Monitor Talent Team

Melville E. Blake III Mel_Blake@monitor.com

Mel brings 25 years of corporate executive, advisory, and talent management experience to Monitor Talent. Early in his career, as a practice leader in the MAC Group consultancy, he worked with prominent academics from the leading business schools in solving problems for corporate clients. Later he spent a decade as a senior executive at BankBoston where he directed overall strategy development for the firm. In that capacity, he frequently drew on outside talent and expertise engaged in consulting assignments, management development programs, advisory boards, and corporate events. Recently, Mel has led the planning and launch of Monitor Talent.

Mel's areas of expertise include customer-focused programs in marketing and operations, salesforce efficiency and effectiveness, and research methods using video and visualization techniques. He has worked across a range of industries, with specific sector depth in financial services (securities, banking and money management), professional services, and technology-based companies.

Mel was Executive Vice President and Managing Director at BankBoston Corporation, where he was a member of the Corporate Working Committee, the bank’s executive policy and decision-making body. He has also served as Chief of Staff at FleetBoston Financial, and Managing Director for Ecommerce Development, concentrating on business-to-business markets. Prior to his corporate positions, he was a Vice President at the MAC Group, a management consulting firm based in Cambridge MA.

He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University (CT) and earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Mel is also a contributor to the business press, both in print and on-line.