Our Skilled Talent

C-Level, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, Services, Supply Chain
all rooted in Operations
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  Pleased to introduce a few of our Partners

Jeff Wagoner

​Jeff spent his first business years in the field operations, marketing and continuous improvement prior to founding his consulting business. During his 25 plus year career he has held numerous key management positions, including General Manager, Sales/Marketing Director, Vice President New Business Development, Managing Director, and Continuous Improvement Director. 

As an Improvement Manager and Coach, Jeff has facilitated teams in operational excellence and leadership effectiveness at many companies including; Union Carbide, Praxair, Pratt & Whitney, United Airlines, McDonald’s, Delta Airlines, Exide, Chemtura, Compass Minerals, Songwon and IKO. The events covered a full range of continuous improvement from production flow line, senior management practices, and business process changes to a total redesign of the business. He attributes a large part of his personal growth and success in the business world to his experience from a line operator on the shop floor to executive management. 

Leon Liu

Leon has held numerus frontline and management positions throughout his career in various industries. This foundation has allowed him to apply the Lean princples at all levels in an organization.

Leon began his career implementing continuous improvement tools such as lean and six sigma in operations across Europe and North America. He built a reputation as an effective facilitator who helped teams solve problems and achieve sustainable change through the Kaizen process. He speaks six languages and has led many bilingual teams.
 
Leon applied this approach to leadership and management in his careers as general manager, numerous director level positions in operations and supply chain, and as an operating partner and consultant to private equity companies around the world. His philosophy toward portfolio companies is to make winners, not pick winners.

Dan Lachapelle

Daniel has Metallurgical Engineering Degree and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He has worked extensively in mining, mineral processing, manufacturing and supply chain as a front-line supervisor, technical specialist, department manager, and general manager. In this wide range of positions and in various industries he has developed the ability to identify non-value activities to improve processes.

Daniel specializes in optimization of industrial, management, and Lean processes, and has 20+ years of operational experience leading and facilitating teams to design and deploy high functioning management systems through the practical application of Lean. With these techniques of creating a culture of continuous change and waste elimination, Daniel has trained and mentored all levels in an organization to ensure sustainability.

Bernie David

Bernie began his career in public accounting as an auditor, corporate tax returns, and general bookkeeping. His cost accounting experience throughout the years int the oil and gas industry included monthly reporting, standard costs and analysis, budgets and forecasting, and controllership. He holds a BA in Accounting, and his many years of work experience is vital to his skills in the world of finance and operations.

Bernie possesses the skills to execute the overall objective such as leadership, communication, organization, Problem Solving, computer and collaboration between disciplines.
 
When performing the Controllers function, which included purchasing and inventory management, SOX compliance internally and externally, capital expenditures, and budgets and forecasts. He implemented internal controls related to a $5M MRO inventory balance to cut costs, balances were reduced by $1.5M in less than a year. He was responsible for monthly analysis to both budget and forecasts along with preparing a yearly budget presentation and delivering it to Senior Management. Involved in Union Contract negotiations, employee grievance hearings, and implementing internal controls for payroll approvals. In addition, as a business unit leader, he teamed with operations to lower the average cost per ton almost 10% by managing employee overtime and creating an approval system for SG&A costs. Bernie is familiar with and has had experience with tax compliance related to royalties were a required monthly responsibility for both governmental agencies and the Landowner.

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