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Detroit, Michigan

The Lean Learning Center provides leadership in integrating Lean Rules and Principles into the culture of organizations where self sufficiency in Continuous Improvement is achieved. We have been providing such services since 2001

• Delivering Effective Business Operations Designs | Streamlining Operating Models for Profit | Leading organizations in configuring and selecting technology for business growth.

Detroit, Michigan Area

As a Team Mobilizer Coach, I focus on fostering commitment and collaboration within teams and organizations, which can result in faster project delivery, improved quality, and higher team engagement and motivation.

Detroit, Michigan & Dublin, Ireland

Executive Leader for major business & cultural transformation programs • Lead business strategy with IT alignment providing programs and solutions supporting growth. • Facilitate business operating model design and redesign teams. • Train and upskill business operations and IT partners to achieve results through program initiatives.• Help organizations eliminate Human coordination waste hidden in operations through training and implementing Commitment-based Management™ disciplines.

Midwest Usa

• Managed all IT Services Offerings in the 13-state Territory for new and growing business clients in all Industries with primary focus on Manufacturing, Construction, and Finance.• Led a highly matrixed team of 18+ Offering Sales Specialists utilizing company-wide resources in pre-sales, solution architects, offshore technical specialists, inside sales, delivery teams, Alliance partners, and bid management resources to construct a vast array of managed services IT offerings.• Startup organization, an innovative McKinsey model, in which the Midwest Territory (1 of 10 in the Americas) led in all measurement categories.

Singapore & Apac Region

• Managed APAC Sales & Services Operations with direct sales resources and a technical support team in facilitating success through channel partners, which accelerated achievement of sales quotas and business objectives.• Developed & launched new WiFi offerings in the Retail and Airlines Industries.• Led new business development initiatives in China, Japan, Korea, ASEAN, and ANZ, which included deeper collaboration with Channel Partners.• Provided solutions for the harshest of WiFi environments for Banks, Hospitality, Health, Education, and Sports Venues, which included outfitting one of the world’s largest sports arenas in Australia.

Greater Detroit Area / Global

• Global Lead Account Partner for Fiat/Chrysler - Managed all global consulting and IT services resources across, which included 4 regional associate Partners and Delivery teams, numbering 36+ total resources. Re-established IBM as a consulting partner achieving the $20M quota assigned with 3 of 4 regions exceeding their targets.• Partner, Application Management Services - Launched AMS in ASEAN growing from $70M to $220M in less than 3 years leading 1500 Sales and Delivery resources contributing 85% of profit for the region.• Executive Director for Lean Six Sigma - Managed IBM's Lean Six Sigma program launch for 2/3s of the world geography, assessed as the fastest start of this Program, and achieving $7M of operational savings each year for 2 years.• Executive Director, Infrastructure Outsourcing Services Hub East - Responsible for all Infrastructure sales opportunities being imported into or exported out of the Eastern Hemisphere assembling resources across the eastern hemisphere, which exceeded $1B in business.• Program Executive - Defined and completed benchmarking for the global organization model for the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in China.• Partner in the startup of IBM's Consulting Business - Launched the IBM Consulting Group’s Global Automotive Business Transformation operation managing resources on multiple continents. Completed programs for Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Navistar, Samsung, Proton, Volvo, and Daewoo.

Pune, India & Global

• Managed the company to globalize the operation. Grew the company from $75M to $250M in just over 3 years with significant expansion into global Aerospace and Automotive companies achieving year on year EBITA growth.• Transformed & turned around the culture from individual heroics into a disciplined process driven company. • Led the acquisition and integration of an Automotive Engineering Services company to fill gaps in supporting the end to end Vehicle Development process.• Fulfilled several additional roles including: acting CIO of Tata Motors, Global Delivery Executive for IT Infrastructure & Applications Management at Tata Motors, Delivery Executive supporting Infrastructure and resources for the Tata Motors Engineering Center, and merged the Daewoo Commercial Vehicles operations into Tata Motors.

Detroit Metropolitan Area & Global

• Established a global leadership role in this new organization to design the processes, disciplines, and tools to facilitate business units in capturing their requirements leading to lean configurations of GM's Global Common IT Systems.• Managed and led programs including: CRM to launch the Buick Regal in China, Transformation of the outsourced GM Japan IT organization back in-house, Led the merger of two unique North American & European Vehicle Development Processes into one unified global VDP, Re-defined the Industrial Engineering segment of GM’s VDP eliminating redundant work, Re-Engineered all of GM Powertrain’s yearly planning processes, and Responsible for leading Greenfield and Re-Design IT efforts for all GM vehicle production facilities.

Ms, Computer Science, Statistics

Activities and Societies: Competitive Programming Team, Created a Programming Language, Internship in the City of KalamazooExcelled.

Bs, Mathematics, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Baseball Team Captain, Lead fund raiser, and Treasurer - Baseball Team single season HR Record Holder.