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OBJECTIVE:
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Senior Leader in Sustainability / Corporate Responsibility
Triple-bottom-line operations experience with a commitment to growing sales and corporate profile through progressive business management
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SUMMARY:
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A
confident leader with a passion for sustainability and improving
business through innovative green initiatives. Consistent,
pervasive commitment to an ever-lower environmental impact can
enhance both growth and profitability – “Green-washing”
is for pretenders and followers. A demonstrated record of
operational results within manufacturing environments and business
turnarounds. A comfortable communicator who leads through
participatory planning and implementation. Experienced and
effective in orchestrating change using systems thinking.
Committed to corporate social responsibility; driven by integrity
and strong ethical principles. A strong team player and team
leader; inspires and challenges others to achieve their potential.
Areas of expertise:
- Sustainability and Quality
- Strategic Planning and Integration
- Board and Team Leadership
- Business Growth
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- Change Management
- Entrepreneurial Approach
- Communications
- Systems Thinking
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CAPABILITIES:
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Sustainability &
Corporate
Responsibility
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Seven years of triple-bottom-line (People/Planet/Profit) manufacturing experience.
Experienced in lean / kaizen operations; finding methods to reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, and repurpose everything from raw materials to reusable, interchangeable components to modular /reusable packaging.
Harnessed employee insight with 1-on-1 coaching to improve performance, gain their unique understandings, and connect the corporate vision to their own.
Speaker and writer on how green business is smart business: highlighting opportunities in sustainable practices that serve the financial bottom line, inspire their people, and change the world for the better.
Ethics: Led two industry ethical code reviews; taught ethics; served as an ethics investigator.
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Business
Operations
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Effectively
led and managed boards, staff, and R&D
teams of 5 to 20 members.
Navigated
four manufacturing facility moves (local and national) with zero
down time.
Implemented
continuous production improvement through training, documentation
of procedures and policies, and workflow analysis.
Created
and launched start-up businesses and organizations; experienced
in managing budgets and P&L.
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Innovator
& Integrator
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Challenges the status quo with innovative methods to reduce
waste, increase productivity, and create something new.
Used
innovative solutions to turn around companies, products, and
organizations.
Experienced
organizational spokesperson.
Integrated
thinker - synthesize diverse information and communicate common
threads.
Thought leader in green business: began practicing, researching, and presenting on the subject in 1994.
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Leader
& Influencer
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Proven
ability to establish strong working relationships using a
collaborative leadership style of listening and honoring values
and strengths. Shares ownership.
Engages
multiple stakeholder perspectives from frontline-to-boardroom.
Proven
experience in developing and implementing effective strategic
plans.
Strong,
calm coaching and leadership demeanor.
Led,
developed, and implemented five corporate branding efforts.
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CAREER
SUMMARY:
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Sustainability / CSR Consultant |
2001-Present |
| Opportunity Sustainabilitysm |
Minneapolis, MN |
Consulting, coaching, and training services for executives and business leaders in the areas of sustainability, green business, leadership, corporate social responsibility (CSR), change management, successful mergers, communication, strengths, and relationship dynamics.
CSR writings syndicated and appear on CSRwire.com, Chloregy.com, DevelopmentCrossing.com
Over
17
years of consulting/coaching experience working both internally and
externally.
More
than 250
clients international and domestic; 700-plus coach training hours received.
Member
of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Ethics &
Standards Committee since 2003.
EYE Integrated
Planning:
Proprietary strategic planning and implementation consulting to
turn strategies into results. 40 clients, 8 retreat programs.
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President & Chairman 20-30hrs/wk, Board
Member |
2002-2006 |
| Minnesota Coaches Association | Minneapolis, MN |
World's
second largest regional coaching organization with 300
active members. Led organizational turn-around from collapse to
national leader. Became a model for coaching associations by
growing membership from 80 active members to
more than 250 in two years.
Re-energized
the organization's volunteer board by reinventing the leadership
team, tapping into their individual strengths, and connecting the
work to their values.
Increased
operating budget 200% and maintained a
positive cash flow.
Established
a sustainable leadership infrastructure for minimal disruptions
during annual rotations.
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President |
2005 |
Life
Coach Alliance, LLC
| Minneapolis, MN |
Hired
to create and manage a national coaching company to provide pay-by-the-minute
life coaching through a telephone call center.
Set
vision, strategic plan, and tactical plan for company.
Managed
19 staff and R&D team
members and recruited 50 subcontracted coaches.
