CEO and Managing Partner Rob Kathol founded Navigate in 2005 with the mission to build a consulting firm focused on strengthening collaboration between executive management, business operations and technology. Kathol says he recognized the need for a different kind of consulting firm; one that delivers objective advice and creative solutions for its clients.
"I started Navigate as a way to advise executive management and internal operating groups who might be strained trying to make change happen. I knew if they could come together, it would ultimately improve operational performance," Kathol says. "When we launched in 2005, it was just me, and the firm's growth was limited."
The firm, he says, sort of "hit the skids" in 2009 and that's when Kathol realized that he needed to invest in the firm—in both senior leadership and in infrastructure. "Since that time, we've operated as a bigger business. Those investments have been key to us growing successfully."
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