| Meet the Principals | |
| Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto met at the Anderson School at UCLA when they enrolled in the Executive MBA program. With complementary
skills and years of experience, Barbara and Dan teamed up to form Centurion Consulting
Group in 1995 to assist law firms in solving problems. Many of the Firm’s clients are referred
from business consultants who are professors at Anderson. Other clients come from
referrals from Centurion Consulting Group’s clients whose problems have been solved.
Frequently, Barbara and Dan give presentations to national and regional organizations
about marketing, financial and operational management and other law firm issues, many of
which focus on problems that Centurion Consulting Group's proprietary software solves. They have made presentations to the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, the California State Bar Association, the Rotary Club, UCLA Law School, as well as a number of bar associations in Southern California. Barbara and Dan have also teamed up to teach a Small Business Management course at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. They have instructed at the Anderson School at UCLA as well.. |
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 Barbara began her career as a reporter
for national publications and wrote for the Wall Street Journal, the
Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, the Dallas Times Herald, among
others. She has been involved in strategic planning and marketing, both as a
law firm consultant and an in-house marketing director since 1986.Barbara became a consultant in 1990 and has developed strategic, business and marketing plans for national, regional, local firms and individual attorneys. She has facilitated strategic planning sessions, established marketing departments, hired marketing directors, implemented databases, conducted comprehensive research and trained professionals in marketing. Barbara is a member of the Executive Committee of Law Practice Management
Section of the Los Angeles Country Bar Association. She is past Chairman of the
Board of Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California. |
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| Dan Otto, MBA | |
 Dan has extensive experience in business, science
and engineering. He is an accomplished business consultant and analyst with
quantitative, information, communications systems, presentation and management
skills. As a technical manager and engineering specialist in the aerospace industry,
Dan has had 13 years of experience in the control of large-scale design and manufacturing
programs. He has organized and managed project teams in many disciplines including
finance, engineering, design, manufacturing operations, human resources and customer
relations. He has also managed multi-million dollar material and labor budgets.Dan has designed and implemented comprehensive scheduling, tracking and cost control systems for logistical operations. He integrated PC and mainframe systems into the planning, cost accounting, design, development and manufacturing. He has also developed computer based business science applications and decision support systems for strategic partnering, performance evaluation and equitable compensation, cross-cultural policy analysis, financial analysis, operational optimizations, pricing elasticity and project management. Dan received an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He holds BS degrees in Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Top |
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