Trusted executive who transforms organizations with Lean solutions to adapt to market changes, create value, and support growth. PE, MBA, PMP, CSCP, CCP, PSM, SSGBI support operations, working with Deliberate Speed on continuous improvements to products and business processes, focusing on the details leading to customer satisfaction. This approach – of expediting with reasonable speed to execute deliberate, thoughtful plans in sometimes chaotic environments – helps companies deploy new products and reshape their manufacturing and customer-service processes, to continuously improve their position in competitive markets.My career spans small businesses with less than $10M in annual revenue, larger decentralized organizations with revenue exceeding $50M, and matrix-managed $1B global enterprises. My career spans function responsibilities, as I have pursued challenging work that elevates businesses rather than just my job title. I work with front-line technical and commercial staff to develop better processes and products, keeping individuals engaged in customer success and meeting executive goals for operations.An articulate communicator, I began my career as an engineer – starting with applications, pivoting to product design and development – and early on was asked to lead cross-departmental projects because I work well with diverse teams, helping sales, manufacturing, and customers navigate complexity. I have continued to adapt, now combining project, program, product, supply chain, and operations management, supporting the manufacturing and aftermarket support of engineered products.Throughout my career, I have been the first choice to fill new roles created for growing businesses; for 8 of my last 11 positions, I am the trusted leader selected to fill a new role to work cross-functionally and roll out new business processes. Willing to tackle tedious issues at all levels of an organization, I encourage compromise across silos, and without impacting the safety or integrity of the brand. I work as comfortably with executive leadership as I do with shop-floor, service, and office staff.The best solutions are agile, drawn out of the team. Working as a servant leader or post-heroic manager, like a curler sweeping ice, I follow the progress of the operation – checking that staff are supported to meet targets – getting involved when necessary to sweep a bit and remove some friction and keep the team’s trajectory on target. In the end, the front-line staff must get the work done, and their results matter most.✉ dpleese@gmail.com☏ +1 713.828.5752