BACKGROUND
Retired 12/18/2015 from Rockwell Collins.
Strategic leadership skills with a strong customer value focus, with emphasis on delivering results.
Facilitated enterprise transformations, including business unit visioning.
Analyzed and implemented an integrated business from 4 diverse groups.
Business process analysis strength.
Project management expertise, developed program planning tools and methods.
Effective communication with executive leadership and key stakeholders.
Prosci ADKAR change management certification and application.
Teambuilding.
Extensive facilitation experience and application, within company and across industry.
Project management, preparation for program planning (tools and processes).
Trusted thought partner with business leaders.
Recognized industry expertise in Lean product development.
Worked closely with business leaders to identify the vision and value for their organizations, and create action plans to prioritize and achieve that vision and value. Focus on the potential of the team and the plans to achieve the maximum customer value. Identify the people, process and tools to achieve the business benefits.
Core team member of the MIT/PMI/INCOSE project management for engineering and program management synergies. Shingo prize recipient for 2 publications.
Expertise in change management, Lean tools and applications, communication, knowledge management, continuous improvement, business integrations, building powerful networks, Lean product development, Lean systems engineering, Lean program management, project management,program planning tools and methods, business process analysis, Prosci change management certification, communication, strategic enterprise transformation
I have many external colleagues, involved in change and enterprise transformation.
I was a founding co-chair of the INCOSE Lean Systems Engineering Working Group and am a core team member of the INCOSE/PMI/MIT Lean Program Management Community of Practice.