Mike Hackney, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Nashville Metropolitan Area

The ShaydeTree is a multi-faceted organization providing management, team building, employee engagement, organizational improvement, executive coaching and development, and operations consulting. With a multi-industry focus to for-profit, not-for-profit, government, and education organizations, our team can design the answers you are seeking and coach and lead their implementation. Our Nashville headquarters centers us for North America and International engagements.

Chicago, Nashville

Best Selling Author, non-fiction: “Do More Stupid Things” 2023. Pending: “Life Changing Leadership” November, 2024. Numerous professional journal articles.Fiction under the pen name Shayde Michaels:“The Omega Event” 2014, revised 2024“The Omega Denial” 2024“The Omega ….” Name-pending Sequel scheduled for 2025https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/products/the-omega-denial

Nashville Metropolitan Area

A short term engagement at Stevison Meats, which produces a variety of high-value meat products for the food service and consumer markets.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Supply Chain and Operations leader for the U.S. Hispanic Brands market of Sigma Alimentos of Mexico. Senior executive for a high-performance team responsible for delivering exceptional products at excellent quality and profit levels for U.S., Latin America, and Asian markets.

Multi-Plant responsibilities for demand planning, S&OP, supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution for the Hebrew National meats division. Additional responsibilities for major project development and implementation for the ConAgra Grocery/Manufacturing platform.

Multi-plant responsibility for Sara Lee fresh baking. Strategic planning role for commercialization, capacity, corporate improvement projects and new customer development. Sara Lee was acquired by BBUSA in November 2011.

Greater Chicago Area

Served in transitional Operations VP-Director-CEO and consultant roles for client companies to oversee, develop and install variety of Lean based improvements, conduct pre and post acquisition due-diligence evaluations, and develop / implement change management strategies.

Chef Solutions foods group. Multi plant responsibility for supply chain operations for the Orval Kent division which offered a broad variety of USDA / FDA fresh-prepared food items for the retail and food service sectors.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Operations, sales, marketing, new product development responsibilities while in plant and general manager positions with PepsiCo, Newell Group, and Vienna Beef.

Infantry Rifle Platoon Leader, Anti-tank (M901 Improved TOW Vehicle) Platoon Leader, 48th Regiment in West Germany. Commanded three 34th Regiment combat infantry companies and served as the interim 1st Brigade operations officer (S-3) for the 24th Infantry Division (Mech) at Fort Stewart. Army ROTC scholarship Cadet, Distinguished Military Graduate and Regular Army commissionee. TS-SCI (inactive) clearance. Gulf War I era veteran as a reserve officer—Fifth Army… Show more Infantry Rifle Platoon Leader, Anti-tank (M901 Improved TOW Vehicle) Platoon Leader, 48th Regiment in West Germany. Commanded three 34th Regiment combat infantry companies and served as the interim 1st Brigade operations officer (S-3) for the 24th Infantry Division (Mech) at Fort Stewart. Army ROTC scholarship Cadet, Distinguished Military Graduate and Regular Army commissionee. TS-SCI (inactive) clearance. Gulf War I era veteran as a reserve officer—Fifth Army operations officer. Show less

Doctorate, Organizational Change And Leadership—Organizational Psychology

Research-academic areas are the foundational and operational aspects of Organizational Psychology: how-why change and effective leadership.

Business Applications Of Robotics And Artificial Intelligence

Mba, Forbes School Of Business And Technology

Logistics, Project, And Operations Management

Infantry Officer Advanced Course

Ba

Activities and Societies: UofA Corps of Cadets, Army ROTC Scholarship Cadet. Distinguished Military Graduate, Scabbard & Blade, Sigma Phi.