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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Over 20 years experience working with executives to design and implement
initiatives to improve performance and innovation in organizations,
processes and teams.
Initiatives typically focus on improving productivity, value to customers or
the effectiveness of product development,
program management or
business processes.
Clients have included late stage start
ups, mid-size companies and large global firms in high tech, medical products and service sectors.
At Sun Microsystems, Neil serves as a senior consultant working with
executives and their teams to design and implement major initiatives that
cut across business units or the whole company. Most client projects involve
strategy, organization design and change management support.
At GE Corporate Consulting he led the development and
implementation of GE quality management, product development, program
management and
leadership best
practice programs. Key team member on productivity improvement task force reporting to Jack Welch. Developed and led
1-3 week executive development programs at Crotonville - GE's Management
Development Center.
Relate well at all levels and with all functions by
leveraging my corporate experience as an executive, senior program
manager, department manager and electronics design engineer working in marketing,
engineering, operations, customer support, executive development, human
resources and training functions.
Sun Microsystems,
General Electric,
Hewlett Packard, Texas Instruments, Eastman Kodak, USF&G.
MBA, BS Electrical Engineering
EXAMPLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Led a forecasting improvement and inventory reduction
initiative that resulted in a 50% reduction in inventory costs and 200%
improvement in inventory turnover while overcoming competing agendas and gaps
in sponsorship. |
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Enabled a
profitable entry into a new consumer market by facilitating a product cost
reduction effort that reduced product costs 20% by innovating new approaches
in the Singapore manufacturing facility and U.S. design centers. |
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Identified productivity improvement opportunities in an 80 person start up
that led to increasing productivity 15% within 60 days and improved
achievement of key project milestones. |
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Addressed
chronic company problem of product release slips and lost customers by
leading the design and implementation of product development disciplines and a
product life cycle process that greatly
increased development productivity and predictability. |
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Avoided the
cancellation of a critical world-wide sales conference by convincing the VP
Sales to conduct a virtual conference instead
using a web based conferencing tool. Saved $1.2M in travel and living
expenses and
increased participation of sales staff and eliminated lost travel
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Dealt
with a critical talent gap in an intense talent war environment by leading a
director level team to re-design the company’s staffing process which reduced
hiring time by 30%, eliminated non-value-add approvals (from nine to three)
and made it crystal clear who was responsible to do what, by when. |
UNIQUE
SKILLS
Getting Buy In -
Demonstrate knowledge of challenges, frustrations, concerns and
desires of functional executives and professionals and use their language to
communicate compelling benefits for moving forward and then bring them on board
to deliver results and own outcomes.
Getting
Results -
Quickly surface gaps and confusion around accountability, interdependencies,
responsibilities, expectations and implement practical solutions that stick.
Revitalizing Organizations
– Create a focus on customers and their emerging needs, assess the
external environment, develop new strategy and implement a manageable number of
projects that rapidly improve productivity and customer retention/expansion.
Working Globally -
Utilize web based and audio conferencing to
help virtual teams and dispersed staff work collaboratively and productively to
achieve stretch goal projects.
Facilitating High
Performance -
Establish highly energized working forums
where people align on a critical goal and work in radically different ways to be
more innovative and productive.
Coaching
For Success
- Surface forgotten strengths and peak experiences,
clarify goals and their personal meaningfulness, stimulate new perspectives and
thinking, offer a few suggestions for consideration of what works and doesn't
and why. Acknowledge strengths, progress and courage. Champion the client.
Just-In-Time Training
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Utilize a bite-size training session approach that can fit into regularly
scheduled staff meetings where real challenges and problems are worked on and
practical tools make possible rapid improvement.
EDUCATION
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Masters in Management
Sciences (MBA) - University of Texas at Dallas
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B.S. Electrical Engineering -
State University of New York at Buffalo
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Extensive
coaching training at
College of Executive Coaching, Center For Executive Coaching and Coaches Training Institute
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Organization
Development Certification Program – NTL Institute |
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Taught
graduate & undergraduate customer service and performance management courses at Johns Hopkins
University |
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Taught
quality and leadership courses at UC-Santa Cruz Extension and George
Washington University |
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Quality
Examiner, California Quality Award |
COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP
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Commissioner - City of Sunnyvale, CA
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