O’Keefe, a financial and strategic advisory firm, announced it has added Enterprise Consulting as a new practice group. The announcement was made by Patrick O’Keefe, firm founder and CEO.

Heading the group is Linda McConkey, a managing director at O’Keefe. McConkey brings significant consulting experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation; acquisition due diligence and integration; governance, risk and controls; IT strategy, business continuity for disaster recovery; data center operations; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; process and performance improvement; risk management; brand & marketing strategy; customer relationship management; and program and project management.

Her experience extends to a range of industry sectors, including: healthcare, financial services, telecomm, technology, publishing, scientific, consumer products, retail and pharmaceutical; assisting clients of all sizes, from small privately held companies to multi-national, multi-billion dollar entities.

“More and more, companies today are faced with challenges related to transformation and evolution which portend a need for thorough and appropriate analysis and solutions,” said O’Keefe. “Linda’s extensive background in all areas related to evolving or maintaining sound business operations will serve our clients incredibly well.”

Recent Enterprise Consulting engagements have included such areas as: strategic enterprise transformation; planned program management; project recovery and management; information technology audit and governance; implementation of application integration with a variety of ERP and related solutions, including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft; change management; and operational effectiveness.

O’KEEFE is a financial and strategic advisory firm specializing in enterprise consulting, litigation support, strategic advisory, and turnaround and restructuring. Established in 2001, O'Keefe is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, and Grand Rapids.