With YOU - Solving What Matters Most
Welcome
C&Z Consulting helps small and mid-sized businesses remove the barriers that keep them from executing, scaling, and growing with confidence. We bring more than 50 years of combined executive leadership and hands-on experience to help organizations solve complex challenges, strengthen operations, and turn strategy into measurable results.
How We Help
Practical expertise to solve today's challenges, strengthen your business, and prepare for what's next.
Strategic Advisory
We help business leaders identify priorities, solve complex challenges, and turn strategy into focused, actionable plans that drive results.
Operational Excellence
We identify process gaps, remove inefficiencies, and strengthen operations to improve performance, quality, and customer outcomes.
Fractional Leadership
Experienced executive leadership when and where you need it- providing hands-on support to strengthen teams, navigate change, and move critical priorities forward.
Business Transformation
We help businesses improve how they work through organizational change, technology adoption, and the practical application of AI to create measurable value.
Why Choose Us
Experience That Turns Strategy Into Action
C&Z doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. We take the time to understand your business, identify what's getting in the way, and work alongside you to develop practical solutions that deliver measurable results.
Experience That Delivers Results
$10M
IN SAVINGS
Cost savings delivered through resource optimization and cost-reduction strategies.
30%
REDUCTION OF AT-RISK PROGRAMS
Modernized engineering tools, training, processes, and templates eliminating cost growth.
18%
REDUCTION IN SUPPLIER DEFECTS
Improved supplier performance through prevention-focused strategies.
Stronger Teams
Alignment
Improved employee satisfaction, workforce planning, and organizational alignment.
Customer Insight
Voice of the Customer
Created real-time customer insight to drive action and improve satisfaction.
Meet the Team
Genevieve Cardile
Co-Founder & Principal
Genevieve is a strategic business leader and trusted advisor with extensive experience leading organizational change, operational improvement, quality, customer experience, and cross-functional teams. Known for her ability to listen, bring clarity to complex challenges, and turn ideas into action, she helps organizations build practical solutions that deliver measurable results.​​
Kelly Zaleski
Co-Founder & Principal
Kelly is an accomplished engineering executive and strategic advisor in leading complex organizations and solving challenging business and technical problems. She brings a strategic, results-focused approach to helping leaders improve execution, strengthen teams, and turn complexity into clear, actionable solutions.
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What Leaders Say About C&Z
Genevieve and Kelly bring strategic leadership, technical expertise and hands on experience that drive meaningful results. I highly recommend C&Z for organizations seeking transformative change.​
​Ellen Ferraro, PhD
VP Engineering, RTX
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Having worked with Genevieve and Kelly for years, I can confidently say they are trusted leaders who unite teams, overcome challenges, and deliver results. C&Z brings experience, partnership, and a commitment to excellence.
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Willy Schweikert
Executive Director, RTX
Kelly and Genevieve are proven leaders who excel at solving complex challenges, aligning teams, and delivering results. I highly recommend C&Z Consulting to organizations ready to accelerate performance and drive meaningful change.
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Charlie Chen, PhD
Senior Fellow, L3 Harris