Principal Team

John Stephens, Principal

Email | 312.357.6740

Functional Expertise: Strategy & Execution, Customer Insights, Profitable Growth, Business Planning, New Market Entry, Sales & Marketing Management, Solutions Creation, Pricing Strategy, Portfolio Complexity, Operations & Strategic IT, Operations Architecture, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Shared Services Design

Industry Expertise: Healthcare, Insurance, Consumer & Retail, Commercial & Industrial, Energy

John is a leader in our healthcare and insurance practice areas. His focus is helping insurers develop and implement strategies to win in a challenging marketplace.

John joined Bridge in 2002 and is currently a leader in our healthcare and insurance practice areas. His specialties include marketing strategy, distribution channel management, and healthcare legislation (ACA) response. John has authored and contributed to white papers, articles, and other publications on a range of topics, including customer segmentation, distribution strategy, and health payer competitive strategy.

Education

MBA, with concentrations in strategic management and entrepreneurship, from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
BA in economics from Northwestern University

Personal Interests

Officer and board member of Variety - The Children's Charity of Illinois; traveling with family; reading (fiction and history); college football; playing guitar