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Haywood Hamilton is a partner at Collective Insights, a transformation and technology consulting firm based out of Atlanta, GA. He’s responsible for delivering solutions to complex problems for his clients, growing the company’s services and client footprint, and developing and mentoring its people.


Over an 18-year career as a management consultant, Haywood has never lost sight of the fact that he’s in the business of providing a service, and that his clients’ experience should be more meaningful than his own. He has displayed a consistent track record of developing and implementing tailored critical initiatives designed to advance organizational success for a wide array of B2C and B2B companies, from small businesses to the most admired Fortune 100.


Haywood has served clients across several industries, including financial services, media and entertainment, construction, pharmaceutical, hospitality, food and beverage, communications, public service, and transportation and logistics. In driving change, his mindset is to always put those impacted by it first. Whether leading large scale transformation programs, analyzing the customer experience or redesigning an organization, Haywood has a knack for figuring out the “people side” of any problem.


Haywood holds dual undergraduate degrees in marketing and journalism and advertising from the University of Mississippi and an MBA from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he roots for Ole Miss and Atlanta United and plays the guitar (badly).

After working in the security world for nearly three decades, Seth knows two things for sure: 1) digital attacks are ever evolving and 2) change is the only constant. As a result, he has spent his career helping enterprise organizations integrate, implement and activate new technologies to solve their most complex challenges and heighten their security posture.  

As solutions architecture and delivery lead for Collective Insights, Seth oversees nimble teams of experienced consultants as they modernize systems, align teams and evolve culture for Fortune 500 clients through the right combination of business and technology services.

Prior to his extensive work in the security field, Seth received a BA in Environmental Science and an MS in Information Systems from the University of Virginia. When he’s not fighting the good fight on behalf of CI clients, you can find him watching his two boys play soccer, spending time with family, golfing, fishing, swimming and cheering on his favorite teams: Atlanta United, the Atlanta Braves and his alma mater UVA.

From business readiness to processes for standardized solutions, Jonathan leads clients throughout the lifecycle of digital transformation implementations while building differentiated capabilities and providing thought leadership on a variety of topics for CI. Open-minded and willing to help at any hour of the day, Jonathan also works with consultants early in their careers to set them up for future success.  

If you ask Jonathan, Collective Insights is a group of the most dedicated, diverse and thoughtful individuals around who all share a growth mindset. He’s particularly proud of a global transformation project for which he led the organizational change management workstream, gaining experience with best practices across manufacturing and logistics.  

Prior to joining CI, Jonathan earned a PhD in Contemporary and International Relations from the University of Turku in Finland. He brings over a decade of experience supporting organizations in CPG, telecommunications and the public sector across organizational change management, process re-engineering, strategic project and program leadership, system implementation and workforce development. When he’s not spending time with his family, Jonathan is out traveling the world (he has visited nearly 50 countries), sneaking in a round of golf and volunteering his time to his local community.

A fearless leader and client advocate, Dori works with the rest of the leadership team at CI to help grow our people, client base, overall business and capabilities. She earned a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, then started her career in technology sales, which included selling semiconductors, software development environments and data warehousing. Often the only woman in the room, Dori learned quickly how to earn credibility – and surprise the room – with her deep understanding of the products she was selling and her technical skill set. Having mastered consultative selling, she then transitioned into strategy consulting, working as a client executive, chief of staff and consultant at North Highland to drive complex programs and build strategic execution capability for clients. For the past three years, Dori has served as an independent consultant for clients like WestRock and Chick-fil-A.  

At Collective Insights, you can find Dori diving into the intersections of digital transformation and management consulting, a combination that she believes gives our team a unique competitive advantage. When she’s not tailoring expert approaches to our clients’ PMO goals, you can find Dori cooking, baking, working out, at the Alliance Theatre or spending time with her two great kids on the lake.

Ken wears several hats at CI, from delivering project work to building relationships with new clients and helping develop new talent. He’s especially appreciative of the collaborative spirit at CI, where everyone works to deliver the best service possible rather than highlight individual achievements. The team-first mindset came in handy recently when Ken and his team led a workshop for 150 attendees to support a global S/4 HANA implementation. The event lasted four days and combined all the work happening across three initiatives and over 40 scrum teams. Throughout the project, Ken relied on his past experience and those of his team members to accelerate onboarding, gain a clear understanding of client challenges and offer solutions quickly to the client.Prior to joining CI, Ken spent four years in commercial banking and then joined North Highland. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Georgia and an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology. When he’s not working with his team to deliver ERP implementations by leveraging tools, accelerators and decades of combined experience, you can find Ken spending time with his two kids, playing golf or cheering on the Georgia bulldogs (along with all Atlanta sports teams).