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My career has been built around exactly what businesses demand: leading Lean transformation, coaching senior leaders, developing visual management systems, and creating cultures where continuous improvement becomes daily operational discipline rather than a one-time initiative. 

Over the past 20+ years, I have delivered measurable results across healthcare, mining, maintenance systems, and manufacturing—including $4.4M in Black Belt project savings, $2.2M in annual reliability cost avoidance, and major throughput gains through Theory of Constraints and Lean operating systems. 

My Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Design & Management and Six Sigma Black Belt certification complement deep hands-on leadership in operational transformation.

Improvement and Change Agent

🔧 Hard Skills (Technical / Domain Expertise)

  1. Organizational Design (Systems Leadership / Requisite Organization)
  2. Theory of Constraints (Throughput Optimization)
  3. Lean Six Sigma Methodologies
  4. Process Mapping & Workflow Analysis
  5. Operational Performance Improvement
  6. Maintenance & Reliability Systems (Planning & Scheduling)
  7. Change Management Frameworks
  8. Project & Program Management (Large-Scale Initiatives)
  9. Systems Analysis & Constraint Identification
  10. Business Process Reengineering (BPR)


🧠 Soft Skills (Leadership / Interpersonal Strengths)

  1. Leadership Coaching & Mentorship
  2. Executive Communication (translating complex systems into clear direction)
  3. Facilitation of Large Cross-Functional Groups
  4. Influence Without Authority
  5. Strategic Thinking & Systems Thinking
  6. Change Leadership (guiding teams through transformation)
  7. Stakeholder Alignment & Buy-In Building
  8. Problem Framing & Root Cause Thinking
  9. Conflict Resolution & Navigating Organizational Tension
  10. Decision-Making Under Complexity

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

UnitedHealth Group / Optum Duluth, MN & Remote

Sr Business Analyst Consultant April 2025 – Present

  • Lead large-scale implementation of provider route optimization technology for home visits
  • Increased provider visits per day from 4.04 to 5.98, generating $670K additional revenue in 2025
  • Manage waterfall and agile project management methodologies for strategic initiatives

Program Manager/Portfolio/Master Black Belt December 2020 – February 2023

  • Directed strategic programs within Care Delivery Shared Services
  • Provided training, mentoring, and senior leadership across multiple business units
  • Managed portfolio of continuous improvement initiatives

Sr Business Analyst Consultant/Black Belt November 2017 – December 2020

  • Applied DMAIC and DMADV methodologies to optimize benefit operations
  • Led cross-functional teams in process improvement initiatives

Project Manager – Six Sigma March 2016 – November 2017

  • Managed ISO compliance and external audit processes
  • Collaborated with CMS on regulatory requirements and quality standards

Synchronous Solutions Remote

Director, Process Consulting February 2023 – April 2025

  • Applied Theory of Constraints to manufacturing sales operations
  • Reduced sales cycle time by 36%, enabling sales team to exceed $500K quarterly targets
  • Specialized in manufacturing process optimization

Improvement Systems Consulting Ohio

Owner / Principal March 2014 – March 2016

  • Provided international consulting services in organizational design and systems leadership
  • Specialized in Requisite Organization and Stratified System Theory

Cliffs Natural Resources Duluth, MN

Director, Continuous Improvement February 2012 – February 2014

  • Designed and delivered comprehensive early-career engineering program
  • Managed portfolio of continuous improvement initiatives across mining operations
  • Provided systems leadership and DMAIC training company-wide

Reliability Engineer January 2010 – February 2012

  • Led 11 failure investigation projects resulting in $2.2M annual cost avoidance
  • Specialized in vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, and industrial forensics
  • Conducted root cause analysis using Apollo RCA methodology

Project Manager – Six Sigma January 2008 – January 2010

  • Led ANOVA statistical study to optimize ore particle sizing for quality improvement
  • Implemented laser sizing technology, revolutionizing production process assessment
  • Managed mining operations KPIs and Six Sigma initiatives

United HealthCare Insurance Co Duluth, MN

Project Manager – Six Sigma July 2007 – January 2008

  • Successfully completed 6 DMAIC Black Belt projects with combined savings of $4.4M
  • Utilized Six Sigma, DMAIC, DMADV, SPC, and MiniTab for process improvements

Manager, Quality Management June 2006 – July 2007

  • Launched new quality team from design and hiring to operational in under 4 months
  • Managed operations and supervised quality management initiatives

Senior Quality Consultant April 2004 – April 2005

  • Led project reducing average handle time from 6.7 to 4.4 minutes per call
  • Applied Total Quality Management and Statistical Process Control methodologies

Associate Quality Consultant April 2002 – April 2004

  • Implemented call quality program improving customer service quality from 88.2% to 98.4%
  • Specialized in Total Quality Management and Statistical Process Control
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