Passionate about continuous improvement and Lean.OperationsDeep understanding of operations, how to improve, leverage existing infrastructure, increase productivity in any environment. Over 20 years of "hands on" experience using lean tools to improve in all areas of the business. Ability to analyze – see the critical leverage points that allow for rapid improvement. Experienced in designing production systems that can easily scale. Process driven, wide experience creating standardized processes to support rapid growth in an orderly environment. IT systemsMRP and other data warehouse assets – deep understanding of MRP systems, their strengths and their weaknesses. Ability to acquire data, the right data – to help analyze problems from SQL based systems. Able to create data visualizations that greatly enhance leaders and operators awareness of the critical few items that need to be understood in complex environments. I’ve created visual tools using data from a variety of sources – in every case, these tools provide views into operational dynamics that are critical but unavailable in the native platform. The ability to mine data with detailed attributes has enables me to see all manner of interesting patterns that provide information about product demand – providing useful intelligence for decisions about successes and opportunities for the sales team.Configurators – I’ve been a part of several configurator implementations and have the knowledge and experience to lead the development to achieve better performance. AccountingUnderstanding of not just the numbers, but the processes that generate the numbers. The ability to see interesting patterns and outliers of concern. Understanding of what drives financial success or failure and the ability to create and execute concrete plans to improve. Human resourcesI have long track record of recognizing undervalued resources and coaching, training these people to be key players. I have an especially good record of recognizing pegs that don’t/won’t fit. Good record of finding talent from outside the organization. Long record of building cohesive, resilient, capable teams that are predisposed to action, continuous improvement and change. Throughout my career, I’ve identified these people and helped create the structure that allowed each of them to contribute to the organization in the most effective way, by adapting the duties and responsibilities to fit the team.