Our Team

In 2006, Ed Riefenstahl was recruited by the TCU Neeley School of Business to define, develop and implement a “true” consulting initiative that would mutually benefit both TCU Neeley graduate students and fee-paying clients. Sixteen years later, Riefenstahl continues to bring his director-level consulting experience at EY, KPMG and BearingPoint – along with leading his own boutique, performance and process improvement firm, ROI Associates – to the business school to serve both students and clients as the Neeley & Associates Consultants founding director and program leader.

Dr. Zain Ali has over 34 years of experience in industry and academia. He has sold and managed several multi-million-dollar transformational projects on a global basis with Accenture, Wipro, Hackett and West Monroe Partners. His leadership roles have included Interim CIO of Global 360, Managing Partner at Sunbonn and Sr. Director in Information Technology. He has served over 70 Fortune 500 to startup clients in 12 countries over a 30-year span.

Zain is a professor in Information Science at Neeley Business College and academic director of experiential learning. Prior to TCU, he was a professor at UNT and built the experiential learning program at Frisco campus. He is the author of the book “Cultivate Your Leader”.

Zain has a BS Electrical Engineering and a MS Industrial Engineering from Wichita State, while his PhD is from University of North Texas.