Simplifying Complexity Requires Courage.
Let’s Turn Complexity into Clarity.
On Target Together.
Mission
Decades of service taught me leaders and teams share the same goal: They want to achieve the mission and hit the target.
While the type of targets vary — achieving consistency amid disruption is tough.
Global landscape changes — geopolitical conflict, technological and cyber risk, supply chain vulnerability, and the very human challenges these represent — are nonstop.
After 32 years working across the Navy and Marine Corps, Joint Forces, Allies and Partners, as well as Industry Partners, sustaining and serving our Warfighters, I have a new mission. I am committed to taking the biggest lessons learned and helping leaders apply them to the toughest, messiest challenges using the most important lesson of all — True mission execution only succeeds when delivered on target, together.
If you’re facing a complex challenge, and need a different point of view, let’s talk.
What Does “On Target Together” Look Like?
A coherent approach and framework to tackle complexity, improve teaming and collaboration, and enhance culture. In doing so, winning teams improve performance, are focused and aligned, and create organizational value.
We call that a Cell of Cells.
It’s a model that exceeds the pace of operations, combining the military’s mastery of war rooms and simulations with human centered design and horizontal integration of complex systems. We have broken the code. Over and over again.
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Our Approach
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Matthew N. Ott III
Matt Ott is the founder and CEO of Ott and Associates. He is a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, where he served on amphibious assault ships, destroyers, and aircraft carriers and served across all levels of tactical, operational, and strategic warfare. Accomplished in command overseas and in the U.S, his service ranged from Secretary of Defense Staff, Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and culminated in his third return to NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, leading 2500 team members across three sites, providing global supply chain management functions for 3,900+ aircraft and 300 ships, submarines, and nuclear reactors for the Navy, Marine Corps, and 80 global partners.
A decorated 32-year career officer, Ott is a recognized authority on Supply Chain Management, Complex Systems Architecture, bridging Industry and Government, Humanitarian and Disaster Response, and creating winning teams through a Human Centered Approach to Operational Resilience.
He is best known for enhancing the Navy Sustainment System Supply Architecture as its key material director in the 41B strategic scale design of Navy-wide supply chains to run more effectively and affordably. The complex launches covered aviation, maritime, shipyard, maintenance repair and overhaul, nuclear, ordnance and subsistence markets. This exemplifies his approach to horizontal integration of complex systems. He has led and coached winning teams using Human Centered Design to create operational resilience in high stakes environments. His teams are creative, action-oriented, accountable, and focused on leveraging untapped potential to unlock value.
Ott received a B.A. in Economics and Business from the Virginia Military Institute. He holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with concentrations in Supply Chain Management and E-business and Digital Commerce. He is a distinguished graduate of the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), where he earned an M.S. in National Security and Resource Strategy.
He speaks about these topics, lessons learned, and applicability of cross-functional approaches and applies frameworks to complex problems in the defense, commercial, start-up, and NGO spaces. He is available to serve C-Suite advisory level and teams to be On Target Together.
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About Us
Ott and Associates is a solutions consulting and advisory firm founded by Admiral (Ret.) Matt Ott. We help leaders execute when it matters most amidst the toughest, messiest challenges you face.
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mott@ontargettogether.com
(215) 315-7688
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