Meridian’s management team has over 100 years of combined experience in the CPG industry.
A Meridian Manager leads every client team and is involved in every client project.



...you may contact anyone on the management team by clicking on their name


Michael P. Shinall, President & CEO
Michael Shinall is the Founder and CEO & President of Meridian, based in Westport, Connecticut. Meridian is a management consulting firm best known for work in infrastructure design, customer marketing and go-to-market platform development within the Consumer Products Industry. Mike has developed many of the now accepted industry best practices and insights. He has authored numerous articles for business publications and has been the keynote speaker at leading industry events.

John A. Clevenger, Managing Director
John Clevenger is a Managing Director of Meridian Consulting Group. John has broad experience working with consumer products manufacturers, distributors and retailers, with emphasis in the food/beverage, beverage alcohol and general merchandise verticals as well as multi-tier distribution systems. He is an expert in the development of structures and processes to optimize integration, innovation and execution of sales/marketing organizations.

Kevin O’Mahoney, Managing Director
Kevin O’Mahoney is a Managing Director at Meridian Consulting, responsible for organizational and go-to-market transformation practice for Meridian clients. Kevin’s experience, both domestically and internationally, has fostered best practice insights delivering positive business results. In addition, Kevin leads the training and development practice for Meridian with global experience in the areas of sales, marketing, trade marketing and category management.

Ted Taft, Managing Director
Ted Taft is a Managing Director of Meridian Consulting, a management consulting firm best known for work in consumer, customer, and company optimization within the Consumer Products Industry. He has broad experience working with manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and health care practitioners in a variety of HBC, general merchandise, and food/beverage industries. His clients have won multiple industry awards, and Ted has co-authored multiple best practice studies recognized by leading trade associations.




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