercial Strategic Wargame service offering. He has also received the firm's Eagle Award for his outstanding contributions to Booz & Company. Mr. Jaruzelski has been recognized by the Product Development & Management Association with its 2007 "Best of Visions" Award and the National Association of Business Publishers with its 2009 Silver Award.

Mr. Jaruzelski is Chairman of the firm's North American Client Action Forum and a member of the Knowledge & Marketing Advisory Council. He has previously served as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer overseeing the marketing function worldwide, including the roll out of the new brand. He has also been a member of the North American Management Team, the Audit Committee of Booz & Company's Board of Directors, the Partner Compensation Committee, the Board Nominating Committee, the North American Marketing Council, and the Professional Excellence Award Committee.

Mr. Jaruzelski holds an MBA with concentrations in finance and management of organizations from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and a BS in economics with a concentration in marketing from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Columbia, Tuck, NYU, and MIT Sloan business schools. In addition he has presented the results of his research on the drivers of innovation success at the National Academies of Science & Engineering.

Mr. Jaruzelski is a member of the Advisory Board of the Morris Museum and Bickford Theater, a member of BusinessWeek’s Innovation Advisory Board, and a member of the panel of judges for The Wall Street Journal’s annual Technology Innovation Awards. He resides in Westfield, New Jersey with his wife and two daughters.

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