John Ellis, Asq Cssbb, Pmp-Retired Email & Phone Number

Denton County, Texas, United States

Irving, Texas

Plano, Texas

A leader in corporate HR and Continuous Improvement(CI) responsible for CI deployment and growth, and managing global strategic and tactical improvement efforts for HR- Developed an implementation plan to establish a Continuous Improvement program in HR- Managed a portfolio of improvement efforts in 14 high impact areas in HR Operations- Lead a joint team of HR, IT, Finance and vendor representatives to improve US/Canadian Payroll processing- Provided project management for implementation, testing and end-user support for global compensation planning

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

ddeveloped and implemented process improvements in Raytheon's IT Global PMO

• Member of the leadership team responsible for creating and implementing departmental and enterprise-wide Six Sigma policies, procedures and strategies in US and Canada.• Advisor to Vice Presidents in Human Resources, Information Technology, Quality, Research and Engineering, and Finance for Six Sigma projects and strategies.• Leader and focal point responsible for the success of projects, Green Belts and Black Belt in Human Resources, Information Technology, Quality, Research and Engineering, and Finance.• Final reviewer and approver of Green Belt and Black Belt certification and project closure requirements.• Creator and manager of the organization responsible for all formal and continuing Six Sigma education across Bell Helicopter.• Mentor and trainer for Textron Corporate Black Belts and Bell Helicopter Green Belts.

• Manager and support for all Six Sigma activities at Bell R & D/Flight Test in Arlington, Texas.• Project lead to create the R & D Concept and Technology Design process.• Developer and lead trainer of customized Green Belt tracks targeting Bell Research and Engineering • Project leader to design the Engineering Technology Roadmap Process for $18 million research budget.

• Black Belt Lead on Earned Value system implementation ($14 million project), Product Data Management software selection for Textron ($20M for Bell); Projects completed worth $1 million+ in savings.• Trainer for Six Sigma Champion training, departmental awareness training and Green Belt training

• Managed creation of IT project management methodology, deliverables, standards, support processes and procedures.• Manager for the daily operation of the PMO supporting over 200 IT staff members on over 70 completed projects a year costing $19 million+ as a well as multi-year projects totaling more than 400,000 labor hours. • Trainer for project management methodologies and tools. (Primavera TeamPlay)

• Manager/Account Executive responsible for work and contract definition, client satisfaction, billing and administration, and performance of consulting teams at client locations.• Project Manager responsible for, planning and implementing projects to evaluate and correct failures that were a consequence of the turn of the century (Y2K). Clients in the oil, insurance, pharmaceutical, energy, manufacturing, education and utility industries with resultant projects ranging from $2-$20 million.

• Manager over evaluation and selection of IT products and subsequent vendor performance• Evaluator and approver of requests for exceptions to IT standard products•Author for d ocumentation and processes for IT product and vendor management.