Ron ashkenaz biography

Ron Ashkenas is an emeritus partner of Schaffer Consulting, in Stamford, Connecticut, and a leading voice on organizational transformation, leadership, simplification, innovation, and merger integration.

Ron's clients have included many of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as prominent financial, and governmental organizations such as Cisco Systems, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Pfizer, Merck, The World Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Zurich Financial Services, and ConAgra Foods.

Ron also consults with start-ups and non-profits.

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Ron was part of the original team that collaborated with then-CEO Jack Welch to develop GE's WorkOut approach for creating a faster, simpler, and more nimble organization. He also helped to develop GE Capital's approach to acquisition integration.

Ron is the author of "Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done" (Harvard Business School Press, 2010), as well as the