ARGO-EFESO
Gabriel Santiago is an Associate Consultant in the Supply Chain Practice at ARGO-EFESO, where performance improvements of 35% were achieved through lean six sigma methodologies and supply chain optimization across food and beverage plants. Previously, Gabriel served as an Engineering Intern at IDOM Consulting, contributing to design and validation of mechanisms for nuclear applications and enhancing functionality through advanced software analysis. Research experience includes work as a Research Assistant at UPV/EHU, focusing on the environmental impacts of graphite recycling from lithium-ion batteries, which resulted in a co-authored publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Earlier internships at Babcock Valves provided exposure to operations, finance, and sales, leading to strategic efficiency improvements. Gabriel holds a Master of Industrial Tech and Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology, alongside advanced degrees in Industrial Engineering from Universidad del País Vasco. Academic excellence is demonstrated with honors from the French Baccalaureate.
ARGO-EFESO
ARGO has joined forces with Paris based global firm EFESO Consulting, thereby significantly expanding its footprint in the European and Asian markets. EFESO, founded 40 years ago, with 35 offices and 800 consultants worldwide, ranks as a top global player in operations consulting. Moving forward, Argo will operate under the name ARGO-EFESO. ARGO-EFESO is an operations improvement consulting firm breaking through the traditional barriers of the consultant-client relationship. We are hands-on consultants who deliver real results and no excuses. ARGO-EFESO helps companies with significant and complex operating assets improve their profitability by increasing revenue and customer service, while reducing operating costs, fixed overhead, and working capital. Our proprietary business processes and behavior change methods, coupled with our deep industry experience, enable us to implement performance improvement more rapidly and sustainably. Our hands-on and collaborative work style and approach to performance improvement is unique in terms of transfer of knowledge and developing the client’s internal capabilities. While working across most industries, ARGO-EFESO is experienced in and focused on transportation, industrial manufacturing, chemical, energy & natural resources, and food & beverage. Additionally, ARGO-EFESO serves numerous Private Equity clients in their pre-acquisition due diligence and with the ongoing operations of their portfolio companies. We were ranked among the Best Firms to Work For by Consulting Magazine for ten consecutive years and as one of the best Operations Consulting Firms worldwide by ALM Vanguard in 2019.