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Connecting employers with my unique network of veterans and people with disabilities (especially blindness). More relevant candidates, tax credits, and better retention. Doing well by doing good! Let's talk. at TheBlindGuide.com
Location: Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States 20 work roles 3 schools
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Connecting employers with my unique network of veterans and people with disabilities (especially blindness). More relevant candidates, tax credits, and better retention. Doing well by doing good! Let's talk.
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Ed Henkler is listed as Connecting employers with my unique network of veterans and people with disabilities (especially blindness). More relevant candidates, tax credits, and better retention. Doing well by doing good! Let's talk. at TheBlindGuide.com, based in Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at 1978.usna.com, phone signal with area code 215, 610, 908, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Ed Henkler.

Ed Henkler previously worked as Strategic Advisor at Sensable and Founder at Theblindguide. Ed Henkler holds Bs, Ocean Engineering; French from United States Naval Academy.

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Based on my career and life experiences, I am passionate about creating meaningful employment for veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities (especially blindness). I refer to these candidates as a hidden candidate market as they are so often under- and un-employed. Did you know that people who are blind average 70% unemployment? Yet they can do anything on a laptop that someone who is sighted does: Accounting, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Talent Sourcing, and so much more.The hidden candidate market will make any company stronger. It starts with cognitive diversity, which is far more important than physical diversity. Your team will become more creative and innovative. Many studies, including a 2023 Accenture study have documented tangible metrics improvement when you employ people with disabilities. I'm a veteran and have many ties to the community of people with disabilities based on my extensive experiences helping people thrive with blindness. Let's talk.How about retention? When you provide an opportunity for one of my hidden candidate market individuals, you will have a very loyal employee. Not someone who is seeking their next opportunity 2-3 years later. Couple that with The Dream Manager philosophy (check out a related post on my theblindguide.com website). Better employees, staying longer!I am also passionate about preventing blindness and enabling technology for people who are blind or visually impaired. With over 20 years of experience in this field, I have implemented solutions to improve the quality of life and increase the employability of people with visual impairments. I have also partnered with Kshoonya, a company that creates wearable devices to enhance the mobility independence of people who are blind or visually impaired, as a strategic advisor since September 2023.In addition to my role as a vision loss expert, I am also a business mentor and a career coach. I have helped several startups and entrepreneurs achieve their goals and scale their businesses. I have also developed and facilitated innovative career coaching programs, using improvisational techniques, blue ocean strategies, and success-based approaches, to help people find work that is their passion, not just their paycheck. Moreover, I have a proven track record of leading and engaging high performance teams, in the military, corporate, non-profit, and entrepreneurial worlds, resulting in significant cost savings, process improvements, and talent retention.Let's talk: edhenkler@theblindguide.com

Listed skills include Strategy, Start Ups, Leadership, Change Management, and 46 others.

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TheBlindGuide.com
Theblindguide.Com
Connecting employers with my unique network of veterans and people with disabilities (especially blindness). More relevant candidates, tax credits, and better retention. Doing well by doing good! Let's talk.
Columbia, SC, US
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20 roles · 39 years

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Theblindguide.Com

Columbia, Sc, Us

Strategic Advisor

Current

Dover, De, Us

Kshoonya is dedicated to adding limitless value to everyday lives of the masses. Through Kshoonya, we want to create technologies & products that fill the gaps in lives of people who have the potential & means, but lack the tools. The current focus is on a wearable device to increase the mobility independence of people who are blind or visually impaired.

Sep 2023 - Present

Founder

Current
Theblindguide

Thriving after Vision Loss:Ensuring that people who have lost their sight shift their goals from surviving to thriving. Dedicated to people experiencing vision loss and those that love them.TheBlindGuide.com

Apr 2009 - Present

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Ability Ascend

Ability ASCEND will launch by the end of 2020. It will be the second module in an incredible matchmaking services between deserving job candidates and the employers who value them. The 2020 virtual Disability:IN conference asked if you were IN for inclusion. Companies that want to be IN should definitely register for Ability ASCEND as soon as possible.The model is quite similar to Veterans ASCEND. People who self-identify as having a disability will be eligible to register for free in the Ability ASCEND database. Registered companies will have access to candidates who match their open positions based on three criteria:SkillsDesired locationDesired compensation

Sep 2020 - Dec 2022

Business Development

Beverly Hills, California, Us

FemtoDx is bringing healthcare to where it belongs: your body.This is accomplished by continuously monitoring markers, specific to heart failure and stroke at home, through a multiplexed molecular diagnosis at clinically relevant levels, at a fraction of the cost and time.Incredible value in basic and clinical research, hospital settings, and for any home-based monitoring need.

