Ron Sullivan – Senior Partner
ron@breakthroughgroup.com
Ron uses his extensive industrial business leadership and marketing experience to help clients grow through: strategic re-positioning; the development of new value propositions; the creation of new business models; and the generation of new markets and products. As an executive at the DuPont Company, he drove the corporate commitment to enhance marketing competency. Ron has a specialized consulting background in the Life Sciences and Industrial Polymers industries.
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Allison Lewis-Smith – Principal
allison@breakthroughgroup.com
Allison has experience in law, business / government relations and public policy. She specializes in new business development, change management, and executive and staff coaching. A member of the New York bar, her roles have included Deputy Commissioner, Legal Affairs, New York City Department of Correction. Allison is a graduate of Tufts University, American University Washington College of Law and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
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Virginia Duncan – Consultant
virginia@breakthroughgroup.com
Virginia is a strategic marketing executive with global business management, market development, and Six Sigma sales and marketing process development experience. In her multi decade career at DuPont her marketing leadership enhanced the profitability of polymer, fabric and garment developments. Virginia has built, launched and grown brands sold to the ready-to-wear, hosiery, intimate apparel and outerwear brand houses. Additionally, she’s created and implemented consumer communications campaigns. Virginia is a graduate of Hampton University.

Lilly Hernandez – Consultant
Lilly is a merchandising expert with comprehensive knowledge of apparel production. She has re-designed production processes to meet the standards of key U.S. retailers and trained personnel in production and quality control globally. Her production responsibilities have included Sportiva sportswear and Kmart’s Jaclyn Smith apparel. Lilly is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Aruna Inalsingh – Consultant
aruna@breakthroughgroup.com
Aruna is a global strategic marketer, who has built and managed profitably brands. She’s worked with both Fortune 50 corporations and technology start-ups where she cultivated strategic relationships with customers to triple revenues within two-years; designed and executed customer surveys to generate multi-tier-pricing strategies and developed vendor-partners and created co-marketing programs to enhance channel growth. Aruna is a graduate of Cornell University and Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Carol Nurse – Consultant
Carol is an information specialist with extensive research and information services experience. She has been responsible for marketing, training and customer service at a leading provider of information products. As a faculty member, she continues to teach data mining and research methodologies at Montclair State University. Carol is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and Columbia University.

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