Created
guidelines and structures for qualifying and supervising coaches
and training call center staff.
Utilized
nationwide marketing media: radio, television, print, and web.
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Business Transition Manager |
2000 |
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Innovadyne Technologies, LLC
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Sonoma, CA |
Innovadyne
purchased the manufacturing rights and intellectual property of
Advanced Liquid Handling's (see below) precision liquid handling
equipment and moved production from Wisconsin to California.
Primary role was to facilitate production
shutdown and restart in new location.
Provided
training to transfer ALH knowledge to Innovadyne employees on
topics such as assembly instruction, parts procurement,
scheduling, BOM and billing software, and product testing and
quality.
Coordinated
and managed 20 vendor relationships through
transition.
Developed
scalable production techniques through integration of “kanban”
systems.
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Operations Director / Partner |
1994-2000 |
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Advanced
Liquid Handling, Inc. (ALH)
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Milwaukee, WI |
An
aggressive international start-up manufacturer specializing in
liquid handling technology.
Developed
and implemented socially responsible management practices.
Continuously
evaluated environmental and fiscal impact of processes:
substituted eco-friendly solvents whenever possible; encouraged
recycling; redesigned shipping containers to be reusable,
modular, and interchangeable; reduced number of component
variations; purchased high quality refurbished machining
equipment; utilized true color florescent lamps at all
workstations; chose building locations with abundant natural
lighting; repurposed unused materials and equipment.
Coordinated
and navigated three manufacturing facility moves (local &
national) with zero down time without losing customers, staff,
vendors, or materials of our two product lines.
Turned
a $150k product disaster into the catalyst
for the company's eventual sale.
Maintained
Good Manufacturing Practices and continuous quality improvement
through process engineering; workspace layout changes for
productivity and flow; documentation of procedures and policies;
and implemented standardizing business processes including
barcoding, continuous bill of materials refinement, and manuals.
Coached
team members 1-on-1 to
gain their unique insights, leverage their individual strengths,
and connect the corporate vision to their own.
Helped
formulate and promote the triple-bottom-line corporate culture and vision.
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PRESENTATIONS:
Conference Presentations:
| | Making The World Round Again
Northland Bioneers Conference 2006,
Minneapolis
10 years of research and direct experience showcasing new ways to think about and succeed in the new business paradigms caused by the convergence of business, science, and values.
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| | Co-Creating the Next Frontier: Calling All Seasoned Coaches to the GlobalConversation Café
2004 International Coach Federation Conference, Masters Track Program, Quebec City, Canada
Ranked as the top program of the conference. Co-led a conversation café of more than 70 seasoned coaches to explore the deeper issues and concerns of the coaching industry.
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Smaller Presentations & Roundtables:
| | Wisconsin Business & Conservation Leaders Roundtable 2009 – Lt. Governor’s Council - Madison
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| | Strategic Planning and Implementation 2008 – Business Incubation Center - Minneapolis
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| | Attitudes and Perspectives 2007 & 2008 – Mutual of Omaha and four other Minnesota companies
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| | Masterful Coaching: Ethics and Right Action 2005 – Minnesota Coaches Association
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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT:
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| International Society of Sustainability Professionals - member
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2008-Present
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| International Coach Federation - Ethics & Standards Committee, Investigator, Member
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2001-Present
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| Thought Leader Gathering - Member of the Leaders Circle
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2002-Present
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| Apollo Male Chorus - Board Member
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2007
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| Global Minded Professionals - President, Board Member
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1996-2001
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| Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow
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1987
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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
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| LEED AP - USGBC-Certified Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional
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2009
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| Attendee - Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Summits, Chicago, IL
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2008, 2009
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| Attendee - Opportunity Green, Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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| Dual Graduate - Corporate Coach U International, CTP & CCTP Programs
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2002,2003
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| Spanish Study - Madre Tierra -Guatemala - Business & social proficiency (dormant)
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2001
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| Graduate - Future Milwaukee, Community Leadership Training Program
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2000
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B.A. Psychology - University of California, Riverside - Industrial/Organizational focus
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1994
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INTERESTS & HOBBIES:
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Walking, rowing, choral singing, writing
Vision
videos - micro-movie making
Conversation circles and cafés
Exploring people, places, ideas, & cultures.
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Toronto
Int'l Film Fest Attendee 2000-2006
SCUBA
- Open Water Certified
NetImpact, USGBC, Bioneers
Green Networks: EcoTuesday, GreenDrinks
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