The 2022 Top Consultants: Ryan Prindiville

Ryan Prindiville leads Armanino's Consulting practice, driving business strategy, outsourcing, advisory, data analytics and technology consulting for clients across industries. He leads a team of several hundred consultants that solves clients' broad, increasingly digital business challenges. Ryan applies his expertise to drive shared services and capabilities involving outsourcing, advisory services, strategy services, technology and data analytics.

Ryan has been an integral part of Armanino's approach to developing IP and product development capabilities. He founded and developed the Strategy & Transformation consulting practice, including DataVue™, Armanino's digital transformation methodology. These solutions have helped clients undertake bold transformations to anticipate customer needs and deliver digital-forward experiences.

With experience serving the retail/consumer goods, real estate, entertainment, hospitality, technology, health care, life sciences, private equity, family office and nonprofit industries, Ryan is an expert in: strategy and technology consulting, data analytics/artificial intelligence, product development and innovation, business architecture and process improvement, digital transformation, M&A integration (teams, systems and processes), organizational development and facilitation, team building, project and program management, and supply chain and operations management.

Ryan is a certified Six Sigma/Lean Master Black Belt. He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

What do you consider your greatest personal or professional achievement?

Watching team members and clients whom I've worked with succeed in the months and years afterward. On a personal level, watching my children be happy and succeed in their pursuits.

What advice would you give a professional just beginning a career in consulting?

Something I always tell new team members joining the firm today is "Be fearless." Meet new people, try new things, be engaged and be willing to fail. The only failure is not trying.

What have you loved most about your consulting career?

Making a positive impact on our people and our clients. A couple of years ago, we had a client chief financial officer tell us that we'd helped to save her marriage by helping her rework the business to do things smarter and better. She could now make it home in time for dinner and be present with her family. When we as a team can do something good for our clients, the firm, the people we work with and their families, that is the most redeeming part of my day, every day.

What's the best advice—personal or professional—you've ever received?

Early in my career when I first took on a managerial role, my boss at the time said, "People are not computers; computers are a lot easier to program!" He was telling me that aligning people to a mission, getting people engaged and working together is the biggest success we can have. Today, I am still a big believer that if you position people well and empower them to leverage their innate capabilities, they're likely to be happier and make a greater positive impact.

What does being honored as a Top Consultant mean to you?

I appreciate that many years of hard work and commitment to both client and team member outcomes are recognized, and I look forward to many more years of continuing to make a positive impact on our people, clients and communities in which we work.