In this episode, Chris Tapia describes what he learned from his previous roles at Kearney, The North Highland Company, and Data Ventures and what he does in his current role as a Strategy Principal Director at Accenture. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Mechanical Engineering and his MBA in New Product & Venture Development from MIT Sloan School of Management. We discuss
- 00:34 - What he learned were the biggest factors he did and didn’t want in a job from his previous roles
- 1:36 - The type of company culture he wanted
- 2:06 - Why he switched jobs when he did
- 4:09 - How he got his current role
- 5:35 - How he chose which consulting firm he wanted to work for
- 7:22 - An overview of his role
- 8:25 - What he does more specifically
- 9:23 - Examples of projects he’s worked on
- 9:48 - What supply chain strategy means
- 11:02- The typical steps to get a consulting role
- 13:01 - Why he was interested in supply chain consulting out of the other areas
- 14:03 - What a typical day looks like
- 16:12 - The typical length of a client project
- 17:14 - The standard steps of a project
- 18:02 - Examples of each step in a project
- 20:47 - What he likes about the role
- 22:11 - What he finds challenging about the role
- 23:33 - His typical hours
- 24:41 - How social the role is
- 25:34 - Advice
- 26:57 - What networking looks like to him
