Gary Vansuch

Director of Process Improvement at Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) | Lean | Six Sigma | Change Mgt.

Denver Metropolitan Area

About

Executive Management / Strategy Deployment / Lean Process Improvement Leadership / Change Management

Experience

  • Director of Process Improvement at Colorado Department of Transportation
    2011 - Present · 15 yrs 6 mos

    I am a member of the Senior Management Team at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), an industry leader with a $1.3 billion annual budget for developing and maintaining highway, transit and integrated intermodal transportation within the State of Colorado. I am the executive responsible for leading the process improvement initiative at CDOT. At CDOT we are working to make government services more effective, efficient and elegant: www.codot.gov/business/process-improvement CDOT’s Lean Everyday Ideas initiative was honored as a "Top-25 Innovation in American Government" for 2018 by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government: www.codot.gov/news/2018/august/cdot-receives-top-25-innovation-award-from-harvard Our efforts were featured in "How Colorado's Transportation Department Is Institutionalizing Improvement", from Governing magazine in April 2014: www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/col-colorado-transportation-department-continuous-process-improvement.html The Oversize / Overweight Permits Process Improvement Project was highlighted by the American Society for Quality in its article "Lean Project Helps Colorado DOT Provide Disaster Response Following Historical Flood": http://asq.org/knowledge-center/case-studies-CDOT-flood.html Two of our process improvement projects have been Finalists for the International Team Excellence Awards: https://www.codot.gov/business/process-improvement/recognition-awards-and-testimonial/international-team-excellence-awards Our Lean Everyday Ideas initiative is highlighted by Dr. Dean Schroeder, the author of "The Idea-Driven Organization", here: www.careersingovernment.com/tools/gov-talk/career-advice/on-the-job/front-line-untapped-power-house-improvement-potential/ Our change management (business readiness) efforts are highlighted here: blog.prosci.com/blog/success-story-colorado-department-of-transportation

  • Senior Quality Manager at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs

    Responsible for leading key aspects of NREL’s quality and organizational excellence initiative, including 1) directing the organizational Change Management Program; 2) directing the company-wide Assessment Management Program; 3) facilitating the strategic planning process with NREL’s most-senior executives; and 4) leading strategic organizational and business improvement projects.

  • Senior Project Manager and Master Black Belt at OppenheimerFunds
    2004 - 2009 · 5 yrs

    Responsible for strategic and operational improvement projects for call center and processing center of a mid-sized financial services firm, utilizing Lean Six Sigma, Agile and Organizational Change Management methodologies.

  • Assistant Vice President and Senior Quality Manager at Chase
    2003 - 2004 · 1 yr

    Responsible for Transactional Six Sigma quality improvement for international network of call centers serving credit card customers.

  • Director of Strategic Planning, Home Equity Lending Division at Wells Fargo
    1999 - 2003 · 4 yrs

    Responsible for strategic planning, best practice implementation and Transactional Six Sigma quality improvement for a network of home equity processing centers.