Andrew Dunlap

Andrew’s talents are consistently demonstrated both on the client site and at summusgroup. With his wealth of experience in hand, Andrew has proven over and over how much of an asset he is. His ability to execute increasingly complex projects with focus and clarity has made him a trusted leader. He encourages and guides his team with care and attention as they work through each initiative.

Graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in Textile Engineering Andrew’s spent 11 years post-graduation mostly focusing in data migration with PriceWaterHouseCoopers. He then moved to the banking industry with Bank of America for another 7 years before resuming his consulting career. Summusgroup is thrilled to have Andrew now joining us.

Military life has moved Andrew all over the world, including time spent living in England, Germany, California and North Carolina. He now calls South Carolina home with his wife, Kendall, and two sons, Owen and Max. He enjoys spending his free time golfing, traveling and coaching his son’s baseball team. If you think Andrew might look familiar to you it might because you have seen him on TV! In order to earn a little extra cash for their honeymoon, Andrew and his wife starred in a commercial that is still aired today.

Kathryn Miller

As a summusgroup associate, Kathryn is known for her “team first” mindset and love of helping improve our clients each and every day. Currently, Kathryn is leading, managing, and facilitating global spend control and continuous improvement projects for our clients. Her focus is always on identifying ways a client can eliminate redundancies from a process and save organizations from resource waste.

Prior to joining the firm, Kathryn spent extensive time in supply chain. She has worked in forecasting and inventory, point of sale services, and big data. That experience and deep knowledge has benefited her immensely in management consulting as she uses big data to find and implement cost saving solutions across procurement departments for our clients.

Kathryn is a Wisconsin native and when she is not working, you will find Kathryn cheering for all Wisconsin sports, especially the Green Bay Packers, which she is proudly an owner of the team! She is also an avid baker and is constantly making delicious treats for friends, family and co-workers which all at summusgroup appreciates! A fun fact about Kathryn is in 2017, she lived in 3 time zones which thankfully lead her to Charlotte and summusgroup. We are very glad to have Kathryn on our team!

Brett Shugh

Brett is known for his enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment to his client. He uses his many skills and talents to lead numerous critical client initiatives. He also consistently goes the extra mile to assist his teammates. Brett is the ultimate leader and teammate. Meeting every project and task head on with energy and excitement, he is a welcome addition to any engagement. His impact is felt both with his client and internally at summusgroup.

Brett’s background includes 7+ years in Healthcare Consulting and Higher Education Program Management as well as serving as a liaison for their corporate charity partner. He thoroughly enjoys opportunities to make an impression, help people and create lasting relationships. Being able to lead business transformation projects with a mindset towards innovation drives Brett each day.

Brett hails from the Midwest but moved south for his undergrad at the University of South Carolina and hasn’t looked back since. Currently he works out of our Atlanta office while residing with his wife, golden retriever Moose, and cat Taco in Roswell. Outside of work you will find Brett “under the sea” scuba diving or wrapped up in soccer. He loves playing and spectating, attending the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014. After all of that activity you will mostly like find Brett in the kitchen exploring his love for Italian cooking.

Founder & Managing Partner

Bill Sanders

Leadership philosophy

“Hire people smarter than you and let them get to it.”

About Bill

Bill and his wife Kerry reside in the Charlotte area with their three kids and English Lab, Boomer. They enjoy water sports, snow skiing and traveling as a family. Bill also enjoys golfing (if you can call what he does ‘golfing’) on the rare occasion when he gets a chance to play. In terms of Bill’s professional life, he earned his B.A from the University of Oklahoma before moving to New York City to join Andersen Consulting/Accenture. After leaving Accenture, his career path brought him to Charlotte to work on M&A transition work. He continued to work for major financial institutions in a management consulting capacity on a variety of large initiatives, working to build a diverse consulting skillset and better understanding of client needs. Throughout these experiences accumulated while spending an entire career in management consulting, Bill always had a desire to be part of something different, something special. Using the knowledge he gathered along the journey, he decided it was time to stop thinking about finding this special place and go create it. From this, summusgroup was born.

