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Seattle, Wa, Us

Spearhead development of an Operational Excellence function, while overseeing project identification, prioritization, execution, and reporting to drive revenue increase and operational efficiency. Manage recruitment and growth of team members, implement governance frameworks, integrate diverse data sources, and establish predictive analytics, data visualization, and reporting capabilities.● Directed a portfolio of projects, with a focus on revenue, productivity, cost savings, process quality, employee satisfaction and operational enhancements.● Developed ML predictive models (Decision Trees, Neural Networks, etc.) using Amazon Sagemaker to guide Sales process and decisions.● Conducted an in-depth customer insights study in partnership with external market research firm, revealing data sovereignty concerns, potential productivity gains, and significant influence of sustainability on IT deals.● Guided the development of Product Strategy, Product Vision, and Business Requirements Documents for new products and features.

Denver, Co, Us

As a trusted advisor to C-Level leadership, I provided strategic direction to clients across multiple industries on their innovation and growth challenges. I was responsible for development and deployment of a suite of products driving business transformation. Through our portfolio of Strategy, Innovation, Operational Excellence, and Digital Transformation approaches, my team and I helped solve clients' toughest problems of today while building client teams' capabilities so that they can sustain success and drive change tomorrow.Clients include: ABB, John Deere, Reliance Industries, AMEREN Energy, Consumers Energy, NextEra, Nebraska Public Power District, Hitachi, Mutual of Omaha, TAMKO, Pfizer, Baxter, Merck, General Dynamics Electric Boat, DeBeers, IWCO, OMG, Huber Engineered Wood, NIKE, Lucas Milhaupt, Kaiser Permanente, Houston Methodist, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

Denver, Co, Us

As a dedicated and highly knowledgeable executive leader of innovation, product development and organic growth, I led the Innovation and Growth Strategy practice for the firm. My team and I were responsible for the assessment and design of growth strategies for clients in various sectors. My team and I assessed, redesigned and optimized clients’ innovation, product development and commercialization processes. Key Accomplishments:● Developed growth strategies for clients by scanning for changes in the business environments (customer insights, trends in market (mega, macro and micro trends), technology, business models, regulatory and society) as well as capabilities (process, technology, human capital and organizational). Several dozen clients refined their growth strategies and developed their innovation portfolio through this approach. ● Led Design Thinking Sprints for clients around the world for developing their Product, Process and Business Model Innovation portfolios. Many ● Implemented a Customer Insights approach through Jobs-to-be Done, Job Mapping and Outcome Expectations for finding under-served customer needs through ethnography, interviews and quantitative research. Precise identification of under-served and unmet customer needs approach led to 90% success rates with innovation. ● Incorporated “Biomimicry – Inspired by Nature” strategies into innovation and exploration practice. Developed client patents through the approach.● Designed and implemented Intellectual Property (IP) strategies for clients. These include trade secrets and patent strategies such as patent bullet-proofing, patent circumvention, and patent ring-fencing. These strategies had many million dollars of revenue and profit implications.● Led dozens of Lean Startups for corporate ventures and start-up companies. Success generated from rapid prototyping of Minimally Viable Products (MVP) through agile approach resulted in millions of dollars in new revenue

213 Nariman Point, Mumbai, In

As a seasoned Business Transformation Leader, I designed and deployed enterprise-wide deployments of transformation initiatives. My team and I assessed client’s business environments and designed operating systems for improving revenue and profit growth, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and employee engagement.Key Accomplishments:● Developed a holistic and systematic approach to identifying strategic and operational efficiency initiatives through strategic planning, value stream assessments, financial assessments, variance to plan, and data analytics. Assessments successfully identified opportunities in billions of dollars.● Designed and deployed Business Transformation ecosystems for multi-national clients by implementing Performance Improvement initiatives focused on continuous profit improvements. Generated multi-million dollars in financial savings for each client through on-the-ground consultants, and client teams. Led diagnostic assessments (value stream and financial) to identify opportunities, and report outs to client leadership.● Deployed several global deployments of Transformational initiatives across North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. Customized deployments to be sensitive to the country and client culture yet following the global mindset and goals.● Completed Value Stream Assessments and Financial assessments to determine opportunities for waste elimination, improving process efficiencies and lowering manufacturing costs for several clients. ● Implemented Process Innovation in retail environments with focus on profit/ EBITDA and customer satisfaction.

New York, Ny, Us

As global head of consulting and training operations, I was responsible for securing new client accounts, managing the deployment of over a team of 75 consultants (Master Black Belts, Lean Masters, Account Manager) globally, and the development of new products and services collaborating with stakeholders.• Deployed Lean Six Sigma Operational Excellence across numerous multi-national corporations.• Designed, implemented, and managed SMART Key Performance Indicators to ensure that organization objectives in the areas of product assurance, risk, quality, service, compliance, and efficiency are met. • Proficient at collecting and analyzing data, consistent performance reporting, written and verbal communications to technical and non-technical audience and review mechanisms.• Leadership ability and judgment to motivate the best consulting talent from around the world through hiring for transformation engagements.• Implemented an integrated Stage-Gate Process system with the Design for Six Sigma method for Product Development at numerous client companies generating millions of dollars in growth.• Trained hundreds of Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts and Black Belts at various corporations.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ph. D, Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering