I am an Associate Partner and Executive Coach at Simpler Consulting, an IBM Company, with over 15 years of experience in leading and coaching healthcare organizations in their lean journeys. I have an MBA from the University of Iowa and a BA in Economics and Business from Cornell College. I also hold several certifications in design thinking and IBM Garage methods.My expertise lies in applying the Toyota Production System and Lean principles to help clients achieve breakthrough results in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and human development. I partner with clients to see and solve problems in a systematic manner, using tools and methods such as value stream mapping, standard work, kanban, flow, and design thinking. I also mentor and empower leaders and teams to sustain and improve their performance and create a great place to work. Some of the results I have enabled include doubling the skus produced each day, reducing lead-times by 90%, increasing delivery from 35% to 99%, and reducing incident rate by 88%. My mission is to support healthcare organizations improve the patient and employee experience and drive transformational change.
Listed skills include Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, Value Stream Mapping, and 24 others.