About Us - The Leadership Team

Daniela "Dina" Ferchmin, Principal Consultant

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Dina became a US citizen with her family as a child.  She is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point majoring in Systems Engineering and International Relations.  She is a decorated paratrooper who served with the 82d Airborne Division as a Platoon Leader, Battalion Administrative Officer, and Company Executive Officer earning the rank of Captain.

On Active Duty, Dina served with distinction for over a year in Balkans with NATO's initial peace keeping mission (IFOR). Her international relations experience, organizational skills, and fluency in the multiple languages of the region made her a vital coordinating officer - especially during the first ever democratic elections in Bosnia.

Later, at GE Capital's Transport International Pool (TIP), Dina earned her Six-Sigma Black Belt as a business process improvement leader. She successfully taught process improvement for GE Capital Mexico and then facilitated and mentored multiple process improvement projects there.  Dina also facilitated the acquisition and integration of GENSTAR Inc., which effectively doubled the size of the inter-modal fleet and significantly expanded GE TIP's scope of operations.

Rated as one of the top sales managers in North America at TIP, Dina demonstrated that customer focus and attention to the details they value are the keys to best-in-class customer service and business success.

Beyond her responsibilities with Ferchmin Rowe Consulting, Dina is also highly active in several important social justice causes and is an accomplished public speaker and presenter.  

Matthew B. Rowe, Managing Consultant

Originally from South Bend, Indiana Matt brings over 20-years of highly diverse and international operational experience when working with clients to achieve the results they need.

Matt has earned various certifications and awards as a Six-Sigma professional having been a Six-Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt, and Business Quality Leader. He is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ – Indianapolis Chapter) and a Certified Project Manager. He has been a Senior Director and Executive in a number of different financial services businesses and has led the implementations of enterprise wide process improvements at business units in General Electric, Cendant Corporation, and Ingersoll Rand.

His work and consulting experience includes insurance operations and marketing; mortgage originations, servicing, and secondary marketing; travel and leisure operations; and operations in not-for-profit organizations.

Matt has presented numerous training workshops and facilitated successful Lean Six-Sigma, Process Workout, and other highly focused business improvement events. He is experienced in using the Rummler-Brache Process Management and Metrics methodologies as well.  This exposure to multiple methods prevents him from being handicapped by any single approach to business problem solving and innovation.

Matt speaks functional Spanish and spent many years as a military advisor and security consultant providing guidance on high-risk counterinsurgency operations, risk management, and human rights to foreign government, police, and military forces. He consulted for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games on unique security threats and the appropriate responses to them, and later held a full-time position as the Assistant Venue Security Manager for the inaugural Olympic Beach Volleyball competition in 1996.

Matt is a decorated Special Forces soldier having graduated from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School. He later graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Government from Campbell University and earned his MBA at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College. He is the author of the novel "White Passage: Red Sun" an account of his experiences in counterinsurgency and counter-narcotics in Latin America as a Green Beret.