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Vp, Business Development

Tel Aviv, Israel, Il

Project Ray: Freedom, Mobility. CommunitySmartphones are supposed to be liberating, bringing the wonders of communication, community, and advanced technology to billions, worldwide. Living with visual impairment and the challenges of actually using smartphones should never limit your ability to join that global community of family and friends.But, tactile devices have all but disappeared from the market. This technological evolution has condemned members of the visually impaired community to sticking with their out-of-date, pre-smartphone devices, for lack of a better option.Project Ray bridges this technological gap to deliver all the benefits of the smartphone revolution to the visually impaired community. The Ray Vision app, coupled with our patented Ray Click technology, is a specially designed user experience that provides visually impaired individuals with full accessibility, instantly for any touch device.

Nov 2018 - Feb 2020

Business Mentor

Cognitive Operational Systems, Llc

Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC (COSY) is a spinout of UPenn's GRASP Laboratory. The company focuses on leveraging University research for enabling industry solutions in computer vision, perception, and artificial intelligence. COSY’s “ beacon-free" back-end technology provides localization and turn-by-turn navigation in environments with no GPS - like indoors. This back-end technology can be used to enable augmented reality interfaces, audio-based navigation aids for the blind, and even mobile robots.

Sep 2012 - Feb 2016

Founder & Principal Consultant

Henkler High Performance Strategies Llc

Do you need help with your business or a change initiative?We coach leadership teams and executives, helping them uncover and implement innovative strategies, which will lead them to new opportunities that will separate them from their competition. Diverse career experiences from the Navy nuclear power program and ROTC instructor duty, to the pharmaceutical, medical device, start-up, and non-profit industries give us unique insights and the ability to translate strategy into actionable steps.You get the experience of the big consultant firms without the overhead and you’re always dealing with a seasoned, cross-industry savvy individual.

Jun 2009 - Dec 2015

Coo

In My Own Style

DIY tricks and hints to embellish your home and uncover your authentic style. This blog covers a broad array of topics from light construction through lifestyle items such as de-cluttering your work space and life.

May 2009 - Dec 2015

Board President (Ex Officio), Board Member

I have a deep passion for prevention of blindness and enabling technology for those with compromised vision. My family has been personally affected by the rather sudden loss of vision associated with age-related macular degeneration. Montgomery County Association for the Blind's mission is to enhance the quality of life and independence of people coping with blindness and vision impairment through rehabilitation, education, support and advocacy. They are a wonderful organization, and were instrumental in restoring my Mom's independence after she lost her sight.

2003 - Dec 2015

Coo - Ame Us

Ame Communicate Ltd

I am launching the US subsidiary of AME Communicate Ltd and am responsible for all aspects of establishing the US business entity and opening the North American market. AME Communicate is an adaptive technology and communications company which creates technology that assists in providing and promoting independence to those with a disability. We are able to adapt any type of hardware so that it then becomes suitable for a user with an impairment.

Nov 2014 - Sep 2015

Expert Community Builder

Indianapolis, In, Us

YourEncore’s world class expertise and solutions enable global life sciences and consumer health companies to accelerate new product pipelines and bring safer, more effective products to consumers. With on average 25 years of experience, our industry experts provide both critical advisory services and the capabilities and capacity to act on our recommendations.

Dec 2013 - Jan 2015

Consultant

Annidis

Annidis has developed an ocular pathology management system that integrates advanced multi-spectral imaging with analytic software for early detection and management of ocular pathologies such as Glaucoma, AMD and diabetic retinopathy. The system is scientifically engineered to capture health indicator data points and images from the deep retinal layers. The software integrates all data points and images into intuitive ocular health intelligence. This report is used to clinically assess a patient’s ocular health.I am consulting with CEO and other senior leaders on various operational and strategic aspects of Philadelphia launch.

Jun 2010 - Dec 2014

Strategic Business Development

Ecareteamconnect

eCareTeamConnect is a HIPAA compliant health information technology website: an integrative and interactive, digital personal health record system and communications hub. It is a valuable tool used to gather, track, store and share important daily information about your health or the health of someone in your care.

Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

Executive Director

New (Networked Expert Workforce)

A volunteer organization comprised of senior executives and subject matter experts who provide high level business consulting to a broad base of companies on a pro bono and limited engagement basis. The organization specializes in (1) analyzing and evaluating business plans, growth strategies, specific project/product initiatives, etc.; (2) problem solving for such issues as fading market share, sales stagnation, team dissension, etc.; and (3) developing marketing strategies and tactics to meet business goals. Working closely with the company’s leadership team, NEW provides thought provoking insights and ideas to help any organization move its business forward.

Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

Consultant

Us

SciVocis is where scientists unite and are empowered to improve the culture of discovery and the productivity of life science research to improve human health. This community is projected for scientists in transition, start-ups, retired scientists, and other non-affiliated individuals.

Aug 2009 - May 2011

Director Business Integration

Merck & Co, Inc.

Served in a Chief of Staff role while managing all business aspects of the research activities at the Pennsylvania site.• Directed an organization which provided strategic, operational and business support for Basic Research, PreClinical Development and Facility organizations located at the main Pennsylvania campus and several satellite sites.• Led an organization of fifteen which provided business and strategic planning support for eight Vice Presidents with 1150 scientific headcount, $315 million expense plan, and $30 million capital plan.• Led the east coast integration for the $1.1 billion Sirna acquisition, including five distinct Basic Research and PreClinical functions with headcount that increased from 50 to ~ 100 in first year.• Developed and implemented the concept for an empowered team of 30 bench scientists who identified and implemented changes in the labs, including increased utilization of robotic technology, 30% reduction in alarm dispatches, implementation of a $2 million day shift cleaning initiative, and establishment of various technical and employee development training forums.• Led one of four teams which identified critical issues and opportunities to increase the involvement and success of individuals who are differently abled in the work force.• Mentored individuals from chemical engineering, neuroscience, and IT to ensure they achieved their full potential.

Jan 2006 - Apr 2009

Strategic Project Management Office

Merck & Co, Inc.

Directed all aspects of the development and management of the global Research Division long range capital plan.• Reduced Capital Plan from $1 billion to less than $200 million annually (2000 – 2005) by employing a portfolio of capital effectiveness initiatives with engineering, more aggressive capital management processes, and expanded use of sourcing to improve a critical return on assets metric.• Served as the primary capital planning liaison for global leaders at multiple US sites and key research sites in Canada, England, France, Italy, and smaller sites in South America and Japan.• Led the development and subsequent evolution of a Capital Review Committee, which reviewed and approved all projects > $1 million with a focus on project-specific drivers as well as alignment with local and global strategies.• Led rapid increase in the Capital Plan from $75 million to $1 billion annually during a period of accelerated company growth (1994-1999); processing requirements more than doubled to ~ 4,000 projects per year while only adding one additional headcount.• Led a Six Sigma project to design and establish a standardized laboratory technology selection and acquisition process, projected to save millions of dollars (5-10% of the annual lifecycle cost).

Mar 1993 - Apr 2009

Facility Engineer

Merck & Co, Inc.

Directed the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems serving various Merck sites. Designed and implemented capital projects at remote Merck & Co., Inc. sites in Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. • Managed sixteen salaried and sixty Union personnel in the operation and maintenance of all HVAC and Refrigeration equipment serving Corporate, Manufacturing, and Research Division personnel at the New Jersey site. • Supervised ten Union personnel in the commissioning, operation, and maintenance of all HVAC and Refrigeration equipment for a 300,000 square foot research facility at the Pennsylvania site.

1988 - 1993 ~5 yrs

Mpa; Nrotc Instructor

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as a surface warfare and nuclear power qualified officer with final rank of Lieutenant Commander.• Served as the Main Propulsion Assistant (MPA) for the USS Arkansas (CGN-41).• Served as an engineering shift supervisor during shipyard construction, commissioning, and sea trials for the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).• Nominated as National Instructor of the Year while transforming a cross-enrollment Naval ROTC program into an autonomous organization, which provided a significant input into the Navy's premier programs: aviation and nuclear propulsion.

Jun 1978 - Feb 1988
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Ed Henkler education

Bs, Ocean Engineering; French

United States Naval Academy

Ms, Industrial Engineering

North Carolina State University

Hs, College Prep

Westminster Senior High School
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Ed Henkler works for TheBlindGuide.com.

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Ed Henkler is listed as Connecting employers with my unique network of veterans and people with disabilities (especially blindness). More relevant candidates, tax credits, and better retention. Doing well by doing good! Let's talk. at TheBlindGuide.com.

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Ed Henkler is based in Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States while working with TheBlindGuide.com.

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Ed Henkler has worked for Theblindguide.Com, Sensable, Theblindguide, Ability Ascend, and Femtodx.

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Ed Henkler holds Bs, Ocean Engineering; French from United States Naval Academy.

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Ed Henkler is listed with skills including Strategy, Start Ups, Leadership, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Management, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and Management Consulting.

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