Helping you capitalize on opportunities by
Planning to Win
Exploring Options
Optimizing Solutions
What we offer
Planning
Margin Expansion
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Strategic Plan
Business Plan
Profitability/Efficiency Projects
Business Process/System Improvement
Restructuring
Special Projects
M&A Due Diligence, Divestment
Financing/Treasury
FX Risk Management
Who we are
Founder and Principal Consultant: Violet Dhawan, CFA, MBA
An accomplished global finance and business leader in the Life Science and Health Care Sector, I have 28 years of public and private experience in small-to-large-cap companies, with a proven track record of successfully driving profitable growth and developing high-quality business plans and strategic plans
Expertise: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) / financial modeling / strategic plans / business plans / business valuation / business partnering / M&A due diligence & integration / restructuring / capital structure / FX risk management / strategic pricing / investment management / multinational team development / cross-functional project management / startup consulting / process improvement / operational KPI's
Prior Companies: Merck Life Science, Millipore, PAREXEL, Curia (formerly AMRI), Leiters Health, Boston Children's Hospital, Humble Group (consulting)
Prior Roles: CFO, VP Strategy and Execution, VP Business and Commercial Finance, Corporate Strategy Program Management Office, Head of Finance/Controlling, Corporate FP&A, Corporate Treasury, Consultant
Prior Value Creation Examples: double-digit EBITDA growth of businesses from $200M to $1B in Revenue / $25M+ annually from margin expansion programs / business plans for 100+ startup's and 95% success ratio in arranging financing / 300+ bps in interest savings
Supported by internal and external subject matter experts (SMEs) in market research, Finance/Accounting, M&A, Chemistry Manufacturing Control (CMC), Analytical Development/Quality Control (AD/QC) and Regulatory Filings
Why us
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Life science and health care industry veterans with a large network
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Breadth and depth of experience in Finance and Strategy
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Intellectual horsepower focusing on understanding your business and presenting the OPTIMAL solutions
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Highest level of integrity, confidentiality and work ethics
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24 hour response time to all your inquiries
Client Testimonials
OptiM Solutions is a fantastic partner in helping business units analyze, plan, and execute margin expansion strategies. We had the pleasure to work with OptiM in 2024 and found value in developing an improved forecasting system to better manage demand feed and site utilization. In addition, with OptiM lead, we have a better understanding of unique service profitability with opportunities to expand future margins. We would gladly work with OptiM again in the future!
- President, Private Equity Held Life Science Company
It was a pleasure working with Violet. I was very impressed by how quickly she “gets it” and her ability to home in and summarize the issues. I look forward to crossing paths again in the near future and continue benefiting from her expertise!
- Head of Commercial, Global Contract Research Organization