SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altman Vilandrie & Company, a strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has hired Ben Matthews as principal. Matthews, who is based out of the Altman Vilandrie & Company’s San Francisco office, advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector clients on a range of business and technology strategy issues.
Matthews’ client work focuses on internet infrastructure, cybersecurity and communications services. Recent engagements include advising a managed services provider on its cloud services strategy and optimizing the product and service offerings of a leading cybersecurity provider.
“Ben’s extensive telecom experience in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East will be a great benefit our global client base,” said Altman Vilandrie & Company COO Steve Conway. “What’s more, Ben’s focus areas – cybersecurity, cloud services and Internet infrastructure –match up well with our firm’s key areas of growth. We are very pleased that Ben has joined our leadership team.”
Prior to Altman Vilandrie & Company, Matthews was a director at the strategy consulting firm Strategy& and a Head of Strategy at telecommunications provider British Telecom, both based in London. He began his career as a consultant for McKinsey spin-off Value Partners, living and working in Dubai and Sao Paulo. Matthews earned a first-class honors degree from University College London.
About Altman Vilandrie & Company
Altman Vilandrie & Company is a strategy consulting group that focuses on the telecom, media, technology and investor sectors. The company’s consultants are experienced in strategy, marketing, finance, M&A, technology, regulatory and operations disciplines. Based in Boston, with offices in New York City and San Francisco, Altman Vilandrie & Company enables clients to seize new opportunities, navigate mounting challenges, improve business performance and increase investor value within complex and converging industries.
Ninety percent of the boutique firm’s operator clients are large- to mid-cap companies including service providers, technology and software developers and media companies. Altman Vilandrie & Company’s financial clients include many of the largest and most prominent investors in the telecom, media and technology markets.
