A 178 bed, 2400+ employee hospital and physician network of over 30 primary and specialty medical practices. Services include Trauma and Emergency, Surgery, Cancer Care, Birthing, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Sleep Disorders, Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Wound Healing, Wellness and Prevention Programs and extensive diagnostic services. As a member of the Executive Team, transformational change leader responsible for the efficient and effective project execution to achieve strategic and operating plan measurable outcomes system wide• Chair Executive Team meetings• Over 250 Lean Six Sigma projects completed across most every department in the organization engaging over 1000 employees with 90% of projects completed on-time and meeting measurable outcomes with benefits across the spectrum of Safety, Quality, Service, and Cost. $7.0MM third party vetted financial savings• Introduced and was the change leader of driving accountability management into the culture; linking business ownership, measureable performance outcomes, cascading goals, and performance management compensation• Led the organizational Productivity initiative utilizing industry cost center benchmarks and accountability structure with annualized impact of $5.7MM

As a member of the Executive Team, lead the deployment of data and result driven problem solving and project execution utilizing Lean Six Sigma and Project Management methodologies into the organization culture. • Direct responsibility for the Pharmacy department of 28 FTE’s • Developed and implemented an Operations Excellence (OE) deployment plan to build project execution capabilities and competencies• Built organizational infrastructure consisting of Champions, Black Belts, Green Belts, and Project Managers strategically placed across the organization • Completed 20 projects with over $800k quantified measurable financial statement savings by end of first year• Developed a future state value proposition and 5 year strategic plan for Pharmacy within the WDHS system

A start-up business consulting company specializing in "Process Driven Results" with expertise in Lean Six Sigma Deployment, Project Management, and Stage-Gate Product Development.; Led Lean Six Sigma deployments and served as Master Black Belt consultant for multiple Companies in Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Financial Services.Delivered Lean Six Sigma training to over 100 senior executive leaders, Champions, Black Belts, and Green Belts. Coaching and mentoring on hundreds of projects.Developed and implemented a customized stage gate product development process for a Healthcare company. Trained and facilitated a product development team for a new product launch.

Led and managed a team of 6 Black Belts and a Project Manager to improve existing business processes or design new ones for an 1100 employee firm.• Delivered over $17MM in quantified, independently approved financial results.• Developed plans to re-structure operations enabling business performance through three reductions in force events in a very challenging financial credit market.

Full Marketing and Technical Service responsibility of a 40 person worldwide organization in five locations for a $280MM business with five sub-product lines.Led and championed a stage-gate product development process resulting in an increase in productivity from one to three new products per year.Led a worldwide project team across three continents in development of a business adjacency strategy to leverage core competencies to capitalize on a latent market need resulting in a licensing deal with a technology partner.Leader and champion of value based pricing methodology delivering over $1MM in revenue enhancement.

Full strategic, operating, and P&L responsibility for a $22MM business with six manufacturing sites, professional Sales organization, 180 employees, and ten direct reports.Developed, planned, and implemented a strategic business unit re-structure resulting in a year over year 142% increase in EBIT, an 18% decrease in overhead expenses, and a six point margin increase.Re-structured manufacturing operations to a new operating paradigm at 40% less volume and 50 less people.Directly managed customer issues related to media concerns of asbestos in vermiculite during the period that W.R. Grace filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Championed Six Sigma programs to extract $500k of productivity gains through yield enhancement and changed the basic cost structure through process automation.Led the rollout of a Behavior Based Safety Program that resulted in exceptional performance improvements with a 50% reduction in OSHA recordable accidents and a record low incident rate for this business.

Marketing leader with responsibilities for product management, strategic marketing, and commercial development for a $50MM business.Developed and implemented a three-tier product marketing strategy and brand re-launch resulting in $10MM top line growth. Closed a deal for a toll manufacturing alliance and Supply Agreement resulting in the commercialization of a new product line that generated an incremental $3MM in new product Sales in first year.Developed and implemented business plan to launch products in Asia resulting in first time sales in region.

R&D section leader responsible for sheet membrane commercial development with two direct reports.Developed a new technology platform and led the commercialization of two new patented products through a stage-gate product development process resulting in over $20MM of Sales.Led a multi-functional team resulting in over $1MM in annualized cost reduction.