Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Summary of Professional Experience:

07/05 to Present:  Vice President and Chief Information Officer for X-Stream LEAN, LLC.  Working with diverse Customers to develop and deliver Leadership, Green Belt and Black Belt training specific to their industry.  Facilitating process improvement events for multi-lingual, cross-functional teams from a variety of government and industry organizations.

10/04 to 11/05:  Master Black Belt and Point of Contact for Training Council, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO as well as Training Cost Account Manager for Space Systems Company, Denver, CO

11/99 to 10/04:  Lean Implementation Lead for Atlas Launch Vehicle Program, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO

7/98 to 11/99:  Training Coordinator for Lean Office, Production Operations Organization, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO

7/95 to 11/99:  Production Control Chief and TQM Implementation Lead, Defense Systems Organization (Classified), Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO

6/80 to 11/99:  Production Control Master Scheduler for Defense Systems Program (Classified), Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO

1/80 to 6/80:  Production Control Analyst for Manned Maneuvering Unit as well as Titan II Launch Vehicle Program, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Denver, CO

Awards and Recognitions:

2004 Appreciation Award for Contributions to the LM21 Corporate Training Council

2003 Team Excellence Award

2003 Volkswagen Trophy for Best Paper by a Presenter

2003 Toyota Award for Best Idea

2002 High Performance Work Team Award

2001 Operational Performer of the Year

2001 Special Recognition from Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel

1999 High Performance Work Team Award

1999 Nova Award for Outstanding Performance

1998 Fall Quarter Outstanding Student Award

1992 High Performance Work Team Award

1990/1991 Defense Systems Group Special Activities Award

Employee Commendations and Special Recognition Awards in 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002

Education:

Certified Master Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Methodologies , Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD

            Certified Black Belt, American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

LESAT Facilitator Training, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lean Aerospace Initiative

Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the American Production and Inventory Control Society in 1990, recertified in 2004

            Graduate of Lean Overview Program at the University of Tennessee

Certified in Resource Management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society

Graduated from National American University with Bachelor of Science in Applied Management – Summa Cum Laude

            Certified as Lead Facilitator by Achieve Global (Frontline Leadership)

            Certified as Ropes Course Facilitator by Venture Centre