The Team

John Nantz

Partner and Founder

John Nantz has delivered more than 50 consulting projects focused exclusively on strategy, digital strategy, and organizational excellence while working as a management consultant over the last 10 years. John has served Unified Physician Management (largest US OB/GYN provider), BioScrip (largest US home infusion provider), National Veterinary Associates (largest US vet clinic platform), Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Solutions, Sidewalk Labs, Ares Private Equity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Geographic, and NASA Education among others. John started his career at McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office and earned a B.A. with distinction in Economics and an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. 

Miguel Rodriguez

Senior Associate Consultant

Miguel Rodriguez is a Senior Associate Consultant at Redwood Advisors with 4+ years of strategy consulting experience. Miguel has delivered over 20 strategy projects for clients across multiple industries including outpatient healthcare (e.g., Modivcare, Surgical Solutions) & B2B SaaS (e.g., Atlassian, DocuSign, Sidewalk Labs). He graduated with Honors from Brown University with a B.A. in Economics and History.

Sabrina Franco

Senior Associate Consultant

Sabrina Franco is a Senior Associate Consultant at Redwood Advisors. Sabrina graduated cum laude from the Honors Program at Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in History and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. She was heavily involved in campus activities through her roles as a Peer Counselor, academic tutor, student ambassador for the History Department, and Staff Writer at The Daily Campus.

Jake Freeman

Associate Consultant

Jake Freeman is an Associate Consultant at Redwood Advisors. Jake graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Economics and Cognitive Science. At Northwestern, he was heavily involved in campus activities as president of an international consulting club, author of a published economics paper, and student ambassador for the Cognitive Science Department.

Our Expert Partners

Andrew Seay

Andrew worked as an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company’s Operations Practice specializing in corporate transformation across a range of industries including aerospace, automotive, consumer products and mining. Andrew holds a double-major from Northwestern University in Mechanical Engineering and Geography. He graduated Beta Gamma Sigma (top 10% of class by GPA) from the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, IL.

Julie Gupta

Ms. Gupta is a former Bain consultant, operating executive and experienced strategist who has
completed 50+ strategy consulting projects across a variety of industries including consumer
goods, consumer electronics and life sciences. She is highly adept at driving and leading multi-
functional strategic and operational initiatives for senior-level executives across the Fortune 500 and small companies alike. Ms. Gupta holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and Bachelor and Master of Materials Science & Engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Stephen Redwood

With over 30 years consulting and coaching experience to top companies and
leaders around the world, Stephen has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the US,
supporting clients across a wide range of sectors. Prior to founding Redwood Advisory Partners, Stephen was a senior partner at Deloitte, McKinsey and PwC, where has held various global, regional and practice leadership roles covering organizational and strategy services. He co-authored Action Management, a book on organizational change strategies and has written and presented extensively on the subject of organizations. Stephen holds a degree in Psychology and postgraduate diploma in HRM, both from UK universities. He is also a chartered member of the UK Institute of Personnel and Development, a certified executive coach, and an honorary research fellow at the University of Texas in Dallas.

Our Clients

Redwood Advisors has served numerous high growth, high impact organizations, including: