Clarkston Consulting promotes Aaron Chio and Stacey Erickson

Clarkston Consulting, a management consultancy focusing on the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries, has promoted Aaron Chio to partner and Stacey Erickson to associate partner.

Based in Boston, Chio has over 15 years of management consulting experience, with expertise in strategy, innovative technology, and process optimization. He has worked with global companies across the Americas and Europe on growth and transformation engagements.

Chio has been at Clarkston for the last eight years. He previously worked in the retail and consumer advisory practice of PwC and before that was a senior consultant at C Space and a strategy consultant at RetailNet Group.

Chio has an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston University.

Based in Sacramento, Erickson has over 25 years of experience in operations, supply chain, quality systems, and procurement within regulated environments, including extensive work with medical devices clients.

She has been at Clarkston for three years, previously serving as a client solutions executive and director.

Erickson previously spent 16 years at medical devices firm Stryker, where she held senior director roles in compliance operations and sourcing and procurement. Earlier in her career, Erickson was a global IT service manager at Sun Microsystems and a technology analyst at Accenture.

She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State University.

"Aaron and Stacey have been invaluable assets to our firm, each bringing unique strengths and unwavering commitment to our clients and stewards. Building upon his strong operational focus, Aaron's strategic vision and creativity have been particularly instrumental in growing our management consulting practice, and Stacey's client-centric approach and deep industry experience have contributed to the growth of our technology operations and implementation services," said Mike Hackett, president at Clarkston.

Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Durham, NC, Clarkston has more than 450 professionals across offices in the US and India. The firm provides life sciences, consumer products, and retail sector clients with a broad array of business and technology consulting solutions.