Earle Steinberg

President and CEO
As the President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Group, Mr. Steinberg charts and leads execution of the firm’s operational strategy and growth objectives for the company. Under his leadership, Mr. Steinberg will assess new opportunities for Thomas Group’s services and develop new innovative product and service offering strategies.
Mr. Steinberg has over three decades of experience in management consulting and has led numerous organizations in successfully growing and developing practices. Prior to joining Thomas Group, Mr. Steinberg was a Partner in the consulting firms of Touche Ross, Coopers and Lybrand, Booz Allen, and AT Kearney. While at AT Kearney, he was the leader of the Americas Operations Practice where, during an eight year period, he won three “Great Client Work” awards, two Intellectual Capital Development awards, two Business Development awards, and in 2005, was awarded the firm’s Distinguished Service Award.
Mr. Steinberg has led operations at both Coopers and Lybrand and AT Kearney. His practices were among the most profitable, and he was consistently in the top tier of business developers. At Booz Allen and AT Kearney, Mr. Steinberg developed and commercialized new product offerings in Asset Productivity, Lean Asset Structures, and Network Modeling for Manufacturing and Supply chain.
Mr. Steinberg began his consulting career by founding and growing his own consulting business in 1977. He sold the business to Touche Ross Company, became a partner in the firm, and was part of the Manufacturing/Supply Chain leadership team for the US. While at AT Kearney, Mr. Steinberg founded and developed a new business practice in Procurement and Supply Chain Outsourcing, growing it to $45 million in revenues. Mr. Steinberg was also president of MRO Services, where he managed a customer spend of $1Bn, and provided leadership and vision through the transfer to EDS and recent ultimate sale to a private owner.
Mr. Steinberg has a BA in Psychology from Boston University and pursued his graduate education at Georgia State University where he obtained an MBA in Operations Management, an MDS in Statistical Theory, and a PhD in Quantitative Methods & Operations Management. He is active in the Houston community and has served as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony. Mr. Steinberg also served in the US Army as a Captain, Army Ranger and Paratrooper, receiving numerous decorations, including Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star.