Bob Patel is a Managing Partner in Highspring’s Retail Planning and Supply Chain Practice, with more than 26 years of experience in the retail planning and supply chain industry serving retail, food and beverage, CPG, and industrial clients. He’s held senior leadership roles at Wipro Technologies, Logility, and Blue Yonder. With deep domain expertise, Bob has gained extensive industry knowledge across retail grocery, soft-line and fashion, office products, hard goods, wholesale, food service, quick-serve restaurants, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, high technology, and automotive aftermarket parts.
Bob’s clients view him as an integral member of their transformation teams and a trusted supply chain management and technology advisor. He brings a unique perspective on end-to-end operations for retail planning and supply chains focused on maximizing the customer experience. Many of his clients have earned transformational awards across FMCG, retail grocery, retail food service, and life sciences industries.
Outside of serving clients, Bob enjoys reading, following world news and events and their impact on supply chains. He also enjoys gardening, charting and reviewing technical stock analysis, and spending time with his parents and extended family, including his nieces and nephews, every Friday.
Anil Persad leads Highspring’s New York office and is a recognized accounting advisory leader who specializes in leading IPO and public company readiness transactions, as well as delivering high-quality technical accounting and audit preparation services. Anil is a true collaborator and trusted advisor to his clients, and his specific areas of focus include all things IPO, preparing companies for initial and ongoing financial statement audits, SEC reporting, registration statement preparation, and assisting with complex technical accounting transactions.
Before joining Highspring, Anil spent several years with PwC, most recently within the firm’s National Quality Organization (National office). There, he collaborated with the firm’s clients on transactional matters such as revenue recognition, business combinations, goodwill, long-lived asset impairments, equity and debt instruments, segment reporting, stock-based compensation, carve-out financial statements, SEC comment letter responses, restatements, and interpreting SEC rules and regulations.
Anil has dedicated his time to sharing his expertise with others, having presented at seminars to industry professionals at various CPE events on SEC hot topics, industry trends, and other technical matters. He is also an avid promoter of financial literacy and has worked with various non-profit organizations to educate individuals and groups on financial well-being. Anil earned his B.A. in both accounting and economics from the City University of New York – Queens College and holds a CPA license in New York.
Bryan Rhody is a Partner in Highspring’s Enterprise Applications practice, where he helps organizations align technology with business strategy to accelerate performance and growth. He brings extensive experience leading ERP, cloud, and digital transformation initiatives across industries, guiding clients through complex modernization programs that improve efficiency and scalability.
Before joining Highspring, Bryan led the Technology Solutions group at BPM, overseeing hundreds of system implementations and building high-performing teams focused on long-term value creation.
Tom Roland serves as Highspring’s consulting practices leader, driving strategy and team development to execute Highspring’s solutions for its clients. Highspring prides itself on delivering successful transformation engagements driven by events such as mergers, divestitures, emerging technology, process re-engineering, regulatory changes, and rapid growth or expansion—serving both the largest global companies and hyper-growth organizations creating cutting-edge technologies.
In his role, Tom works closely with clients, client delivery teams, and Highspring leaders to understand the opportunities and challenges driving client needs. He refines solution delivery approaches and methodologies, incorporating advancements in emerging technologies and AI while seamlessly integrating Highspring’s deep expertise. Tom played a key role in developing Highspring’s proprietary delivery toolkits, built from thousands of successful client engagements, to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and differentiation in the Highspring impact.
With over 20 years of client service delivery experience at Highspring and its predecessor companies, Tom is known for his hands-on, action-oriented approach solving new problems with battle-tested solutions. He began his career in public accounting before leading projects at a multinational telecom network company, addressing material weaknesses, transfer pricing, and operational performance challenges. Tom holds a degree in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.
Greg, as the Risk & Regulatory Advisory Leader, serves clients in a multitude of industries, principally Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Utilities, Manufacturing and Industrial Products with their internal controls and internal audit needs. In an effort to provide the optimal outcomes for our clients, Greg is focused on building high performing teams through best in class recruiting which translates to a differentiated experience. He has over 18 years of Big 4 experience with PwC in both their audit and advisory practices as well as over 4 years in industry. This allows Greg to bring unique perspectives as he has experience outside of traditional audit and advisory roles. Greg is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from La Salle University in Philadelphia. Outside of serving clients, Greg enjoys attending his children’s sporting events and is an avid skier.
Codye Satterwhite is a Partner in Highspring’s Retail Planning and Supply Chain Management practice. He has over 20 years of experience leading production, warehouse, and distribution center operations, network design and optimization, S&OP design and execution, supply chain planning, production scheduling, inventory management, and optimization, and project management. Prior to joining Highspring, Codye served as Director of Warehousing and Distribution and Demand Planning, Inventory Management, and VMI Group Manager for CSM Bakery Solutions. efore that, he served as Global Training Manager for Blue Yonder specializing in knowledgebase development, project team and end-user training, and network design and optimization consulting.
Codye has also held leadership roles at Target Corporation and Schreiber Foods in supply chain management, distribution, and manufacturing operations. He is a thought and practice leader in supply chain management and has presented at several industry conferences. He was recognized by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine as a “Pro to Know” for his contributions to supply chain network design and optimization. Outside of serving clients, Codye enjoys music production and sound engineering in addition to working on his YouTube channel.
Kate Scott is a Managing Director in Highspring’s Accounting Advisory practice. She assists clients who are experiencing transitions and transformations by applying her experience from previous roles in financial operations, controllership, financial reporting, project management, and internal audit.
Kate has conducted numerous process assessments spanning procure to pay, record to receipt, and the financial close. She has also led end-to-end project work—from requirements gathering to testing and go-live. In previous consulting roles, she has served in an Accounting Director capacity, overseeing key functions such as Accounts Payable, Billing, Payroll, T&E, and Financial Reporting. Kate brings hands-on experience with a wide range of systems and project management tools, including SAP, Workday, Intacct, QuickBooks, Jira, Confluence, ADP, Kronos, and Concur.
Prior to joining Highspring, Kate was a business unit Controller at a Fortune 50 public company. She earned a BS in Accounting at Boston College and an MSA at Northeastern University and began her career in public accounting. Kate is Certified Public Accountant and ScrumMaster®.
Jeff Sears specializes in complex accounting and transaction matters. With over 20 years of experience spanning audit, regulatory, and consulting roles, Jeff guides clients through IPO readiness and other capital market transactions and assists clients with audit readiness, SEC compliance, financial reporting, and a spectrum of technical accounting matters. Before joining Highspring, Jeff held positions within EY’s Financial Accounting Advisory Services practice, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, and PwC’s external audit practice.
Jeff earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of Virginia and is a licensed CPA in Virginia. Beyond his professional endeavors, Jeff enjoys traveling and experiencing new places with his family.
Amir Shah is a partner in the Highspring strategy, technology, and transformation practice. He specializes in acquisition integration, target operating model design, and large-scale transformation delivery in the financial services and technology, media and telecom industries.
With over 30 years of experience, Shah has led business transformation initiatives for global Fortune 50 and middle-market companies. He has held leadership roles at KPMG, Fujitsu, and JPMorgan, helping organizations achieve their strategic and operational goals. His international experience—spanning the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the U.S.—has shaped his client-centric mindset, fostering seamless collaboration from strategy to execution.
Shah serves as an Advisory Board Member at Momentum Education, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to post-secondary education and employment opportunities for students.
He holds a Master of Science in Control and Information Technology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UK). Outside of work, he enjoys golf, tennis, and traveling the world.
