Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
With more than 20 years of experience as an Executive C-Suite Leader, I have a background in entrepreneurial business management, transformational program execution, and leadership in strategic global operations. I am well versed in productivity optimization, social innovation, and employee development. It is my passion to drive sustainable organizational excellence while focusing on achieving aggressive business goals and developing future leaders. Key Achievements Include: ✅ Trained over 9,500 professionals and led over 350 transformations globally in over 100 Fortune 500 companies, across 25 different industries and 5 different continents. ✅ Member of Forbes Coaching Council, Board member of US India Chamber of Commerce, Industry Advisor MIT India. ✅ Breakthrough results include cost savings ranging from $1 million to $39 million. Ranked in the top 1% of trainers and top 5% of consultants. ✅ Authored 7 books, developed stress coaching software, culture transformation games and delivered over 100 keynotes at international conferences. ✅ Achieved significant milestones as a hands-on executive operations leader; reduced direct labor costs by 19%, enhanced quality by 50%, and accelerated sales by 35%. ✅ Guided a cross-functional executive team in a global business of 300,000+ employees, specializing in social innovation and engineering, to provide pre-sales support for digital transformation in services and plant operations. ✅ Led over 50 cross-functional strategic initiatives at Stryker, encompassing plant operations, acquisitions, product development, software development, simulation modeling, and corporate transformations across 3 divisions. Shattered over 30 years of records in productivity, inventory reduction, efficiency and quality. ✅ Won multiple international medals, awards, and doctorate degree for outstanding achievements in publications, teaching, leadership and quality. Contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.
• Actively consult in an international business specializing in training, software development, and speaking, with partnerships across North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. • Lead business strategies, marketing, budgeting, product development, and service delivery, while also authoring books and delivering keynote speeches. • Fostered alliances with global organizations like Leoron Training Institute, Access Business Management, Group Engenho, Time Based Management, Guidon Consulting, and Sprintzeal. • Transformed over 350 plant operations globally, achieving savings between $1M to $39M, and served 100+ clients including top-tier companies like Nike and Harley Davidson. • Ranked in the top 5% of consultants and top 1% of trainers, authored 4 award-winning books, developed stress coaching software, culture transformation games, and delivered over 100 keynotes at international conferences.
• Successfully led 2 agile teams of 25-30 employees at a major financial services company, obtaining high praise from C-level stakeholders for transforming mobile app development culture and operational excellence. • Implemented corporate KPIs, agile methodologies, and process improvements, utilizing tools like Jira, Clarity, Rally, and Asana, and collaborated with EP3/Clarity roll-out team for PI planning cycles. • Strategically developed compliance controls and workforce planning initiatives in line with USAA standards and federal regulations, rapidly establishing executive relationships and completing staffing plans using Workday and OneSource. • Innovatively transformed company culture to a more open, cohesive environment, introducing a buddy system that paired senior and junior employees, ultimately enhancing operational excellence.
• Led the operational transformation of a natural health and wellness company, overseeing 40+ employees across operations, quality, shipping, planning, and logistics departments. • Achieved significant milestones as an executive operations leader, including reduced direct labor costs by 19%, enhanced quality by 50%, and accelerated sales by 35%. • Implemented visual work instructions, Lean Six Sigma programs, and value stream mapping initiatives, resulting in cost savings of over $250K. • Utilized strategic visioning, SWOT analysis, and Hoshin Kanri planning to align the executive team with strategic plan. • Enhanced company culture by hiring key experts, introducing an employee appreciation program, idea/suggestion program, balanced scorecard, and SOAR performance appraisal system.
• Guided a cross-functional executive team in a global business of 300,000+ employees, specializing in social innovation and engineering, to provide pre-sales support for digital transformation in services and plant operations. • Led an IoT seal-team within the social innovation business group, providing transformation and thought leadership. • Innovated, designed, and implemented IoT, AR-VR, and digital transformation solutions for over 30 clients across sectors like defense and retail, resulting in increased sales of over $5M. • Developed and introduced thought-leadership concepts such as Operational Excellence 4.0, Supply Chain 4.0, and Lean IoT™, and presented these ideas at international conferences.
Lead a team of volunteers at ASQ, Human Development & Leadership to create and share ideas on enhancement of human potential. Focus on creating and globally distributing key advances in human development & leadership through education and thought-leadership.