Where are the value leaks standing in the way?
That's what's at the center of this practice.
We help you find them, and the pathways to fix them.
Venndigm was founded by Oommen Thomas, PhD — a financial economist, engineer, and educator who came to academia after a 25-year career in consulting and industry. His journey took him from engineering into finance via graduate school, and from industry into academia — a path that gave him a rare, multi-lens view of what actually drives performance inside a business.
Along the way, Dr. Thomas founded and led the IP Consulting practice at KPMG, held consulting roles at firms including Deloitte and Law & Economics Consulting Group, and served as Finance CVP at the global engineering firm AECOM. He currently holds a joint Finance and Supply Chain/Information Management faculty appointment at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University's San Francisco Bay Area campus.
His consulting work spans a range of industries — including technology, life sciences, financial services, professional services, and manufacturing. Motivated by his experience as a shop floor engineer early in his career and by what he learned working with the National Association of Manufacturers, he also runs Project SkillStrong, a non-commercial effort focused on manufacturing workforce development.
That combination of academic grounding and hands-on operating experience is what he now brings to privately owned companies, where owners carry both the upside and the operating risk directly, through Venndigm Consulting — and what led him to launch The Financial Library as well.
Venndigm Consulting is focused on one thing, helping privately owned companies find the sources of value leaks and the pathways to fix them.
Alongside my work as a business school professor, I provide independent advisory consulting to privately owned companies. Private firms often face a frustrating trade-off: big consulting firm prices for advisory quality, or less expensive help of uncertain depth. Working independently and lean means clients get the benefit of academic rigor and decades of hands-on industry leadership, without funding a firm's overhead or a rotating cast of junior staff.
If your performance has drifted and you're not sure why, or you're considering a potential exit, I'd welcome a conversation.
Free interactive tools, videos, and frameworks — the same thinking behind the consulting work above, open for anyone to explore or judge for themselves. No engagement required.
Every business owner is somewhere on the path to stronger performance or a higher-value exit. Start with the free tools, or tell me what's going on and I'll point you to the right level of help.
If you'd like to work through this yourself, The Financial Library has free tools, videos, and reference guides to get you started.
If you'd like help, whether that's a short diagnostic or fuller advisory support, reach out and tell me what's going on. I'll listen first, then guide you to the right fit.