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Internationally experienced executive consultant and trainer, extraordinary background in General, Manufacturing, Production, Human Resource, Transportation and Distribution management in a wide variety of industries. He has held responsibilities at all organizational levels, from production shift supervisor to President, and has led enterprise-wide process re-engineering efforts in several companies, involving a number of different process and product/service technologies.Professional focus is on enterprise excellence, employing approaches that enhance the organization’s ability to create value for customers and stockholders; as a result he is particularly adept at the integration of business management systems and excellence tools to enhance overall performance and sustainability.Industry experience encompasses automotive, aerospace and semiconductor design and manufacturing; the design, development and bottling of package solutions for the liquor industry; Health Care, food production and food safety, production of aerosol cans, gear sets for oil rigs, magnets for electric motors and printing production processes for standardized testing. He has worked in almost all major global markets with banking, IT, transportation, engineering and contract placement companies, R&D Groups, automotive, aerospace & truck OEMs, general manufacturers and service providers.Dave has delivered papers on a variety of topics in the U.S., Canada, India, Bahrain, Thailand and China and has published articles in a variety of periodicals.Specialties: Organizational Effectiveness: Business Operating Systems, Operations Excellence (Strategic Lean & Six Sigma), New Product Development & Launch (commercialization process), Supplier Development, Management Systems.

Listed skills include Lean Manufacturing, Business Process Improvement, Quality Management, Manufacturing, and 46 others.