Jody Foldesy
Managing Director & Partner
Los Angeles
Jody Foldesy is a core member of the Corporate Development and Principal Investor & Private Equity practices at Boston Consulting Group. He has deep experience across multiple industry practices, including Industrial Goods; Health Care; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; and Consumer.
Jody is deeply involved all aspects of the Corporate Development practice, including growth, corporate and portfolio strategy, shareholder value creation and total shareholder return (TSR), investor strategy, capital deployment, M&A, and postmerger integration. He leads the firm’s global work in shareholder activism, and he leads BCG’s work on TSR-led transformation in North America.
Jody joined BCG in 2007. He believes in creating rigorous, custom solutions tailored to the specifics of BCG’s clients, and in encouraging team members at all levels in BCG to think like entrepreneurs.
Prior to joining BCG, Jody worked as a journalist at The Washington Times.
Jody Foldesy discusses three of the biggest challenges companies face, including disruptions from other competitors, and the best way that management can respond to activist investors.
Companies’ transformation track records are mixed. Top performers unlock value quickly by focusing on changes that will improve profit margins and valuation multiples.
While shareholder activism has slowed, this is likely to change – in a big way – as the global economy takes steps to right itself.
This four-step approach helps tech companies create competitive advantage at a time when the industry is facing challenges on many fronts.
A refocused intervention can redirect a company’s strategic trajectory, create excitement among its employees, and reshape its future.
Early movers can experiment, while companies that wait have dwindling options.
The odds are long, but the payoff is big when companies successfully navigate major shifts driven by technology, consumers, or regulation.
First in the country in tech PhDs, more universities than any other region: SoCal is not as far as some might think from global stature as a tech hub that competes with Silicon Valley.
CFOs are under the gun. They need to manage the growing burden of regulatory controls while being proactive advisors to the business and ensuring a focus on the bottom line.
The regional growth rates of the engineering, construction, and services industry are now converging, making it imperative for companies to get ready to compete in a one-speed world.
