Will Donovan

VP of Client Solutions and Strategy

Helping operations and finance leaders find out what’s actually broken and whether it’s worth fixing. 

About the Expert

Will Donovan is VP of Client Solutions and Strategy at Dynamic Consultants Group (DCG). He has spent over 20 years leading enterprise transformation initiatives across operations, finance, supply chain, and enterprise technology – working directly with CXOs, boards, and ownership groups navigating high-stakes modernization and operational change. To date, he has led more than $135 million in professional services across enterprise transformation, operational modernization, and large-scale technology initiatives.

Before joining DCG, Will worked on large-scale ERP, logistics, and operational transformation initiatives supporting global organizations including Shell and multiple branches of the US military. The environments were complex, high-risk, and operationally demanding which shaped his perspective that enterprise technology only succeeds when operational realities, leadership alignment, and execution discipline are addressed together.

At DCG, Will leads the Enterprise Engagement, Business Enablement, and Innovation Lab practices. He also developed the SPEAR framework - DCG’s enterprise transformation and ERP recovery methodology, built to help organizations regain alignment, stabilize execution and move complex initiatives forward. Most consultants come from software. Will came from operations, from environments where a system failure meant real things stopped working. That background gives him a different read on what’s actually going wrong in a struggling project. Most of the time, it’s not a technology problem. It’s a people and alignment problem. And those don’t get fixed by reconfiguring modules.

Outside of work, Will writes about workplace culture and organizational behavior. He has pretty strong opinions about the difference between companies that actually work well and those that are just good at looking like they do.

Areas of Expertise

ERP & Enterprise Systems

  • ERP and enterprise systems strategy
  • Digital transformation execution
  • Transformation recovery and stabilization

Finance & Board Advisory

  • Corporate finance and operational performance
  • Board and investor advisory
  • Executive alignment and transformation governance 

Operations & Process Design

  • Operational modernization and scalability
  • Organizational process design
  • Cross-functional operational alignment 

Technology & Innovation

  • Enterprise technology strategy
  • AI and automation readiness
  • Enterprise transformation strategy

Where Leaders Need Will to Step In

Will works with CXOs, CFOs, COOs, board members, and PE groups navigating large-scale operational and technology transformation, helping leadership teams identify what is actually preventing progress and what it will take to move forward. 

Enterprise transformation initiatives that are losing alignment, momentum, or executive confidence

Leadership teams who know something is wrong but haven’t been able to get a straight answer from the people running the project

Private equity and consulting firms that need someone at the table who speaks both the operational and financial side and isn’t selling them a new platform

Finance and operations teams where nobody trusts the system, reports don’t reconcile, and every site seems to do things a little differently

Organizations reassessing strategic direction after operational, technology, or consulting misalignment

His approach? Don’t start with the software. Start with the business problem, what the organization actually needs, and what has to change for the initiative to move forward.

Fresh off Will’s Desk 

What a Consulting-Ready Organization Looks Like and Why Most Aren’t 

Most organizations walk into a consulting engagement thinking they’re ready. They have a sponsor, a timeline, and a budget. What they often don’t have is the internal clarity, alignment, or continuity that determines whether the work actually lands.

In this piece, Will breaks down the three things that separate engagements that deliver from the ones that quietly fall apart and why most organizations are short on at least one of them before the project even starts.

Read More to understand what consulting-ready actually looks like

Will in Action

A look at Will’s guides, whitepapers, and recent thinking- built for the CXOs, board members, and operations leaders working through these decisions now.

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