Michael Pierson, Mba Email & Phone Number

I am a versatile Operations and Engineering Manager with a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt experienced in value stream management and transformational leadership. I am known for facilitating a culture of engagement, empowerment, and productivity. To drive operational excellence, I conduct current state assessments with an engineering mindset, create focus through planning, establish systems to measure and improve operational metrics, and develop high-performing teams.Skilled in operations management, engineering, people and team development, lean and quality deployment, and strategy development and deployment, I combine people and technical leadership to add value in the following ways:TRANSFORMING CULTURES BY DRIVING A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MINDSETThrough application of Lean and Six Sigma practices, I build cultures of employee ownership resulting in elevated employee engagement scores. I ensure teams have a clear understanding of purpose, priories and goals leading to improvements in performance and retention.TURNING AROUND UNDERPERFORMING TEAMS AND BUSINESS OPERATIONSI turned around the culture and performance of an acquired underperforming plant that became the company’s best-in-practice facility. Collaborating with others, I addressed the issue of skilled labor shortage by introducing process automation. Coaching engineers in effective conflict management with internal customers, I facilitated open communication and better outcomes in new product introduction and process changes.DEVELOPING AND COMMERCIALIZING NEW PRODUCTSI implemented post launch KPI’s of new offers by incorporating statistical analysis, tracking systems, and post-launch continuous improvement and sustainability efforts.This fostered improvements in both completion and accuracy of product launch steps and removed communication and trust barriers between development and operational teams. INTEGRATING CULTURES AND SYSTEMS FOLLOWING M&A ACQUISITIONFollowing acquisition of one prior competitors, I successfully led the integration of the operations team and improved delivery from 50% to 95%, cut inventory turns in half, and continually improved quality and productivity to bring the operation to profitability.Following a second acquisition, I led the integration of a technical team, transferring best practices and improving both the profitability of the acquired enterprise and the operational efficiency of the legacy company.Contact me at Michael.j.pierson@icloud.com

Listed skills include Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis, and 39 others.