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Executive Experience.
Practical Results.

Hawthorne Group principals bring decades of operating experience managing billions in spend across the world's leading companies.

Jack Oney
Jack Oney
Managing Partner
With 27 years at Procter & Gamble, Jack built and led some of the world's most sophisticated supply chain and strategic sourcing operations. Since then, he has helped dozens of CPG and Food & Beverage companies unlock savings, improve logistics performance, and transform procurement. A mechanical engineer, patent attorney, and logistics and strategic sourcing executive — Jack brings rare depth across every dimension of the supply chain.
Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke
Senior Advisor
With experience at Procter & Gamble, JM Smucker, ConAgra and most recently TreeHouse Foods, Jim is a seasoned supply chain leader with extensive experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain management, supplier relationship management, cost reduction, M&A integration and ERP integration. Proven track record of transforming procurement into a strategic value driver, delivering millions in savings, optimizing supplier performance, and leading cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence and organizational growth. A Chemical Engineer, former Army Officer and M&A leader, Jim brings a practical perspective to Supply Chain and Procurement excellence to drive value creation for clients.
Jim Kaleta
Jim Kaleta
Senior Advisor
With 30 years at Procter & Gamble, Jim built expertise across three disciplines rarely found in one executive: global strategic sourcing and procurement ($1B+ spend); mergers and acquisitions — guiding 100+ brand transactions including Pringles, Duracell, CoverGirl, Iams, and the Merck Consumer Health Care acquisition through due diligence, deal structuring, and transition service agreement development and wind-down; and R&D new product development and launch across health care and beauty care. Since P&G, he has served as CPO of Sara Lee Frozen Bakery — driving a double digit EBITDA improvement in year one — and as COO of GenH, a clean energy startup. A chemical engineer, Jim brings rare depth across every dimension of supply chain and business transformation.
Andy Souders
Andy Souders
Senior Technology Advisor
Andy is a seasoned President/CEO and technology executive regularly called on by private equity firms and boards to grow companies — driving innovation and execution, building high-performing teams, and guiding fundraising, acquisitions, and mergers. He brings more than 35 years across connected infrastructure, logistics, healthcare, and cybersecurity. Co-Founder and CEO of Cybrbase, an AI-based cyber-resilience firm, he previously served as President of Perceptics, CEO of All Traffic Solutions, SVP of Strategy at Savi, and EVP of Emerging Technologies at Clarity/Accenture. The result is rare range: an executive who understands logistics and connected infrastructure from the inside and has built, scaled, and sold the technology businesses that move freight smarter.

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