Executive Management

Andy Macdonald is CEO of Consilio where he is responsible for all strategic and operational initiatives to ensure client satisfaction and grow the business. Andy holds more than 20 years of executive experience across many industries and functional disciplines.

Prior to Consilio, Andy was a founding member of First Advantage Corporation’s management team and from 2003 – 2011 served in many capacities at the company, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he was with The First American Corporation as President, Occupational Health Services. Andy joined First American in 2002 through the acquisition of Bethesda, MD-based Employee Health Programs, where he was President and CEO.

Andy lives in Washington, DC with his wife and three children.

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Meredith Kildow is an accomplished operations and sales executive with more than 25 years of experience across multiple industries. Her areas of expertise include expanding go-to-market strategies and bringing effective sales teams together through both organic and inorganic growth. Meredith is a champion of combining data-driven approaches with an emphasis on people, culture, and transformation to grow motivated, balanced business development teams.

As President, Meredith is focused on driving excellence in Consilio’s combined commercial business lines, including revenue, account management, and operational delivery across our global client base.

Prior to joining Consilio, Meredith was the Head of Global Sales Operations at Huron Legal and led operations at Hitachi Consulting.

Raj Chandrasekar is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Consilio where he oversees Consilio’s technology and innovation functions – merging Development and Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Product Management, Business Intelligence, and Corporate Services functions.  In his role, Raj frequently interfaces with clients to understand and accommodate processing, security and uptime needs and is also responsible for the day-to-day operations along with day-to-day operations of our industry-leading eDiscovery and legal industry software solutions.

He joined Consilio from First Advantage, where he held the position of Chief Information Officer. Raj has over 25 years of experience in the field of Software Development and Infrastructure Management and has held technology leadership positions in various large corporations.

Raj lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and two kids.

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Michael Flanagan is General Counsel for Consilio. Prior to joining the company, Mike spent more than 20 years with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., the last 11 as a partner. In that role he counseled public and private companies on a broad range of legal matters, including the resolution of commercial disputes, the negotiation of corporate transactions and various compliance issues.

Mike was a founding member and a co-chair of the firm’s Electronic Data Discovery Initiative and Information Law Practice Group. In addition to his responsibilities as General Counsel, Mike writes and speaks regularly on eDiscovery issues.

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John Hale is Chief Marketing Officer for Consilio, focused on cultivating customer connections to drive impact for Consilio and our clients. He is an accomplished and versatile business leader with over 20 years of progressive success identifying, developing, and commercializing B2B and B2C technology-based solutions across complex industries.

John is passionate about building teams that deliver growth by connecting data, technology and storytelling.

John’s leadership journey has included leading performance marketing globally for Fortune 500 staffing firm Kelly Services, consumer relationship marketing for Microsoft Office 365, and enterprise business planning for Microsoft Azure.

John lives in Dallas, TX with his wife and two children.

As Cheif Finacial Officer Todd’s experience will help Consilio continue on it's historical organic and inorganic growth path, margin enhancement, and operational enhancement initiatives and capital deployment strategy.

Todd has a 30+ year track record of successfully growing, acquiring and improving the operational performance of global Industrial and Consumer based manufacturing businesses, including Diversey (now Solenis), Gardner Denver (now Ingersol Rand), and Capital Safety.  He started his career with SC Johnson and Son, Inc.  

Over his career, Todd’s contributions have led to investor outcomes consistently delivering multiples of invested capital (MOIC’s) of significance as an outcome of a focus on driving organic growth, M&A, and margin enhancement in all transactions he has been involved with.  

Todd holds an MBA from Marquette University and a BS in Finance from The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

As Consilio’s Chief Employee Experience Officer, Brandyn Payne is tasked with driving the company’s talent engine and shaping our current and future work culture. Her mission is to ensure our Consilio team has the tools and abilities they need to provide industry-leading partnership to our clients worldwide.

Prior to joining Consilio, Brandyn served as Chief HR Officer for HCTec, a healthcare technology services firm, and as VP of Global Talent for Sitel Worldwide, a leading business process outsourcer with operations in 24 countries. She has supported People, executive leadership strategies, and product development strategies across a variety of industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, technology and services. Brandyn resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Emron Pratt joined Consilio in 2024 as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer where he is responsible for long-term vision, M&A, strategic planning and the acceleration of transformative, cross-functional initiatives.

Prior to Consilio, Emron spent 19 years as a management consultant with Bain & Company where he was a founding member of the firm's Mexico City and Washington DC offices. While at Bain, Emron led transformation programs for large multi-national clients across several industry sectors with particular emphasis on complex and evolving go-to-market landscapes. Emron's direct client service spanned 30 countries across the Americas , Europe, Africa and Asia.

Emron joined Bain after earning an MBA from The Wharton School. He currently lives in Orlando with his wife and three children.