Adonis Partners – Value-Driven Solution Providers

We are a management consultancy focused on creating value for large and medium-sized enterprises through the application of continuous improvement tools and methodologies to achieve business excellence. Our mission is to empower companies to expand their impact through the development of tailored solutions and training that cultivates performance optimization and sustainable bottom-line growth!  

Our Purpose:

Our consultants are seasoned professionals with 20+ years of lived experience. Their expertise—gained from various professional vantage points—allows them to fully comprehend a diversity of issues, accurately identify root causes, quickly develop solutions, and ultimately generate the highest possible value for our clients.

We exist to initiate positive change—for the individual, the company, and ultimately the world as a whole. We direct positive change by empowering companies to expand their impact through continuous individual and collaborative improvement; and we create positive change by investing more than 20% of our annual earnings in socially beneficial organizations.

Adonis’s charitable funds support Go Mad and Speroway—both nonprofit organizations who help expand access to health care, education, and support services to children and their families living in the Dominican Republic.

Core Values We Live By

Adonis Partners is committed to being genuine, transparent and fair in all that we do. We are honest with our clients and driven by our relentless pursuit of creating value and measurable success. We move quickly and always go that extra mile.

Leaders With A Shared Goal

We are collaborative, passionate people, and innovative thinkers whose decades of experience have instilled a dedication to Continuous Improvement—as individual leaders. We value a company culture where the goal is to get better each day and provide tailored consultancy services that empower our clients toward sustainable growth.

Travis Ratnam​

Managing Partner    

About

Travis is a widely recognized and well-respected leader in his field. His dedication to creating tangible value for his consulting partners has been apparent since the beginning. His business excellence career began in 1999 with GE Industrial Systems; in 2004, he joined CHEP Canada where his leadership generated $15–20M annually in operating margin expansion (approximately 2% of revenues); and in 2014, as Vice President of Global Business Excellence, he launched the program that resulted in incremental EBITDA of $30M, creating over $250M in equity value.

Certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 
  • Certified Project Management Professional

Expertise

  • Leadership Development
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Education & Training
  • Program and Change Management
  • Product Development
  • Financial Systems

Education

  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from McMaster University 
  • MBA from York University 

Jennifer Hurst

Chief Operating Officer

About

In everything she does, Jennifer brings a commitment to excellence; a passion for helping talent grow; and a sense of calm courage and forward-thinking creativity. She began her career as an accountant, and after shifting into financial systems, she spent nearly 10 years consulting in business intelligence and data warehousing, designing solutions for numerous Fortune 100 companies. In her 12-year tenure at Nielsen, Jennifer led global teams to drive operational and organizational excellence and to deliver an annual ROI exceeding 10X. An industry-recognized innovator, Jennifer holds two patents for research methodologies in telecommunication.

Certifications

  • Certified Master Black Belt
  • Change Management Practitioner
  • Scrum Master & Scrum Product Owner

Expertise

  • Business Process Improvement
  • Program and Change Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Product Development in Emerging Technologies
  • Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing
  • Financial Systems 
  • Leadership Development

Education

  • Undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Entrepreneurship from Florida State University
  • Master of Science in Computer Information Systems Georgia State University
Barry Murash

Barry Murash​

Executive Partner

About

Barry is an “Operator” who was given the opportunity to learn and practice Lean Six Sigma after 20 years of leading large organizations in North America and Asia in the Technology sector. He earned Master Black Belt status and was recruited back into executive operations roles to lead and develop a culture of Continuous Improvement. Since then, he has continued to leverage those skills to scale performance improvement and create enterprise value across several enterprises, both Public and Private Equity backed.

Certifications

  • Certified Master Black Belt

Expertise

  • Manufacturing
  • Order management
  • Procurement services
  • Logistics
  • Marketing and finance

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from University of Manitoba
  • Certified Management Accountant.
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Jeff Brubaker

Jeff Brubaker

Executive Partner

About

Jeff spent nearly 39 years in supply chain roles in the CPG and Packaging industries.  His roles grew from Production Supervisor to COO over his career. Most of his career involved overseeing manufacturing and engineering operations with a focus on TPM and continuous improvement systems. He also has held broad supply chain roles that included safety, quality,  procurement, logistics, planning, innovation, and new product delivery.  Jeff has significant experience in M&A due diligence and integration.  He is an organizational leader, having led organizations with over 2000 people and $2B in revenue.
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Certifications

Expertise

  • Manufacturing
  • Order management
  • Procurement services
  • Logistics
  • Marketing and finance

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Valparaiso University