Our Management Team

Daniel Husiak manages our Strategic Decisions group.  He has an extensive background in business strategy and business process reengineering, with experience in a wide range of industries, including financial services, information services, manufacturing, distribution, health care, commercial real estate, and Internet-based businesses.  Prior to co-founding Strativa, he was Director of Business Process Reengineering and a Senior Consultant at TRW/Experian, a $1.6 billion credit reporting and information services company, where he initiated and led a series of business strategy and process improvement projects.  He was also Director of Marketing and Business Development and Director of Planning and Development for other commercial divisions of TRW.  Before that he held a series of management positions at AT&T, where he was involved in planning divestiture and post-divestiture strategy. 

Dr. Husiak holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. from New York University, and a B.S. from City College of New York.  His expertise in change management was also enhanced by his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa.  

Mr. Husiak  is also the Vice President, Business Development, of Computer Economics, our sister IT research and advisory firm. 

Frank Scavo manages our Applications Decisions and IT Infrastructure Decisions groups.  Prior to co-founding Strativa, he served as a management consultant and IT professional for companies in a broad range of industries, including life sciences, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, health care, and information services.  He is a frequent speaker on the subject of enterprise system issues and trends, software validation and FDA regulatory compliance, and e-business strategy.  He has spoken to professional societies such as APICS, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Manufacturers Alliance, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and the California Society of CPAs, to industry events such as the Giga Information Technology Exchange, ERP World, Distribution Computer Seminar, and Softworld Manufacturing Expo, as well as to various technology user groups.   

Mr. Scavo is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.  He is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) and is Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) by APICS, the Educational Society for Resource Management. He is a technology advisor to the Gerson-Lehrman Group, an investment advisory firm.

Mr. Scavo is also the President of Computer Economics, our sister IT research and advisory firm. 

Frank's blog, The Enterprise System Spectator >>

Prior to his association with Strativa, Mr. Gilson was Director in the Supply Chain Transformation practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was responsible for business development and project management in supply chain areas to clients in high tech, consumer products, and entertainment industries. Among his accomplishments at PwC, he managed the development of MyAircraft.com, an Internet B2B marketplace exchange in the aerospace industry. Earlier, Mr. Gilson was a Client Partner at AT&T Solutions, where was the project manager for a three year $30M project for a major auto manufacturer to implement ERP and product data management (PDM) systems in multiple countries. The project was highlighted in AT&T's Annual Report as the largest and most successful consulting project in the first year of AT&T Solution's launch. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gilson was founder and principal of The Delphi Resource, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in IT strategy, implementation, change management, and large scale business process re-engineering projects, primarily in connection with large scale information systems development. 

Mr. Gilson is Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) and Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) by APICS--The Educational Society for Resource Management, and he has been an officer for a number of APICS chapters. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and he has been an instructor at both California State University and Northrup University. He is one of the original co-authors of the book "CompMfg," which was used worldwide as a reference in identifying features and functions of enterprise systems to achieve operational effectiveness.