Biography

Orie D. Ward is a management consultant and innovation leader. His wide range of skills are mostly applied to strategy, organization design, operational effectiveness and internal policy. He has worked with The White House, large tech giants like Google, global humanitarian organizations like CARE USA and small businesses and government agencies around the country. Orie has a talent for training entrepreneurs, studying Millennials and driving inclusion and innovation initiatives.  

Career Profile

Orie Ward is a Senior Consultant with Philogic®; a management consulting firm that specializes in strategy, infrastructure, and organizational effectiveness.  As a consultant he hosts more than 30-ideation, planning, and coaching sessions each year for both seasoned executives, start-ups and early ventures. Since he started with Philogic in 2009, Orie has built more than 30 companies.

Orie’s Expertise 

  • models, processes and plans
  • market segmentation
  • scaling operations
  • creating value
  • managing relationships

Orie has developed 10-small business management products, some are currently in SAAP development.  His practice as a consultant has focused on applying Five Constraints Theory to growth strategies and building Universal Modeling Protocols using Base9 Business Logic.

As a member of several skills-based organizations, Orie helps professionals through a 5-part Personal Management Series designed to help executives and managers create work-life balance. His performance as a senior consultant has lead clients to productivity increases of  as much as 70%. On average they generate 43% in cost savings.  With Philogic he services clients in the Atlanta, Detroit, Washington DC, and Los Angeles markets. His clientele includes lawyers, accountants, computer programmers, business managers, executive directors, and C-level executives.

Orie’s Top Skills

  • strategic communications
  • organizational planning
  • business policy
  • program development
  • relationship management
  • client development
  • operational effectiveness

He is an associate and member of several skills-based organizations including National Black MBA, the Business Architects Guild, and Society for Human Resource Management.

Community Involvement

Each year Orie commits time to working as a Certified Educator of Personal Finance.  He is a resident VP at the Economic Empowerment Initiative in Atlanta, GA where he teaches more than 300-hours each year, reviews certification applications, writes curriculum and develops games.  Orie also publishes economic theory and maintains positions on local workforce development and business intelligence committees. He has received non-profit board training from United Way where he reviews and evaluates grant recipients. Orie currently serves on two boards of directors: one non-profit board (community center) and one corporate board (advanced tech).

Board Skills

  • Governance
  • Ethics
  • Fundraising
  • Legal & Fiduciary Responsibilities
  • Marketing

Orie also advises bi-partisan political organizations on lobbying, field strategy and communications.