The Stonehaven Group has extensive experience in all areas of capital project evaluation and management. We also have implemented turn-key financial reporting processes, managed the financial analysis process and worked closely with IT organizations on all facets of project management.

Patrick Gregory is founder and President of the Stonehaven Group. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Harvard Business School. He is the author of Maximum Return, an award-winning book on project analysis and business case preparation. Pat has extensive experience within the automotive, aerospace, financial services and utility industries. He has redesigned the budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes at several companies and has successfully managed multi-million dollar cost reduction programs. Pat also has extensive experience with financial systems and improving the financial reporting process. Pat has also taught financial management and financial analysis at the Executive MBA level.

All too often, companies develop project analysis processes that are either too academic in nature or too focused on the numbers. In such cases, the financial analysis is unnecessarily complex and/or the procedures are administratively burdensome. The end result is typically a business case process that is poorly understood and rarely followed.

Our step-by-step approach for analyzing project decisions and preparing business cases will significantly reduce the frustration experienced by both senior management and project staff.