John Braley Email & Phone Number

Nashville, TN

Incorporating proven change management and organizational effectiveness practices we assist companies in driving improved results by using tools and techniques that spotlight and enhance their day-to-day operational efficiency and broader project team effectiveness.

Tactegra is a process-based management consulting firm that helps companies improve the way they do business. We’re experts in Integrated Process Solutions, Project and Operations Support, Lean Six Sigma, and Organizational Change Management. Our people are experienced consultants focused on creating value for your business. That’s why we have savvy people.

Franklin, TN

• In concert with senior leadership from commercial, operations and IT organizations, facilitated the establishment, prioritization and execution of departmental improvement strategies
• Led functional vice-presidents and functional directors in identifying teams, initiating projects and driving action plans on projects that resulted in over $15M in cost reduction from 23 major initiatives
• Changed how the company does business by improving the top to bottom operation of 19, fundamental key work processes.

Houston, TX

• Coordinated a Commercial Expertise organization that, in concert with global Commercial presidents, established improvement goals, deployed project managers and prioritized projects that achieved over $125M in EBIT.
• Trained, coached and certified over 300 Six Sigma Master Black Belts, Black Belts, Green Belts and Local Champions from all functional disciplines
• Served on the corporate board to drive organizational change throughout a $45B company

Midland, MI

• Created and implemented the global market vision, strategy and tactics for launching SiLK, a new interlayer dielectric technology for microprocessors with a total revenue potential of $600MM
• Crafted and implemented the participation strategy for a patented ceramic material, Silica Coated Aluminum Nitride, used packaging semiconductors
• Evaluated alternate value capture mechanisms including a technology-in-lieu-of-money investment strategy in the molded wood market
• Formulated a business model for targeted market participation in tagging explosives
• Created a stand-alone engineering services business for designing plastic parts including co-patent holder for software application

Midland, MI

• Led a 21 person application development organization that integrated themselves into our customer’s product development process and annually delivered new plastic business worth over $9MM of gross margin
• Increased the group’s productivity 5 fold by establishing clear market development objectives and pioneered a new measurement system that aligned individual goals with the business and marketing strategies
• Served as the nucleus to catalyze multifunctional and multi-department goals into well-coordinated development programs that delivered sales to the company
• Chaired one management team and served on another that globally redesigned the business’s development process and redefined marketing, sales and technical service roles and responsibilities

Midland

• Leading three multifunctional teams, instituted clear market positioning, well understood R&D targets and measurable project milestones in a $200M business that delivered sales and profit gains of 34% and 48%.
• Orchestrated a $24M dollar capital project to reach a cost competitive manufacturing position in one product line
• Successfully testified before the International Trade Commission on unfair trade tariffs

Midland, MI

• As one of Dow's first market manager, conducted in-depth market & product analysis and created and implemented new marketing strategies and plans that grew the business 5 fold to $190M
• As part of the marketing strategy, expanded the market-facing organization that add a new, focused application development function that worked closely with automotive design engineers
• Supported the development and launched 2 new product lines specific to the auto industry that generated sales of over $50M within 4 years
• Chaired a multi-functional Market Management Team that won the Dow Chemical President's Award for Excellence

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Rho - Fraternity; Sigma Pi Sigma - National Physics Honor Society

Exec Ed, Finance, General

Exec Ed, Mergers And Acquitions