Strategy

Wes Graham

Leadership philosophy

“To me, leadership really boils down to a few simple ideas – doing the right thing, at the right time, being fair, holding yourself accountable and having the confidence to stand tall when you do those things no matter the outside opinion. Surround yourself with smart and highly driven people; the greatest accomplishments come from a teaming dynamic and the results are more fulfilling when you can share them with people you care about.”

About Wes

Wes and his wife Jaime enjoy spending time with their two kids, Avery and Mason, and beloved household favorite Bernice the Bulldog. Wes also enjoys all things youth sports with his children from coaching to cheering to anxiety and smiles that last a lifetime, big mountains for snowboarding, sandy beaches for surfing, and golfing. He attended James Madison University for his undergraduate studies in Computer Information Systems and received his MBA from the University of Florida with a focus in Finance and Marketing. Starting his career at Accenture in the Strategy and Business Architecture group out of Washington DC gave him exposure to the Public Sector, Travel and Tourism, Hi-Tech, and Multinational Fortune 10 clients. From DC, Wes and his family relocated to Charlotte and immersed himself in Financial Services working for Bank of America as a Change Management Executive, then Ally Bank as the Strategic Initiatives Executive. Looking to round out his experience in the emerging FinTech space and work on the vendor side, he spent time with Fiserv as the Business Intelligence and Strategic Transformation executive before ultimately joining the summusgroup family in 2017. Wes’ 20+ years of work across Management Consulting, Financial Services, and FinTech industries has contributed to a foundation of experience spanning strategic planning, transformational execution, business development, customer relationship management, business intelligence, analytics, and vendor management.

Market Development

Grayson Blair

Leadership philosophy

“Leaders aren’t born – they form, develop, grow and improve over time. To lead, others must willingly follow.  Leaders listen.  Leaders coach.  Leaders prioritize others.  Leaders act.  Leaders make mistakes.  Leaders learn.  Leaders serve and stay calm in the storm.  I’m privileged that others count on me to lead, and I take that responsibility seriously.”

About Grayson

Grayson and Emily Blair have called Charlotte home for more than 20 years with a family that includes two teenage girls, Ella Gray and Sarah, and a playful Golden Doodle named Bailey.  He enjoys hiking, biking, tennis, golf, soccer and basketball; Grayson loves to read, cook breakfast, hit the movies, host dinners and listen to live music.  He’s a member and Elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, Vice Chairman of the board for the Mountain Retreat Association in Montreat, NC and board member for the Psychology Department within the school of Liberal Arts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee, Grayson started his consulting career at Andersen Consulting where he spent nearly a dozen years learning, applying and improving his craft.  For the last decade, Grayson led business development, client solutions and award winning teams at Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group, NTT DATA and Capco.  Within financial services consulting, Grayson specializes in retail banking distribution, post-merger integration, client experience management, operational effectiveness, technology implementation and organizational design.  At summusgroup, Grayson helps advance market development, alliances, talent, community engagement and more.

Human Resources

Megan Rineman

Leadership philosophy

“I believe in recognizing people’s successes and supporting their personal career objectives. By managing relationships and providing strong mentorship, I am able to shape individuals into leaders.”

About Megan

Megan and her husband, Pat, live in Charlotte and share an adorable puppy named Teddy. She loves traveling, spending time with family, and tap and hip-hop dancing. She enjoys volunteering in the community and is a leading member of the summusgroup Philanthropy Committee. She attended University of North Carolina at Wilmington where she majored in International Business. She stayed at Wilmington to earn her IMBA, a dual program where she was able to study abroad in the UK while focusing on human resource management. After graduating, she moved to Charlotte and joined NTT Data Consulting where she was able to apply her knowledge in HR as an HR associate then subsequently as a recruiter. She came to summusgroup three years later to become involved with every aspect of human resources including talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention. Megan is recently SHRM-CP certified and is the head of the summusgroup Associate Satisfaction Committee, fully committed to ensuring all summusgroup associates are happy and supported.