Diana Grauer, PhD

Strategic, technical, analytical, and innovative executive. Over 20 years’ experience working in research, new product development, and manufacturing operations. Proven ability to lead; catalyzing business growth through collaboration, engineering management, competitive positioning, market analysis, and product commercialization. My specialty is creating and integrating the innovative strategies that drive product development and operational excellence. A proactive problem solver, I resolve product development, cost structure and release timing challenges to enable businesses to consistently achieve the highest level of efficiency, performance and success.

Solving Complex Problems that Integrate Strategy, Operations, People, and Technology

Noted for: 

Technology Investment Sourcing
Bring the best inorganic opportunities to my firm through proactive outreach to private equity and venture capital networks. Drive the sourcing and evaluation of current and future inorganic opportunities. Identify and proactively develop new strategic and business development opportunities.

Relationship Management
Cultivate relationships with management teams in industries aligned with my firm's strategic priorities, with a focus on new technology investments.

Strategic Analysis
Lead strategic and financial analysis of inorganic opportunities. Build financial models to assess returns on invested capital and impacts to my firm's P&L under various financing scenarios.

Executive Recommendation
Recommend strategic transactions to my firm's senior leadership at the Executive Leadership Team and Board-level. Lead negotiation of transaction consideration, structure, integration and retention plans.

Thought Leader
Act as a thought partner and trusted advisor to senior executives and business leaders by staying abreast of global investment events, macroeconomic trends, regulatory developments and other public market information. Lead strategic prioritization though diverse partnerships with technologists, investors and business managers.

Due Diligence & Integration - Revenue Growth - Organizational Restructuring - Business Development - Market Analysis - Commercial Strategy - Change Management - Process Improvement - Resource Rationalization and Management - Supply Chain Operations - M&A - Venture Capital