What Our Clients Are Saying

 

“What The Intersect Group promised on the front end is what they delivered. The customer service on the back-end has been very proactive. The Intersect Group has provided the support that would be needed in case there was an issue along the way. So they gave us the sense from the very beginning, if something's not right, we're here to fix it. That’s what makes them different and better.”

Steve Jones
Accounting Project Manager
Americold

About The Intersect Group

Consulting Leadership


Joe Fay

Mike Matte

 

   

Joe Fay

Joe Fay
Consulting Partner—Finance Transformation

Joe Fay is one of the country's top thought leaders on finance organization transformations. With more than 25 years of consulting experience, Joe has deep background in assisting large and middle-market clients improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of the finance function. To help clients succeed, he develops finance transformation strategies, using rapid implementation approaches, recognized leading practices, and benchmark performance metrics to produce measurable improvements. Over the course of his career, Joe has developed and implemented strategies that have reduced SG&A costs in excess of $2.5 billion.

He's recognized in the marketplace as an expert in developing shared services strategies and process improvements for Finance. For two years in a row, he won KPMG's prestigious "Consulting All Star" award. Prior to joining, The Intersect Group, Joe was the Midwest partner-in-charge of finance transformation at KPMG. His career at KPMG and BearingPoint spanned 11 years. He was on the leadership team of The Hackett Group for six years. Joe started his consulting career at Bain & Company in Boston in the mid 1980s.

He is married and settled in the metro-west section of Chicago. Currently, Joe is actively involved in preserving the history of the American automobile, having served on the board of several vintage automobile clubs. Additionally, Joe is actively involved with preserving and archiving early American radio broadcasting content and history.


Mike Matte
Consulting PartnerIT Transformation

Michael Matte has over 30 years experience helping organizations leverage IT to create business value.  Michael’s experience lies in selling and delivering IT, Business and Operations consulting services and solutions to a variety of industry segments, such as complex system integration programs, financial service solutions, payments processing and program management governance best practices.  He has worked for other consulting services organizations, including Cognizant Technology Solutions, KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint and Accenture.  He received his MBA from The University of Chicago and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.