| Meet the Principals | |
| Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto met at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA when they enrolled in the Executive MBA program. With complementary skills and years of experience, Barbara and Dan teamed up to form Centurion Consulting Group to assist businesses in solving problems through the use of computer models. Many of the Firm’s clients are referred from international business consultants who are professors at Anderson. Other clients come from referrals from Centurion Consulting Group’s clients whose problems have been solved. Frequently, Barbara and Dan give presentations to national and regional organizations about computer model building, marketing, financial and operational management. They have made presentations to the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, the California State Bar Association, the Rotary Club, UCLA Law School, etc. Barbara and Dan have also teamed up to instruct a Small Business Management course at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. | |
| Barbara Lewis, MBA | |
 Barbara began her career as a reporter for
national publications and wrote for the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, the Los
Angeles Times, the Dallas Times Herald, among others. She has been involved in strategic
planning and marketing, both as a consultant and an in-house marketing director since
1978.Barbara became a consultant in 1990 and has developed strategic, business and marketing plans for national, regional, local firms and individuals. She has facilitated strategic planning sessions, established marketing departments, hired marketing directors, implemented databases, conducted comprehensive research and trained professionals in marketing. She received an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a BA from the University of Vermont. Top |
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| Dan Otto, MBA | |
 Dan has extensive experience in business,
science and engineering. He is an accomplished business consultant and analyst with
quantitative, information, communications systems, presentation and management
skills. As a technical manager and engineering specialist in the aerospace industry,
Dan has had 13 years of experience in the control of large-scale design and manufacturing
programs. He has organized and managed project teams in many disciplines including
finance, engineering, design, manufacturing operations, human resources and customer
relations. He has also managed multi-million dollar material and labor
budgets. Dan has designed and implemented comprehensive scheduling, tracking and
cost control systems for logistical operations. He integrated PC and mainframe
systems into the planning, cost accounting, design, development and manufacturing.
He has also developed computer based business science applications and decision support
systems for strategic partnering, performance evaluation and equitable compensation,
cross-cultural policy analysis, financial analysis, operational optimizations, pricing
elasticity and project management.Dan received an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He holds BS degrees in Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Top |
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