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About CNC Strategy

Who we are


CNC Strategy is a business products and consulting services organization, with a proprietary toolset, helping you and your business:

  • Uncover what you do well
  • Reveal opportunities to improve and grow
  • Provide guidance to meet and/or exceed your ongoing business needs

    • Your finances, people and operations are either aligned with your corporate objectives or they’re not. What do you do well? Where do you have potential risks and opportunities?



    What we do

    Our online toolset enables you to evaluate how well you are executing your strategy:

  • Strategic Alignment Questionnaire™ – Generating “snapshots” (simple, cost-effective information) about where your company is now
  • Strategy Execution Scorecard™ – Using real-time data to align the activities of your company (or department or individual) with your vision and strategy, measured by percent and dollars
  • On-Demand Consulting Services – Building on the results of our diagnostic methods to help you remove obstacles to success and turn your strategy into verifiable results


    • These tools diagnose and measure the alignment of your corporate assets (finances, people, operations) and generate actionable information for transforming strategy into execution.



    How we are different

  • We partner with you to diagnose, align, and measure your business, using our proprietary tools, SAQ™ and SES™, to continuously deliver actionable results
  • Our offerings can be stand-alone or bundled. You decide.
  • We work with you to add immediate value.
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    CNC Leadership Team

    Mitch Ellner

    CEO & Chief Advisor

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    Diane Gallo

    Chief Products & Services Officer

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    Brett Acker

    Vice President, Business Development

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    Board Members


    Tom Baird

    CEO/Strategy Advisor

    CEO, Indicator Point and AppSmyth

    Stewart Ellner

    Financial Advisor

    VP/Division Controller, Premiere Radio/Clear Channel Communications

    Kristiina Hintgen

    Human Capital Management Advisor

    SVP Human Resources, Skilled Healthcare

    Chuck Napier

    Marketing Advisor

    General Manager, AnyDATA, Inc.

    Lois Mitchell

    Diversity Advisor

    Director of Programs, Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.

    Andrew Bereczky

    Information Technology Advisor

    VP, Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure, Alorica, Inc.

    Rose Voss

    Business Development Advisor

    Entrepreneur/ Business Owner, Coldwell Banker Corporate Real Estate

    Sandra Klein

    General Business Advisor

    Entrepreneur, Business Owner

    Mitch Ellner

    CEO & Chief Advisor

    Mitch is the Founder of CNC Strategy, Inc. His extensive corporate and consulting experience includes senior-level positions as Managing Director, West Coast/Los Angeles office, Capital H Group (business consulting); Vice President, Human Resources, Directfit (outsourcing/offshoring); Manager, HRD, Citibank; and Consulting Services Manager, SMC/Mercer Management Consulting. He is the co-creator of S3, CNC Strategy’s revolutionary tools and proprietary process for enabling strategic alignment, and the author of two books, including “Entremaneur © - Business Simplicity.” A graduate of Lesley University, Mitch has been involved in successful strategic planning for M&A, start-ups, and established organizations in both the public and private sectors.

    Diane Gallo

    Chief Products & Services Officer

    Diane has more than 25 years’ experience in healthcare, retail, technology, manufacturing and the service industry. This includes serving as Chief Human Resources Officer, Vistage International (a global membership organization of CEOs); Vice President of Overland Storage (a publicly traded computer hardware company); Vice President, Culture and Talent, Centegy (computer software); and Vice President, Kaiser Permanente. Diane has integrated numerous acquisitions and divested businesses (through sales or closure) in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Business, she also has a Master’s degree in Human Capital Management from Houston Baptist University.

    Brett Acker

    Vice President, Business Development

    Brett has a diverse background of business development in both Fortune 100 and start-up environments. Previously, Brett worked at Warner Bros. in a variety of divisions, including Human Resources, International Distribution, Finance and Strategic Planning. He co-founded Plasma Ventures, a DVD manufacturer of continuous-motion video backgrounds for flat panel TVs, and also opened a retail store selling alternative healthcare products. Brett graduated from Syracuse University and received his MBA from Pepperdine University.