The Global Leaders in Consulting: Alyssa Altman

Altman is passionate about diversity and knows that architecting a team with the right people in the room to challenge each other, question how things have always been done, and represent customer views pushes clients intellectually and provides truly innovative solutions to their business problems. 

Among her biggest accomplishments? "Building two industry teams from the ground up and creating new partnerships with our clients that leverages our distinct industry expertise and digital business transformation," Altman says. "I have been very fortunate to have many opportunities for growth throughout my career.  I am most proud of partnering with one of our clients to create a dynamic digital factory within their organization. We have been able provide efficiencies to the model year-over-year as well as innovation ideas for their business to find new growth opportunities."

Ask her what she enjoys most about her work and the consulting profession and she says it's the "intensity of a world of constant change and ambiguity which ultimately leads to opportunities that I've never dreamed I would experience," and "the ability to enable human potential. We work in an industry where we can impact how people live and work now and in the future. Whether it is the solutions we provide or the journey we are on, we are always learning and finding new ways to improve our world."

Altman has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago and a BA in English from the University of Michigan. 

What's been the biggest factor to her success? "Patience and persistence," she says. "My mother always said to me 'where there's a will, there's a way.' I remind myself of this every day. If I see the opportunity, I know I can eventually find the right path to a successful outcome."

Q&A: What does being recognized as a Global Leader in Consulting mean to you? Your firm? Your clients?

Altman: I am very honored and grateful for the opportunity to be a Global Leader in Consulting.  It has been an unbelievable journey for me. This honor is not about my personal accomplishments, it is a shared recognition of the many years of collaboration and partnership with a multitude of incredible clients and the consistent support, amazing colleagues, and variety of opportunities Publicis.Sapient has provided me.